Adding CustomUI Ribbon using Shared Add-in(not VSTO) in Outlook 2007,2010,2013

Question

I am using VS 2010 and my project template is Extensibility->Shared Add-in. I want an ribbon with a button which should invoke my form in outlook. I am not able to understand how to do this?

I created a ribbonName.xml and ribbionName.cs using office template Outlook2007 Add-in and add this two files in my Shared Add-in Am I doing it right or What should i do ?

Please can anyone guide me a how to do it ?

Where should i add this method in Connect Or ? when i add this in Connect It gives me error "no sutiable method to overload"

protected override Microsoft.Office.Core.IRibbonExtensibility CreateRibbonExtensibilityObject()  {
     return new TurboAddinsRibbon();
  }

Can anyone please give me a simple example on this it would be great help

Answer 1

You may start from the MSDN Reference - Ribbon Overview, the RibbonManager and the BackStage view to get started.