Cover Page -- Microsoft® Outlook 2007 Programming -- Copyright Page -- Contents -- Introduction -- Acknowledgments -- Chapter 1 What You Can Do with Outlook 2007 -- 1.1 Why program with Outlook? -- 1.2 Outlook programming tools -- 1.3 How to start -- 1.4 Key Outlook programming components -- 1.5 Showing developer commands -- 1.6 Summary -- Part I Basic Outlook VBA Design -- Chapter 2 The VBA Design Environment -- 2.1 VBA: The basics -- 2.2 VBA windows -- 2.3 Getting help in VBA -- 2.4 Working with VBA projects -- 2.5 Summary -- Chapter 3 Building Your First VBA Form -- 3.1 Understanding Outlook birthdays and anniversaries -- 3.2 Step 1: What controls do you need? -- 3.3 Step 2: Create the form -- 3.4 Step 3: Add user input controls -- 3.5 Step 4: Add command buttons -- 3.6 Step 5: Plan the next development stage -- 3.7 More on VBA form controls -- 3.8 Summary -- Part II Basic Outlook Form Design -- Chapter 4 Introducing Outlook Forms -- 4.1 Understanding the two types of custom forms -- 4.2 Starting the forms designer -- 4.3 The six standard Outlook forms -- 4.4 When to use which form -- 4.5 Working in the forms designer -- 4.6 Saving forms and ending a design session -- 4.7 Creating your first custom contact form -- 4.8 Summary -- Chapter 5 Introducing Form Regions -- 5.1 Understanding form regions -- 5.2 Controls for form regions -- 5.3 Creating your first form region -- 5.4 Registering and deploying form regions -- 5.5 Limitations of form regions -- 5.6 Other ideas for form regions -- 5.7 Summary -- Chapter 6 Extending Form Design with Fields and Controls -- 6.1 Understanding fields versus controls -- 6.2 Creating user-defined fields -- 6.3 Adding and removing fields on Outlook forms -- 6.4 Using form controls -- 6.5 Laying out compose and read pages -- 6.6 Summary -- Part III Writing VBA and VBScript Code -- Chapter 7 Outlook Code Basics.

7.1 Understanding when VBA code runs -- 7.2 Writing VBA code -- 7.3 Writing VBScript code for Outlook forms -- 7.4 Referring to Outlook item properties -- 7.5 Writing other Outlook automation code -- 7.6 Summary -- Chapter 8 Code Grammar 101 -- 8.1 Option Explicit -- 8.2 Declaring variables and constants -- 8.3 Writing procedures -- 8.4 Working with expressions and functions -- 8.5 Working with strings -- 8.6 Working with dates and times -- 8.7 Using arrays, dictionaries, and the Split() and Join() functions -- 8.8 Controlling program flow -- 8.9 Providing feedback -- 8.10 Getting user input -- 8.11 Working with files and other objects -- 8.12 Summary -- Chapter 9 Handling Errors, Testing, and Debugging -- 9.1 Understanding errors -- 9.2 Testing and debugging in VBA -- 9.3 Debugging Outlook form VBScript code -- 9.4 Summary -- Part IV Fundamental Outlook Coding Techniques -- Chapter 10 Outlook Programming Basics -- 10.1 Introducing the Outlook object model -- 10.2 Outlook object and collection code techniques -- 10.3 Understanding Outlook security -- 10.4 Summary -- Chapter 11 Responding to Outlook Events in VBA -- 11.1 Application object events -- 11.2 Writing handlers for other object events -- 11.3 Explorers and Explorer events -- 11.4 Inspectors and Inspector events -- 11.5 Folders, Folder, and Items events -- 11.6 Processing incoming mail -- 11.7 Using the Application.Reminder and Reminders events -- 11.8 Summary -- Chapter 12 Coding Key Custom Form Scenarios -- 12.1 Working with Outlook item events -- 12.2 Responding to user input on forms -- 12.3 Handling form and control state issues -- 12.4 Summary -- Chapter 13 Working with Stores, Explorers, and Folders -- 13.1 Information store concepts -- 13.2 Information store techniques -- 13.3 Working with Explorers -- 13.4 Accessing folders -- 13.5 Working with folders -- 13.6 Summary.

Chapter 14 Using PropertyAccessor and StorageItem -- 14.1 Using the PropertyAccessor object -- 14.2 Using the StorageItem object -- 14.3 Summary -- Chapter 15 Working with Inspectors and Items -- 15.1 Working with Inspectors -- 15.2 Creating items -- 15.3 Accessing items -- 15.4 Using the Table object -- 15.5 Using Item methods -- 15.6 Summary -- Chapter 16 Searching for Outlook Items -- 16.1 Introduction to Outlook search methods -- 16.2 Building search strings -- 16.3 Using Items.Find and Items.Restrict -- 16.4 Using Table search techniques -- 16.5 Using Explorer.Search -- 16.6 Using Application.AdvancedSearch -- 16.7 Summary -- Chapter 17 Working with Item Bodies -- 17.1 Basic item body techniques -- 17.2 Parsing text from a message body -- 17.3 Adding text to an item -- 17.4 Creating a formatted message -- 17.5 Using WordEditor -- 17.6 Working with Outlook signatures -- 17.7 Summary -- Chapter 18 Working with Recipients and Address Lists -- 18.1 Key recipient and address list objects -- 18.2 Understanding address lists -- 18.3 Working with item recipients -- 18.4 Reading Recipient and AddressEntry information -- 18.5 Reading free/busy information -- 18.6 Showing the Select Names dialog -- 18.7 Summary -- Chapter 19 Working with Attachments -- 19.1 Understanding Outlook attachments -- 19.2 Adding attachments to Outlook items -- 19.3 Working with attachments on existing items -- 19.4 Summary -- Chapter 20 Common Item Techniques -- 20.1 Using custom message forms -- 20.2 Working with voting buttons and other custom actions -- 20.3 Sending a message with a specific account -- 20.4 Creating a meeting request -- 20.5 Assigning a task -- 20.6 Linking Outlook items -- 20.7 Creating an annual event from a custom date field -- 20.8 Summary -- Part V Finishing Touches -- Chapter 21 Deploying and Managing Outlook Forms.

21.1 Understanding Outlook forms architecture -- 21.2 Managing Outlook forms -- 21.3 Managing custom fields -- 21.4 Deploying Outlook forms -- 21.5 Troubleshooting Outlook forms -- 21.6 Summary -- Chapter 22 Rules, Views, and Administrator Scripting Tasks -- 22.1 Why Outlook scripting is a challenge -- 22.2 Internal scripting with custom message forms -- 22.3 Working with Outlook rules -- 22.4 Managing folder views -- 22.5 Internal scripting with folder home pages -- 22.6 Summary -- Chapter 23 Menus, Toolbars, and the Navigation Pane -- 23.1 Programming Outlook menus and toolbars -- 23.2 Working with context menus -- 23.3 Working with the navigation pane and other Explorer panes -- 23.4 Summary -- Chapter 24 Generating Reports on Outlook Data -- 24.1 Built-in report techniques -- 24.2 Coding reports with the Outlook object model -- 24.3 Sending output to Microsoft Excel -- 24.4 Sending output to Microsoft Word -- 24.5 Using Word to build an invoice report -- 24.6 Summary -- Index.