Creating an outlook like side bar using the smart client software factory

Download :

smartclientoutlookbar_src.zip

(2) smartclientoutlookbar_demo.zip

Contents

Introduction
Example Application
Installing SCSF and its prerequisites
Installing Outlookbarworkspace
Viewing an outlook like side bar in a sample application
Create New Smart Client Solution
Modify the solution to add OutlookBarWorkspace
Adding items to outlookbarworkspace and their corresponding views in the left and right.
; Adding Business Module to Smart Client Solution
; Implementing the User Interface-Add a new view (with presenter)
Add code to display item in outlookbarworkspace
Add code to handle click of outlookbarworkspace.
Communication between left and right Views
Summary

Introduction

I have been reading codeproject for some time and have been using the codes provided. I saw that there were quite a few articles on outlook side bar. Then while searching for the same in google I found Matias Woloski’s blog and his creation (a Composite UI Application Block(CAB) workspace) outlookbarworkspace which created a beautiful outlook like side bar. Then I went on to study Microsoft Smart client software factory and decided to use both these in my next project. A few days back I decided to write an article on whatever I learnt in the process and basically using the smart client software factory to get an outlook bar.

As this is my first article I will be very anxious to know if you found it to be useful. So please do provide feedback. Copyright : http://www.codeproject.com/KB/smart/smartclientoutlookbar.aspx->Read More...