Yes it does. That's one major reason why doing Outlook automation (to go back to the topic at hand) feels easier in VB.NET

yag

>Alan,
>Does VB.NET support optional parameters?
>When is Microsoft going to rewrite Office (Word, Excel, etc) in managed code? <s>
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>Einar
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>>One other major reason is that VB supports optional parameters, and the Office object model made major use of optional parameters when it was created.
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>>yag
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>>>>I've wondered (again, just my opinion/speculation) if OLE Automation's roots in VBA means that VB.NET is better suited for it. I see more code samples for OLE Automation in VB.NET than C# (which could be for additional reasons).
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>>>There is an article in the latest MSDN Magazine that seems to imply the same.
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>>>Looks like I will have to install VB.NET as well as C# (:-()...
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>>>Kevin