I'm writing a VSTO Microsoft Outlook plug-in. The version destination of that plugin is Outlook 2007 and 2010, so I use the Outlook 2007 add-in (in Visual Studio).
I have some (visual) problem with ActiveMenuBar. In Outlook 2007 it works fine, but in 2010 the ActiveMenuBar doesn't exist; it is replaced with tabControl and ribbons.
I would like to check the version (Application.Version) and if the version is 14 (Outlook 2010) then don't add an item into ActiveMenuBar, but add a ribbon to the Home tabPage.
How do I add the Ribbon into the Home tab page? For example, if I add a ribbon to the Message tab page, I set the ribbonControl.OfficeId to "TabReadMessage", but I can't find the OfficeId of the Home tab.
Best Answer
Set the 'ControlId' property (ribbon designer properties) or the idMso (ribbon XML) to TabHome (Edit:
TabMailin Outlook 2010 and Outlook 2013). The ribbongroups on your ribbon will then be added to the existing Home ribbon.A complete list of all other ribbon names can be found in 2007 Office System Document: Lists of Control IDs and in Office 2010 Help Files: Office Fluent User Interface Control Identifiers.