Factory Interface

Provides methods you can use to perform miscellaneous tasks in an Outlook add-in, such as creating form region controls, form region manifest objects, and custom actions.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Outlook
Assemblies:   Microsoft.Office.Tools.Outlook.v4.0.Utilities (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Outlook.v4.0.Utilities.dll)
  Microsoft.Office.Tools.Outlook (in Microsoft.Office.Tools.Outlook.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<InterfaceTypeAttribute(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)> _
<GuidAttribute("787FA642-2A27-4626-84A9-EED0B47FA4A6")> _
Public Interface Factory _
    Inherits Factory

[InterfaceTypeAttribute(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
[GuidAttribute("787FA642-2A27-4626-84A9-EED0B47FA4A6")]
public interface Factory : Factory

The Factory type exposes the following members.

Methods

	Name	Description
	_VtblGap1_1	Infrastructure.
	CreateAddIn	Infrastructure. (Inherited from Factory.)
	CreateCustomTaskPaneCollection	Infrastructure. (Inherited from Factory.)
	CreateFormRegionCollection	Creates an IList<T> of IFormRegion objects.
	CreateFormRegionControl	Creates a an instance of a class that implements the FormRegionControl interface.
	CreateFormRegionCustomAction()	Creates an instance of a class that implements the FormRegionCustomAction interface with a default name.
	CreateFormRegionCustomAction(String)	Creates an instance of a class that implements the FormRegionCustomAction class by using the specified name.
	CreateFormRegionInitializingEventArgs	Creates a FormRegionInitializingEventArgs object that provides data for the FormRegionInitializing event of the form region factory class.
	CreateFormRegionManifest	Creates a form region manifest that describes how the form region appears in Outlook.
	CreateImportedFormRegion	Creates a Microsoft Office Outlook form region that is based on an Outlook Form Storage (*.ofs) file.
	CreateSmartTagCollection	Infrastructure. (Inherited from Factory.)
	GetRibbonFactory	Returns an object that you can use to create Ribbon controls at run time. (Inherited from Factory.)

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Remarks

To get a Factory object, use the Globals.Factory property in your project. For more information, see Global Access to Objects in Office Projects.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Office.Tools.Outlook Namespace