outlook-addin

Outlook Addin only loading on first instance of Outlook

Hi All We have an Outlook Addin developed in VS2008 using VSTO. This works fine and loads as expected when Outlook is fired up, both in debug and compiled versions. The problem occurs if the user opens another instance of Outlook - our addin is not loaded into this instance. Any thoughts ? ...

Outlook Addin Deployment Thread

Hi, i am developing a outlook addin in c#, heres my startup: private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { //adds the new issueTopMenu //Search the menu and delete if found RemoveMenubar(); //adds the panel AddPanelToExplorer(); //Method to create new menu ...

Outlook 2007 - Custom properties dissapear on send where they arrive

Hello, I have an outlook add in project that sets custom properties to mails in the inspector. I have a mail item in Outlook 2007 with custom properties, I try and send it to my own address, and then receive it without the custom properties. I have verified that the user properties are in the mail in the send event. I read somewhere that...

VSTO Outlook 2007 Add-in Context Menu CommandBarButton click event

I need to add a button to the context menu of the inbox. I have this working fine. What I need to figure out is in the implementation of the event handler how do I determine which item/items was clicked? private void AddIn_Startup(object sender, EventArgs e) { Application.ItemContextMenuDisplay += Application_ItemContextMenuDispl...

Custom email icon outlook add-in

Hi, I would like to show a very small modifier icon on email messages that are displayed in outlook using my outlook plugin. Despite a lot of searching, I am unable to find any sample code to do this. Is there any way of adding custom icons to email messages. I don't want the user to be able to easily change them (there is a process fo...

Problem with Outlook add in

Hi, I am trying to build a simple Outlook 2007 Add-in using Visual Studio 2010 and .NET framework 4. I am just displaying a MessageBox from the ThisAddIn.StartUp() method. The following is the code: private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { MessageBox.Show("Addin started"); } When...

Access Outlook "Shared Contacts" folder via Automation

In the Outlook Contacts pane you can use the option to "Share My Contacts folder" and then from another computer "Open Shared Contacts" This adds the shared contacts to the Contacts pane, but does not add it to the Outlook folder tree. How then can this folder be accessed via Outlook Automation? ...

Export the outlook calendar meetings/Appointments to a Database

Hello All, I am having a request that if there is an option or a tool that I can get the microsoft outlook calendar meetings/Appointments exported immediately and automatically to a database(Access DB/ Oracle)? Is there is a way to do that? Thanks ...

Don't save embed image that contain into attachements (like signature image)

Hello, I work on a VSTO in c#. When I click on button I save attachment in a folder. My problem is : when I have a rich email with an image in the signature, I have a element in my attachment. But I don't want save that image. Outlook (application) hide this attachment in the area attachment ! So why not me :-( My code is very simply :...

Need Help on Python + Outlook

Hello All, I am developing Outlook addins using Python and I am not able to fetch Message-ID of the selected Mail. I have googled and read lot but didn’t get any satisfying solutions and I don't want to use any other Property except Message-ID. My whole Outlook Addin is Based on logic of the MessageID cause I have my own server and I wan...

RDOSession object with python

I want to Create RDOSession object win python for outlook addins can any tell me hoe to create RDOSession object inpython ??? Regards Thank You... ...

cannot add Outlook form region in Visual Studio 2008

I created a new Outlook Addin solution in Visual Studio 2008, and tried adding an "Outlook Form Region" item, but I get this error: "Could not load file or assembly 'Microsoft.Office.Tools.Outlook.v9.0, Version=9.0.0.0, Culture=neutral, PublicKeyToken=b03f5f7f11d50a3a' or one of its dependencies. The system cannot find the file specifie...

Outlook 2010 Addin - contact being saved to default folder instead of custom folder when added programmatically

Hi, I've created an Outlook 2010 addin with VS 2010. I'm using the Solution Module feature to add custom folders in which I want to display items from an LOB SQL database. The cutom folders appear in the Solution Module correctly. If I use Application.CreateItem to create a contact & then call item.Save, it gets saved in the default co...

How to get currently viewed message in Outlook Inbox folder

I'm writing an Application-Level Add-In for MS Outlook and now I need to determine what message is currently selected in Inbox folder (I mean the letter user is currently looking to). Can anyone help me? ...

Controlling the mail client from delphi

hi! I have an issue here where we need to control outlook from Embarcadero Delphi 2010. we used today some thirdparty components for opening the mail sending window, this worked some timeago. but now it seem to fail on newer outlook versions. are there any component out there dedicated to controlling outlook from Delphi, or are there ...

Send a meetingrequest using another account failed

I've tried to send a meeting request using another account in Outlook using an Outlook Addin. The organizer should be that account, and the meeting must be in the calendar of the account. I've created the following code: Account myAccount=null; foreach(Account objAccount in Application.GetNamespace("mapi").Accounts) if(objAccount.Smt...

How to get original sender of a forwarded email with Outlook interop?

I'm developing an add in for Outlook 2010 and I need to be able to retrieve the sender's email address for a MailItem or the email address of the original sender if it is a a forwarded email. Is there any easy way to do that second one besides parsing through the body of the email? ...

C# - Looking to capture an event when a store is added/removed in Outlook

I am writing an add-in that needs to log when a PST is added/removed via the "Data File Management" menu or through AddStore/RemoveStore. I have been having difficulty on finding documentation on how to capture these events. Advice is greatly appreciated. Thanks, Larry EDIT: Here's my dummy code that's not working: using System; us...

Outlook 2007 - Create addin from .OTM file?

Hi, I created a custom toolbar and a VbaProject.otm in Outlook 2007 and now I'm wondering how I can actually use those to create an Add-in? I know I have to use Visual Studio to create and deploy the add-in, but how do I actually import the form, code behind and the toolbar to the add-in dll? ...

Creating an installer with Visual Studio - How do I control the file structure?

Quick question here, I'm using Visual Studio to create an Outlook add-in. I've created the code and it boots up nicely in Outlook. Now to actually creating an installer.. This is what I've done so far, created a new installer project and added the files (dll and vsto) from the debug folder of the actual outlook project. But when I build ...