Adding macro button to trigger a specific Macro

Question

Whenever I add a custom Macro button to the Quick Access Toolbar , it is a generic Macro window invocation button. What I want is that if I click on the button, a specific Macro should directly start running. As of now there are 2-3 steps before I do that. First of all I click on the icon on the quick access toolbar , another small drop down shows up unnecessarily as shown here ( not sure why Add Ons is appearing here, I never added)

Secondly, if I click on the bigger Macros icon in the dropdown again , I get a dialog box where I have to choose macro from a list. I don't want to go through all this. As soon as I click on the button, a specific macro (I should be able to configure name of the macro) should start. I know there is a shortcut available for triggering a specific macro but I prefer a button.

Answer 1

If you don't want to configure QAT buttons manually you may consider developing a COM based add-in instead. See Walkthrough: Create your first VSTO Add-in for Outlook for more information.

To customize the ribbon UI you can use the designer provided by VSTO, see Walkthrough: Create a custom tab by using the Ribbon Designer.