Open a web page in outlook through Add-Ins

The following code snippet shows how to open a web site (webpage)  inside Microsoft Outlook using Office Development with Visual Studio (VSTO). This code is tested using Outlook 2003.

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Office.CommandBarComboBox control = (Office.CommandBarComboBox) this.Application.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars.FindControl(26,1740, missing, missing);
control.Text = "www.msn.com";
}

More references about VSTO and Outlook:

• http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto/
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-au/vsto/dd162450.aspx
• http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms268747(VS.80).aspx