I am facing the same issue.

Well, I just happened to check the "Find" snap-in that just opens up in the
explorer window, in there the text in the "Look for:" textbox seems to retain
its text even though the focus is moved out via. a mouse-click.
Need to know:
- whether it is possible to create such snap-ins through VSTO?
- whether that textbox is any different than the one in the commandbar?
Would appreciate any pointers.
- hiren.

"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

No, I meant that unless the Enter or Tab keys are pressed that's the way
things are, the text won't be retained and there's nothing you can do about
it.

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"newToOutlookProgramming"
wrote in message
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Hi ken,

did u mean this : " Until the user clicks (via mouse) OR tabsout (via
keyboard) , the entered text is not retained."

My issue is that entered-text is not retained when user clicks(via mouse).


Moreover, in OL2003, there are not a lot of places with comboboxes.

i see some dropdowns in default Explorer view in OL2003:

(i) "Current View" - Messages, Last Seven Days etc
( this does not let entered-text retained on clicking)

(ii) "Look for :" ___________ (i typed sm text here and text is retained
after I click elsewhere)


thanks for your help
-manish