How to select a mail in the outlook inspector programatically in C#?

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ksskumar - 21 Jan 2004 15:49 GMT

Hi,

I am developing an addins for outlook in C#.

My need is, If I click a custom button on the custom tool bar , a mail
should select automatically in the outlook inspector. Ofcourse I give
some search criteria in the button click event to select the mail.

I can identifiy the mail with my search criteria from the custom
button click event. Means I have mail as outlook mailitem object. But
I am not able to select that mail automatically in the inspector.

Please let me know, if anybody know the way. The code/sample can be
in any programming language.

with regards
kumar

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 21 Jan 2004 16:05 GMT

You mean display it in an Inspector window? If so, the method you're looking
for is MailItem.Display.

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> Hi,
>
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> with regards
> kumar

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ksskumar - 22 Jan 2004 03:09 GMT

Hi Mosher,

Thanks for your comment.

I tried it also, something like this

object OMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value ;
MailItem.Display(OMissing) ;

It opens the message, BUT in a the new window, NOT on the the same
window itself. I need to display the message on the inspector window
itself.

OR is there any way to select the mail in the inspector from the code?

regards,
kumar

> You mean display it in an Inspector window? If so, the method you're looking
> for is MailItem.Display.
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> > with regards
> > kumar

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Sue Mosher [MVP] - 22 Jan 2004 12:39 GMT

Now I'm really confused about what you're trying to do. What do you mean by
"select the mail in the inspector"?

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> Hi Mosher,
>
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> > You mean display it in an Inspector window? If so, the method you're looking
> > for is MailItem.Display.

> > > Hi,
> > >
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> > > with regards
> > > kumar

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Anushya - 24 Jan 2004 08:00 GMT

Hi Sue

I think he doesnot need to open the mail in a new window.
Mailitem.display() opens the mail in a new window in the default way.

Instead he needs to display the mail body of the selected mail in the
place where outlook displays mail body. But here he will
programmatically select the mail item thru some custom logic

Simply he wants to display the mail body of the program selected mail
item in the outlook window where mail body is displayed.
Anushya

> Now I'm really confused about what you're trying to do. What do you mean by
> "select the mail in the inspector"?
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> > > > with regards
> > > > kumar

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