Outlook's OptionsPagesAdd Event

[Marcster]

I've been looking at Outlook's object library and found the event called:
OptionsPagesAdd
which I find interesting as implies I can add a tab to the Options dialog.
The event fires when you select the Options dialog box from the Tools menu.
I can make a messagebox appear when the event fires but what i'm
interested in is adding a new tab page to the Outlook's Options dialog.

I can create an ActiveX control using VB5 called OLTest.ocx.
Can I use a VBA form instead .
How do I go about adding a custom tab to the Options dialog box?.

Thanks,

Marcster.

[Marcster]

I've solved this by:

Creating an ActiveX control called Project1
In it the UserControl is called UserControl1
No need to add a reference to the OCX in project
as the OCX was compiled on this pc.
Added the following code in ThisOutlookSession
[VBA]
Option Explicit
Public WithEvents objOL As Outlook.Application

Private Sub Application_Startup()
Set objOL = Outlook.Application
End Sub

Private Sub Application_Quit()
Set objOL = Nothing
End Sub

Private Sub objOL_OptionsPagesAdd(ByVal Pages As PropertyPages)
'Options dialog box from the Tools menu
Dim strTabTitle As String
On Error Resume Next
strTabTitle = "Custom Tab" 'Tab title in Options dialog
Pages.Add "Project1.UserControl1", strTabTitle 'Attach tab
End Sub
[/VBA]
Also, found out I can attach custom tabs to folder properties too .

Marcster.

[Marcster]

Hmmmmm,
Now I'm trying to add some functionality to to the custom Tab.
I'm thinking about putting some code in the ActiveX control...
As if I have a checkbox on the Custom tab, how
can I check weather it's ticked or not via VBA?.
How do I go about checking and setting the value
of a ComboBox on the Custom tab via VBA?.

More research me thinks...

Marcster.

[Marcster]

Hmmmm , I'm trying to add a UserForm to the Options dialog...
[VBA]
Private Sub objOL_OptionsPagesAdd(ByVal Pages As PropertyPages)
'Options dialog box from the Tools menu
Dim strTabTitle As String
On Error Resume Next
strTabTitle = "Custom Tab" 'Tab title in Options dialog
Pages.Add "Project1.UserForm1", strTabTitle 'Attach UserForm to tab
End Sub
[/VBA]
The above kinda adds the UserForm to the Options dialog as in,
there's a new tab called "Custom Tab" displayed but the following
message appears when I click on the tab:
Unable to display "Custom Tab" page. This page will remain visible, but is not available.

As yet, I'm unable to get the UserForm to correctly display.

More research me thinks...

Marcster.

[Marcster]

Found this:
http://www.vbip.com/books/1861003315...er_3315_04.asp
Which shows you how to add a custom tab to the Options dialog.
But the tab is an ActiveX control.
What I'm trying to do is add the tab as a UserForm.

Reading the link it says:
You can also display a VB form or a VBA UserForm instead of a Property Page

Does anyone know the way to add a custom tab (a UserForm) to the Options dialog?.

Marcster.

[Marcster]

Searched on MSDN:

COM Add-ins Part I: Introducing an Office 2000 Solution for the Entire (Office) Family:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...l/msotrcom.asp

COM Add-ins Part II: Building a COM Add-in for Outlook 2000:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ml/trcomad.asp

More reading to be done...

I'm sure i'll get there in the end...

Marcster.

[Marcster]

Found out why the error message:
Unable to display "Custom Tab" page. This page will remian visible, but is not available.
appears.
I must explicitly make the custom property page visible to COM.
By default it does not.
How to fix this?...
Any ideas?...
Hmmmm....
Marcster

[Marcster]

Found this:
http://www.vbip.com/books/1861003315...er_3315_04.asp
Which shows you how to add a custom tab to the Options dialog.
But the tab is an ActiveX control.
What I'm trying to do is add the tab as a UserForm.

Reading the link it says:
You can also display a VB form or a VBA UserForm instead of a Property Page

Does anyone know the way to add a custom tab (a UserForm) to the Options dialog?.

Marcster.

Does anyone know if it's possible to display a UserForm in Outlook's Options Dialog?.

Thanks,

Marcster.

[eric@bargetz]

I am trying to do the exact same thing. I have VBA code all working but would like to have an options tab to make it easier to change some settings. I am also encountering the same issues. I will continue to monitor this thread and contribute anything I can.

[Marcster]

Does anyone have any more info if this is possible?.

Marcster.