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The Outlook 2007 Sample Add-Ins are a learning tool that will help you understand some of the important new features in the Outlook 2007 object model. Each sample is available in a version for Visual Studio 2005 Tools for Office Second Edition (VSTO 2005 SE) in addition to the version based on the Outlook 2007 Sample: Visual Studio 2005 Templates.
They provide coverage of the following important new areas:

• Using the Rules object model, which allows you to programmatically create or access most rules supported by the Outlook Rules Wizard (Rules sample)
• Implementing a form region for an Outlook contact item (Travel Agency sample)
• Adding a custom task pane to an Outlook AppointmentItem (Prepare Me sample)

For more information, see the article that accompanies this download: Outlook 2007 Sample Add-ins: Rules Add-in, Travel Agency Add-in, and Prepare for Meeting Add-in.

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• This download works with the following applications:
  
  • Microsoft Office Outlook 2007
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
  • Microsoft Visual Studio 2005 Tools for the 2007 Office system

The Outlook 2007 sample add-ins run only on Visual Studio 2005 Standard Edition, Visual Studio 2005 Professional Edition, or Visual Studio 2005 Team System. If you are using Microsoft Visual C# Express Edition or Microsoft Visual Basic Express Edition to open the sample add-ins, you will not be able to build the setup/deployment project for the sample add-ins.

1. Download the file by clicking the Download link (above) and saving the file to your hard disk.
2. Double-click the Outlook2007SampleAddin.msi program file on your hard disk to start the setup program.
3. Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

Before you install this version of the Outlook 2007 sample add-ins, make sure you uninstall any previous version of the samples that are installed on your computer.
Note: Each sample solution is contained in a solution folder and subfolders. The suffix of the sample solution name identifies the language used for the sample. Visual Basic .NET samples have a VB suffix and C# samples have a CS suffix. For example, RulesAddinVB contains the Visual Basic .NET version and RulesAddinCS contains the C# version. The samples for VSTO 2005 SE have "_VSTO" appended to the solution name.

Instructions for use:

1. Close Outlook 2007.
2. In the My Documents\Visual Studio 2005\Projects\SolutionName folder, open the SolutionName solution.
3. Select AddinNameSetup in Solution Explorer.
4. Select Rebuild AddinNameSetup on the Build menu.
5. [Optional] After the build process has completed, select Install on the Project menu to install the solution.
6. Start Outlook to start the add-in in Run mode or press F5 to start the add-in in Debug mode.

If you install the sample add-ins on Windows Vista, you must run Visual Studio 2005 as Administrator to build the PrepareMeCS or PrepareMeVB solutions.
To run Visual Studio 2005 as Administrator, follow these steps:

1. Click the Start menu, and locate Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
2. Right-click Microsoft Visual Studio 2005.
3. Select the Run As Administrator command.

1. On the Start menu, point to Settings and then click Control Panel.
2. Double-click Add/Remove Programs.
3. In the list of currently installed programs, select any sample add-in that you built and installed in step 5 above.
4. Click Remove or Add/Remove, and then click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program. If you did not install the individual sample add-ins, proceed to the next step.
5. In the list of currently installed programs, select Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Sample Add-ins and then click Remove or Add/Remove. If a dialog box appears, follow the instructions to remove the program.
6. Click Yes or OK to confirm that you want to remove the program.

• Delete the file Outlook2007SampleAddin.msi from your hard disk.