Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators [Paperback]

Sue Mosher (Author)

Book Description

ISBN-10: 1555583466 | ISBN-13: 978-1555583460 | Publication Date: June 13, 2007 | Edition: Paperbound

Microsoft Outlook is the most widely used e-mail program and offers the most programmability. Sue Mosher introduces key concepts for programming Outlook using Visual Basic for Applications, custom Outlook forms, and external scripts, without the need for additional development tools.

For those who manage Outlook installations, it demonstrates how to use new features in the Outlook 2007 programming model such as building scripts that can create rules and views and manage categories. Power users will discover how to enhance Outlook with custom features, such as the ability to process incoming mail and extract key information. Aimed at the non-professional programmer, it also provides a quick guide to Outlook programming basics for pro developers who want to dive into Outlook integration.

*Dozens of new programming objects detailed including views, rules, categories, searches

*No previous coding experience or additional development tools required

*Examples outline issues using real-world functionality

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About the Author

Sue Mosher is the author of six previous books on Microsoft Outlook and Exchange and maintains a web site at http://www.outlookcode.com devoted to helping programmers at all skill levels take advantage of Outlook's extensibility. Her company, Turtleflock LLC, helps organizations get the most out of Outlook and other Microsoft Office products, providing custom application development and other support. Sue has been recognized by Microsoft with a Most Valuable Professional award every year since 1994. Sue is a Phi Beta Kappa graduate of the College of William and Mary, currently residing in Arlington, Virginia.

Product Details

• Paperback: 850 pages
• Publisher: Digital Press; Paperbound edition (June 13, 2007)
• Language: English
• ISBN-10: 1555583466
• ISBN-13: 978-1555583460
• Product Dimensions: 9.3 x 7.6 x 1.2 inches
• Shipping Weight: 2.8 pounds (View shipping rates and policies)
• Average Customer Review: 4.4 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (7 customer reviews)
• Amazon Best Sellers Rank: #497,923 in Books (See Top 100 in Books)
  • #55 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Applications > Outlook
  • #93 in Books > Computers & Technology > Microsoft > Scheduling & E-mail

More About the Author

Sue Mosher is an author and independent consultant working from her home base in Arlington, VA, just outside Washington, DC. Her company, Turtleflock, LLC, works mainly on Microsoft Outlook development and deployment issues to help organizations get full value from Outlook and the other Microsoft Office applications they've installed on the desktop. She was first named a Microsoft Most Valuable Professional (MVP) in 1994 for desktop systems and has been an MVP for Office as well as Outlook. She has authored and contributed to books on Outlook, Office, Windows SharePoint Technologies, and Windows and written hundreds of articles on how to use Outlook.

Sue is also the creator of the Slipstick Systems Outlook & Exchange Center at http://www.slipstick.com (the premier independent resource for Microsoft Outlook and Microsoft Exchange, now operated by CDOLive, LLC), and http://www.OutlookCode.com, a discussion and resource site for Outlook developers.

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7 of 8 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars Very readable and usefull, August 13, 2008

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J. Gielen (Sesimbra, Portugal) - See all my reviews
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This review is from: Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators (Paperback)

As a relative novice to outlook programming, this book took me through all the steps in a clear an concise way. I've bought several books on the subject before, but somehow one or more important issues were always left out. Not in this book.
If you want to automate the way you work with Outlook without having to find out everything yourself buy this book. Sue Mosher's website is great too, by the way, and offers a treasure chest of tip, code and a very good forum.

4 of 4 people found the following review helpful:

3.0 out of 5 stars Very Good if You Stay On Track, May 21, 2009

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I needed to parse tables in a received Outlook email (HTML code), get information from an Excel spreadsheet based on what I found in the received Outlook email, and use what I found to create a new Outlook email to be sent to someone else. "Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming" helped me with about 50-60% of what I needed to do. I had to use Visual Basic and the Visual Basic parts of "Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming" helped steer me in the right direction.

Using Visual Basic with the Microsoft Suite of Programs appears to be a black art. Either you know it or you don't. "Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming" outlines how to do a number of very specific things. If that is what you need to do, then you will be OK. Once you try to do something other than what is shown in the book, you will pretty much be on your own.

1 of 1 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Very good book, February 16, 2010

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This review is from: Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators (Paperback)

As the title says, this book is not for newbies. It covered a lot of different topics. It was hit or miss on the specific application I was writing, but no book will ever hit that 100%.

The only issue I have is the toggling back and forth between VBA and the less content rich VBScript. The two systems are so close to each other, it sometimes was confusing which code block I was reading.

Suggestion, for VBA examples, use the color coding that comes with the VBA editor.