Chapter 14. Form Region Controls

One of the developer trouble spots for custom forms in previous versions of Outlook was that it was difficult to establish parity with Outlook’s built-in forms in terms of visual appearance and control behavior. With form regions in Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, the story is significantly improved. In addition to form regions supporting the Office and Windows themes, Outlook includes a collection of controls that provide parity with the control used on built-in Outlook forms.

In this chapter, you learn about standard controls for form regions and Outlook controls for form regions. You get step-by-step instructions for adding controls in design mode. You also learn how to add controls at run time. This chapter highlights ...

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