Best practices for VSTO SE Addins

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)

{

Outlook.Application myApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application();

Outlook.NameSpace ns = myApp.GetNamespace("MAPI");

Outlook.Folder folder = ns.GetDefaultFolder(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox) as Outlook.Folder;

Outlook.Explorer explorer = myApp.Explorers.Add(folder, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlFolderDisplayMode.olFolderDisplayNormal);

explorer.Activate();

}

Outlook.Explorers myExplorers = null;

Office.CommandBar myCommandBar = null;

Office.CommandBarButton myCommandBarButton = null;

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)

{

myExplorers = this.Application.Explorers;

myExplorers.NewExplorer += new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.ExplorersEvents_NewExplorerEventHandler(Explorers_NewExplorer);

if (this.Application.Explorers.Count == 1)

{

AddMenuButton();

}

}

void myCommandBarButton_Click(Microsoft.Office.Core.CommandBarButton Ctrl, ref bool CancelDefault)

{

MessageBox.Show("Test Button Clicked!");

}

void Explorers_NewExplorer(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Explorer Explorer)

{

((Outlook.ExplorerEvents_10_Event)Explorer).Activate += new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.ExplorerEvents_10_ActivateEventHandler(ThisAddIn_Activate);

AddMenuButton();

}

void ThisAddIn_Activate()

{

AddMenuButton();

}

private void AddMenuButton()

{

try

{

myCommandBar = this.Application.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars["Menu Bar"];

myCommandBar.Reset();

Office.CommandBarControl myCommandBarControl = myCommandBar.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, 1, missing, missing, true);

myCommandBarControl.Visible = true;

myCommandBarControl.Caption = "Test";

myCommandBarButton = ((Office.CommandBarPopup)myCommandBarControl).CommandBar.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlButton, 1, "", 1, true) as Office.CommandBarButton;

myCommandBarButton.Caption = "test";

myCommandBarButton.Click += new Microsoft.Office.Core._CommandBarButtonEvents_ClickEventHandler(myCommandBarButton_Click);

}

catch (Exception ex)

{

}

}

Outlook.Application myApp = null;

private void Form1_Load(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(@"C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE");
}

private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
myApp = (Outlook.Application)System.Runtime.InteropServices.Marshal.GetActiveObject("Outlook.Application.11");
MessageBox.Show("Connected!");
}

private void button2_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Outlook.MAPIFolder inbox = myApp.Session.GetDefaultFolder(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
Outlook.Items myItems = inbox.Items;
Outlook.MailItem mailItem = myItems.Add(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem) as Outlook.MailItem;
mailItem.Subject = "Test";
mailItem.Save();
mailItem.Move(inbox);
}