Special Edition Using® Microsoft® Office Outlook® 2003

Other Methods of Outlook Programming

When you talk about programming and Outlook, you have four basic options. You can use custom forms, use Outlook VBA, automate Outlook from other applications, or develop a COM add-in to work within Outlook.

Custom forms are perfect for exchanging information with others in your organization. You can use custom forms to request specific data in defined formats. You can use VBScript behind Outlook forms to control the display or formatting of data within the Outlook forms, or to create new Outlook items from the custom forms.

Outlook VBA is more feature-rich than Outlook custom forms. You can create VBA user forms as well as respond to a variety of application-level events. You can also create your own macros ...