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simplifies maintenance and eliminates the need for complex runtime dependencies.

(almost) everything is under the developer's control, and.

the sample extensively uses COM and (especially) Win32 API, which are best dealt in the native language,.

add-in lifetime and flow are determined by their implemented contracts (in COM world, interfaces) called by their host application (Outlook),.

While I am sure in today's world this may sound crazy, I still prefer writing in C using just the runtime the OS supplies for a number of (personal) reasons, mainly because: Knowledge of Win32, COM, Outlook object model, and C programming are required for a better understanding of this article.

WM_COPYDATA based data exchange with Skype following the protocol described in the Skype Developer Documentation.

user confirmation in Skype to allow external application interaction.

discover Skype and establish connection ( SkypeControlAPIDiscover, SkypeControlAPIAttach).

In short, there are three phases for an external application to talk to Skype: The familiarity with Skype Desktop API would help in order to understand what the add-in does in order to interact with Skype.

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The reader will discover in code which ones are just for showing. Note: Not all controls are working some of them are for illustration purposes only.

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demonstrates how to implement an Outlook add-in without wizards.describes how to create a COM component in plain C (the general steps).

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This is not a full Skype client embedded (it demonstrates just a number of get/set properties and events), but it can be a good demonstration of the Skype Desktop API combined into an Outlook add-in. The main purpose of this article is to embed Skype functionality directly in Outlook. There may be such add-ins on market (and for Skype there are for sure), but without source code.

I would like to set a task as completed or assign a task directly from the email received from JIRA. But the clipboard and Alt-Tab remain the main staples of day-to-day working. I know, I know, everything is in the cloud as everyone tries to sell this to us every day. We're all working with a variety of tools every day we communicate using a number of instant messaging applications (Skype and Yahoo! for me) we deal with many emails per day using our favorite clients (mine being Outlook), and we're dealing with other tons of data for doing tracking activities, searching, and so on.Д«ut despite this overwhelmingly increasing data, there is little interoperability between all of these programs. I will try to post upper 'Edit n' sections as soon as I'm learning new developments on Skype API status updates. This is, in their words, for 'continue improving user experience', which is just another name for corporate BS talk. IMHO, this is a *very* bad decision, since now there is no way to communicate with Skype other than initiate some calls. More details here.Д®dit: Skype/MS removed Desktop API, and replaced it (yeah, right) with Skype URIs.

So, 'until we determine alternative options or retire the current solution' (quote: Noah Edelstein). Edit 3: Sadly, chat is still going away: Skype tweaks Desktop API plans: Chat still going away, call recording and device compatibility to stay for now.Д®dit 2: It seems (finally !) that removing Desktop API without giving an alternative was not a good idea, so - at least temporarily - MS/Skype backpedals from this.

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