Developing Managed Outlook Add-ins Using the Outlook PIA

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The topics in this section describe custom event handling using the Outlook Primary Interop Assembly (PIA) and list a few areas that you should be aware of to avoid common pitfalls when writing managed Outlook add-ins. For more basic information about writing managed applications for Office using PIA, see Visual Studio Tools for Office.

In This Section

Setting Up to Use the Outlook PIA

Architecture of the Outlook PIA

Sample Tasks Using the Outlook 2007 PIA