Auto insert text into outlook appointment

Question

I want to have a few lines automatically added to the subject and body of a new appointment when a user clicks the button to create the meeting. I think this should be done using an office outlook add-in but not sure. I'm using visual studio 2010.

Answer 1

Yes, you will need to create a COM addin (start at http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=36)

You will be able to create a custom button on the Outlook ribbon/toolbar. Or you can just trap the Application.Inspectors.NewInspector event, check if the new item (Inspector.CurrentItem) is an appointment, and populate the AppointmentItem.Subject and the AppointmentItem.Body properties.

Answer 2

Use mailto:email@example.com?subjct=Testing subject in href of a tag