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I am developing an Oulook 2010 Addin with Visual Studio 2013.

I need to design the Mail Message Header in both the "Open Mail Window" and the "Reading Pane". I tried using "Design A Form" within Outlook BUT: a) Many of the default controls are missing. For example: Flag, Importance, Image of Sender etc. b) There is no option to design the Reading Pane.

Can anyone help? Is there any other way to achieve this?

How can I make a minor design change to the form while keeping all the original controls and functionality in tact?

Susan Young
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Custom forms don't support the Reading pane. Instead, you may consider developing an Outlook add-in with a Form region. See Creating Outlook Form Regions for more information. For example, you may use the Adjoining form region type. But you can't place the form at the top of the window.

Also you may consider using Advanced form regions from Add-in Express. They provide the layout at the top. Or just use Windows API functions for subclassing Outlook windows. See Creating Adjacent Windows In Outlook for the sample code.

Eugene Astafiev
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