Yes, that's true. You will need to wait for Outlook 2007 and its new form regions feature. Or, consider not customizing the form at all and add your buttons instead to Inspector.CommandBars.

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"Tom at GSD" wrote in message ...
Hi,

I have designed a C++ COM addin with a custom contact form that was derived
from the standard contact form. Essentially I am adding a couple command
buttons to the form. I publish the form and open it up only to notice that
the XP Styles are non existent. I have implemented XP Styles within the DLL
but still the XP Styles are not to be seen. I have seen a couple articles on
the NET that state XP Styles are not available for custom forms. Is this true?