Outlook 2003/2007/2010 programming with Visual Studio 2010

[Sanjay]

We are investigating using Visual Studio 2010 for developing Outlook
addins.

It appears that VS 2010 cannot be used to develop addins for Outlook
2003 as mentioned in the link below:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb772080.aspx

Is this true?

At this stage we are thinking of creating the addins as Shared Addins
instead of using VSTO.

Would appreciate any guidance from people already using Visual Studio
2010 for developing Outlook addins that support Outlook 2003, 2007 and
2010.

Thanks
Sanjay

[Ken Slovak]

That appears to talk about VSTO addins, which generally are for the last 2
versions of Office. Shared addins can support more versions than that.
However, you also have to be aware of the issues of which Framework to
support, how to make sure that version is supported, and if you go with
anything under version 4 how you will be debugging.

I've worked on an addin (shared) that handles 2003 - 2010 on VS 2010, so
it's possible.
--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm

Post by Sanjay
We are investigating using Visual Studio 2010 for developing Outlook
addins.
It appears that VS 2010 cannot be used to develop addins for Outlook
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb772080.aspx
Is this true?
At this stage we are thinking of creating the addins as Shared Addins
instead of using VSTO.
Would appreciate any guidance from people already using Visual Studio
2010 for developing Outlook addins that support Outlook 2003, 2007 and
2010.
Thanks
Sanjay

[Sanjay]

Post by Ken Slovak
That appears to talk about VSTO addins, which generally are for the last 2
versions of Office. Shared addins can support more versions than that.
However, you also have to be aware of the issues of which Framework to
support, how to make sure that version is supported, and if you go with
anything under version 4 how you will be debugging.
I've worked on an addin (shared) that handles 2003 - 2010 on VS 2010, so
it's possible.
--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm

Post by Sanjay
We are investigating using Visual Studio 2010 for developing Outlook
addins.
It appears that VS 2010 cannot be used to develop addins for Outlook
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb772080.aspx
Is this true?
At this stage we are thinking of creating the addins as Shared Addins
instead of using VSTO.
Would appreciate any guidance from people already using Visual Studio
2010 for developing Outlook addins that support Outlook 2003, 2007 and
2010.
Thanks
Sanjay

Thank you Ken.