show outlook appointment ribbon in calendar tools

Question

I created (by RibbonDesigner) new outlook ribbon that appears in the window of an appointment.

RibbonType: Microsoft.Outlook.Appointment,Microsoft.Outlook.MeetingRequest.Read

I want to add this Ribbon to CalendarItems near 'Appointment' tab , when appointment is selected from the calendar view

[Location where I want to put the ribbon]1

How can I do it?

Eugene Astafiev Eugene Astafiev · Accepted Answer · 2015-09-04T12:59:26

The ribbon designer doesn't provide all the features of the Fluent UI, in some cases you need to use the Ribbon XML to get things working. See Walkthrough: Creating a Custom Tab by Using Ribbon XML to get started quickly.

Looks like you need to add a new contextual tab to the Calendar Tools of the Explorer window. For example:

 <contextualTabs>
  <tabSet idMso="TabSetAppointment">
   <tab id="YourTab">
     ... 
   </tab>
  </tabSet>
 </contextualTabs>

Read more about that in the similar forum thread - How to get Calendar Tools Ribbon through VSTO Outlook Addin.

You may also find the Chapter 11: Creating Dynamic Ribbon Customizations (1 of 2) article helpful.

show outlook appointment ribbon in calendar tools

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