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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Programming Add-Ins / November 2003Word as Email Editor/Inspectors/Commandbar
I've created an plug-in for Outlook. It creates commandbars on Mail Inspector items. Here is my problem, whenever Word is used as my editor/reader, I have the followin problems: Words as my email editor: I add a FlagRequest to the mailitem. However, the FlagRequest does not show in the inspector. When I look back on my main Outlook Explorer, the flag indicator is displayed next to the item in the list. If I click on the FlagRequest button on the inspector, I can see the values I set for the FlagRequest. On FlagRequest dialog, if I press the OK or Cancel button, the FlagRequest will now show on the Inspector. Word as to read Rich-Text emails: I cannot create any Commandbars to the inspector. I just get a very unimformative error message. I have read on other sites that adding commandbars under this condition is not possible. Is this true? Is this a bug in Outlook? You don't mention your version of Outlook, but forget about getting an Inspector in Outlook 2000 when a WordMail item is opened. It works in Outlook 2002 or 2003 but is still funky. In Outlook 2003 I can get an Inspector and add a CommandBar to it but when an item is sent in code the Inspector remains open unless you close the Word.Document.ActiveWindow and discard it, and then when you exit Outlook you get a prompt about saving Normal.Dot, which has been modified by your adding and then deleting your CommandBar object. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginners Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm > I've created an plug-in for Outlook. It creates commandbars > on Mail Inspector items. [quoted text clipped - 17 lines] > other sites that adding commandbars under this condition is > not possible. Is this true? Is this a bug in Outlook? Thank you for your response. I am using Outlook 2003. I am able to get the reference to the Inspector. However, I have been unable to add the commandbar. Do you use a different than the add method from the CommandBars object on the inspector. Do you use the WordEditor object on the inspector? Do you have a code example of how you added the commandbar? Have you seen this issue I am having with the FlagRequest? >-----Original Message----- >You don't mention your version of Outlook, but forget about getting an [quoted text clipped - 38 lines] > >. I just use the Inspector.CommandBars collection and add my button to the "Standard" toolbar. Then I delete it when the Inspector closes even though I instantiate it as temporary. I do have something of a glitch when the Click event fires for the button, the instantiated button object is Nothing at that point. I have to save any states I want for it as module level variables and just access the Button object passed in the Click event handler. I access the WordEditor object as a Word.Document when I want to make sure the Inspector will actually close. I get the Document's File menu from the "Menu Bar" CommandBar and then execute the Exit menu item. That way the orphaned Word pane isn't left sitting there after the item is sent or whatever. Also, if the user has prompt for saving Normal.dot enabled they will be prompted each time Outlook is closed. I haven't found a way around that. Using 0 as an argument for the Document or ActiveWindow in the Close method still prompts for saving Normal.dot and the other things I've played with also don't prevent that. I haven't played with flag requests in the Word editor. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginners Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm > Thank you for your response. I am using Outlook 2003. I am > able to get the reference to the Inspector. However, I have [quoted text clipped - 5 lines] > > Have you seen this issue I am having with the FlagRequest? I forgot to add this in, I only have this problem when the email of type "Rich Text". Also, this problem only rears itself when I am reading the email. I can create the commandbars when I am on a composition (new, reply, forward) email. Thank you for your response. I am using Outlook 2003. I am able to get the reference to the Inspector. However, I have been unable to add the commandbar. Do you use a different than the add method from the CommandBars object on the inspector. Do you use the WordEditor object on the inspector? Do you have a code example of how you added the commandbar? Have you seen this issue I am having with the FlagRequest? >-----Original Message----- >Thank you for your response. I am using Outlook 2003. I am [quoted text clipped - 58 lines] >> >. I haven't seen your FlagRequest problem, not sure what it is. Here's some code I used to create a new toolbar button in the Standard toolbar in a WordMail item in Outlook 2003. The code runs in an Inspector wrapper class that is instantiated when NewInspector fires: Private Sub CreateButtons(objInspector As Outlook.Inspector, _ blnNew As Boolean) Dim cbStd As Office.CommandBar Dim strToolbar As String Dim strToolTip As String Dim strMessage As String Dim strEntryID As String Dim strVCID As String Dim strKBID As String Dim strName As String Dim blnEnabled As Boolean Dim strKey As String On Error Resume Next 'code to load a button image into the clipboard 'from a resource file, the procedure is not shown here basOutlook.GetClipboard If blnNew Then Clipboard.SetData LoadResPicture(101, 0) Else Clipboard.SetData LoadResPicture(102, 0) End If strKey = CStr(m_lngID) 'Adding a button to the Standard toolbar for any Inspector strToolbar = "Standard" Set cbStd = objInspector.CommandBars(strToolbar) 'Do button m_strTag = "MyButton" & strKey strToolTip = "my button's tool tip text" strMessage = "My Button" Set cbbModuleLevelButtonObject = cbStd.FindControl(Tag:=m_strTag) If Not (cbbModuleLevelButtonObject Is Nothing) Then cbbModuleLevelButtonObject.Delete Set cbbModuleLevelButtonObject = Nothing End If If cbbModuleLevelButtonObject Is Nothing Then Err.Clear Set cbbModuleLevelButtonObject = cbStd.Controls.Add(Type:=msoControlButton, _ Parameter:=m_strTag, Temporary:=True) With cbbModuleLevelButtonObject .DescriptionText = strToolTip .BeginGroup = True .Caption = strMessage .PasteFace 'add icon .Tag = m_strTag .ToolTipText = strToolTip .Style = msoButtonIconAndCaption 'the following syntax is critical .OnAction = "!<" & gstrProgID & ">" .Visible = True .Enabled = True If m_ButtonState Then .State = msoButtonDown Else .State = msoButtonUp End If End With End If Clipboard.Clear basOutlook.RestoreClipboard Set cbStd = Nothing End Sub -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginners Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm > I forgot to add this in, I only have this problem when the > email of type "Rich Text". Also, this problem only rears [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Have you seen this issue I am having with the FlagRequest? |
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