Thanks for the reply. I think my first post was not very clear.
I am trying to create a console application that will do send/receive on an
Outlook account. I need the syncEnd event to control when to terminate the
application.

I think my problem comes from the overall installation of office and
programming it. Here is what I did:
I downloaded Microsoft visual studio express 2005 for visual basic and
created a console application. If I copy/paste the previous code, it does the
sync (provided I put a 2 sec timer to let the sync happen). If I launch
outlook prior to my console application, I can even see the tray icon
performing the send/receive.

My only problem is that I can not catch any event. I tried with item_send or
other events, all failed. So my question could be simpler:

What environment do I need to create a console application which can catch
office events. It is related to installing visual studio tools for office? Am
I confused between VBA and VB? Do I need to add more reference to the VB
project?

I you have clues to put me on track, it would be great!

Thanks in advance

Alban