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How can I access mouse events in Outlook?

Is there any way I can access the mouse events in Outlook 2007? I know you can access the mouse events for a custom form region. However I would like to access the mouse events of an inspector. Thanks ...

Office (esp. Outlook) addins

We want to develop addins for outlook, word and excel. As of now I am aware of 2 types of solutions. One to go for Shared Add-in (COM based) and other to build VSTO based Add-in. As I am new to this, which would be the better option? (Or if there is 3rd way,please let me know) We are targeting Office 2003 and 2007 both. And I would prefe...

Outlook 2003 Addons

I want to create a custom Addon/plugin for Outlook 2003, to support integrated functionality with a task management system. I am unable to find many good development resources for the same. Can someone please explain Outlook 2003 architecure and development of a plugin. Good links/resources are also welcome. ...

Suppressing Outlook Field Printing

Hi, We have written an add-on for Outlook that files emails into our CRM system. Int he process of this, it saves the Outlook Message ID as a UserField on the Message itself. eg. currentUserProperty = Constants.APPLICATION_NAME + "EntryID"; mailItem.UserProperties.Add(currentUserProperty, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlUser...

howto create an Outlook.Folder Object from Outlook.Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder

i have this "simple" Outlook-Object: Outlook.Explorer olExplorer = this.Application.ActiveExplorer(); in "ThisAddin_StartUp" i register the olExplorer.FolderSwitch event to a function olExplorer_FolderSwitch(). There i must create an Outlook-Folder Object from the current Folder: Outlook.Folder f = olExplorer.CurrentFolder as Outlook...

Possible to connect to Outlook WebMail via Java?

I want to create a java program to connect to an outlook webmail server to check for unread emails. I am not looking for an open source java based email client etc.. etc.. I am basically asking if it is possible to create a Java interface to an Outlook Webmail Server. I have been trying to hunt down how I would even begin to do this and...

Outlook Add-In Where to save configuration, C#

Hi, I am developing a add-in for outlook using VS2008, C#. I am trying to figure out a way to allow user to specify some settings during the installation and use them in the add-in. seeking ways I don't have to write use registry. thanks in advance~ ...

ASP.NET Outlook Appointment scheduling

Hai TEchies Can anyone tell me how can i set an appointment /reminder in the outlook express , from my ASP.NET web page. I am using ASP.NET 2.0 Thanks in advance ...

How to make To-address read-only when creating mail message with Outlook automation ?

Is it possible to set the To textbox to be read-only when you create and display a mail message in outlook with Office automation? We use the following code to create the message: Outlook.Application objOutlook = new Outlook.Application(); Outlook.MailItem mail = (Outlook.MailItem)objOutlook.CreateItem(OlItemType.olMailItem); /...

Attach file to Outlook

I have the below code that I harvested from MSDN. There intent there seems to have been as an Add In and as such I am having a problem with the this.Application.CreateItem(...) portion. What do I need to do differently to do this from my winform app? private void AddAttachment(){ Outlook.MailItem mail =this.Application.CreateItem(Out...

C#, Outlook Addon, Open webpage inside outlook

Hi, I am wondering how to open a website inside Outlook 2007 programmatically using C#? and still retain the ToDo bar. thank you ...

How to build in auto-updating for an outlook addin?

I'm building an outlook addin, and I was wondering if there was any standard way to have the addin update itself when we release new versions (or at least notify the user to visit our website and download/install the newest version)? The naive way I've been thinking about doing is just pinging our server every once in a while to check fo...

Outlook Web Access Plugin Development

Has anybody written a plugin for outlook web access? Are there any resources to which you could point me or tips you can pass on? I'm probably more interested in OWA 2007 than 2003 but whatever you've got would be great. ...

Outlook - moving email using a macro does not preserve the receipt date

While using a macro in outlook to move an email into a subfolder, the receipt date is not preserved. Does anyone has an idea on how to avoid that? ...

"display:none" content copied to clipboard, visible when pasted

Hi all, I'm having a problem with non-displayed HTML elements being copied to the clipboard, and then displayed when the content is pasted into MS Word, Outlook, etc. For example: <p>Hello</p> <p style="display: none;">I'm Hidden</p> <p>World</p> If I view that HTML in a browser, copy the text to my clipboard, then paste into Outloo...

How to Remove an Item from the Office Orb Menu in Outlook

Folks, I've been working on ribbon development in Office 2007, but I'm running into an issue that's driving me a bit nuts. I want to remove the "Permissions" option from the Orb menu of a new mail message in Outlook 2007. I am not having any luck. I'm using VS2008 and VSTO 3. Any suggestions? Thanks in advance, Rex ...

Search Outlook directory

Hi, I'd like to know if it possible to search for people in Outlook directory via the Outlook COM component. If so, how? I've referenced the COM component and created a Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application object in my C# code, but I don't know how to go further. What I wnat to do is have a first and last name as input, and be ...

Does the SaveAs method in Microsoft.Office.Outlook.Interop have a maximum file size?

Is there some type of undocumented file size limit when using this method to save to a UNC path? http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/microsoft.office.interop.outlook._mailitem.saveas.aspx I made an Outlook add-on that copies the currently selected email(s) to a network server. Works great until you try to save an email that has man...

Different ways of creating Outlook AddIns

When creating an VSTO Outlook AddIn there are some restrictions which are a bit annoying. For example if you start Outlook due to a click on a mail link, no addins are loaded due to security reasons. Is there a way to override this behaviour? Maybe an alternate way of creating an Addin without using VSTO? If I remember correct there are...

How can I create a script to move the currently active email in the Inbox to another folder in Outlook 2007

I sometimes get emails that I want to keep but to move them into the appropriate folder can be a pain. How can I execute a script that will move (like using C-S-v) the email I'm looking at into a certain folder called "buffer", for instance? I'm using Outlook 2007. thanks. EDIT: there isn't any criteria that can be created to autom...