Outlook (2007) Ribbon: Issue adding new group to Message tab
When writing a COM Addin for Microsoft Outlook 2007 , I came across a scenario where I needed to add buttons to the Ribbon when composing or reading an email message. Using the IRibbonExtensibility methods, I was able to add a new tab with groups and controls to the read and compose inspectors. The issue was that I needed to include an additional group in the Message tab of an email when composing or viewing. If I set the tab id to that of the read or compose message class (TabNewMailMessage or TabReadMessage), the group would not display at all. The new group would only display if added to a new tab. When I set the tab id to that of the Message tab for the read and compose message classes, the new group would not display at all. This was not ideal, as the solution required that the new group and buttons were displayed first before the standard groups within the Message Tab. There were a number of reasons that the custom group woul...