Why are COM Addins so much better than VBA?

I have a book Microsoft Outlook Programming, that has been very useful to
help me create a form.  I have almost completed it, but i have two actions
once called "Authorise" and another called "Reject".  I have created these
action buttons as follows:

I have made several email forms and I can't seem to find a
way to print them as they are displayed when opened in
Outlook.  When the form is printed by the recipient it
prints out in the email format and I need it to print out

If a manager apporves a credit on a csutomer's account, I need a form in
Outlook that the employee can fill in the amolunt of the credit, the account
number and the Manager' email address (from a distribution list) to send a
reminder to the Manager's inbox so they will access the ...

I am trying to use a COM Addin with Outlook, but I need to know where I can
store data?  Do I need to store it in an external database such as Access or
SQLServer?  or can it be stored in the Exchange Database somehow?
From what I understand, if Outlook Forms are used, they take ...

I'm currently using both Outlook object and CDO for
Outlook automation from VB/VBA.  All the testing has done
so far is using plain text format of emails.  I remember
I saw somethere saying that rich text format is not

Good day,
I have a vbscript code in my custom Outlook form that sends out an email,
similar to the code below. How can I code so that the email is sent in PLAIN
TEXT format (instead of whatever format - html/plain text/rich text - set in

I'm creating a custom .oft form to be put on our internal web site.  This
form is call IT Requisition Form and is used to set up new employees with
network access, desktop/laptop, software needs, etc.  The form opens fine.  
The problem happens when it is sent.  It just shows up ...

EVERY TIME I TRY TO SEND AN E MAIL, I GET THIS MESSAGE'THE
HOST OUTLOOK CAN NOT BE FOUND.PLEASE VARIFY THAT YOU HAVE
ENTERED THE SERVER NAME
CORRECTLY:ACCT 'IMAP':SERVER:OUTLOOK PROTOCAL SMTP PORT 25

We should have the option to accept level 1 restricted files hen they come
from a reliable source.  The inability to over ride this blocking is a major
inconvience.

Is there a way to programatically turn on the required flag for a particular
field.  I've got a form where there is a field that is hidden unless a
condition is met.  f the condition is met, then the field is required.
Problem is, if the condition is not met and the user tries to ...

I am programming a form for outlook and I would like to add a field that
validates the number of characters in the field (the number is a specific
amount that will stay the same everytime so I want to make sure users aren't
missing a letter or number) and I want this field to be ...

I have a contacts folder full of contacts and would like
to change the default view form to one that I have
modified. I know how to change the default form for new
posts, but how do I change the form for existing items in

Greetings: I'm using Outlook 2002 and would like to create a survey form
that I can email to selected parties. When I create the survey questions,
including form elements (fill-ins, drop downs, etc), as part of an Outlook
email everything looks fine after I protect the form. However ...

 I've got 3 custom forms I've developed under Outlook 2000.  They run
fine on all versions of Outlook, except Outlook 2003.  When users at
my organization try to open the forms using Outlook 2003 they get the
a dialog box with the title: "MS Outlook" and the message: "Could not