Most of the samples I've used or seen for that hack destroy the UI and
re-create it when OnUpdate() fires. Otherwise the button can go out of scope
and just sit there doing nothing. Look in the samples for a
CommandBar.Reset() call.
--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
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"John Erickson" wrote in message
...
I have some new info. I just started my testing on Outlook 2002 and my
context menu problem doesn't occur there. My 3 added buttons appear on the
context menu ALL the time. Not just the first time. I'm using the exact
same
code as I am for Outlook 2000. Any idea what is different in Outlook 2000
that's making my added buttons only appear the first time? Or better yet
any
ideas on a work around?
John
"John Erickson" wrote:
Hi,
I think I know what you are probably going to say to this, but I thought
I'd
give it a shot anyway. I read all the other messages about Context menus
and
how they are unsupport, but there's this hack. I've been trying to use
the
hack for my Outlook 2000 add-in, but I'm having a really strange problem.
I
track down the "Context Menu", then I find the CommandBarPopup on it that
I
want to add 3 buttons to. I'm able to do all that and my new buttons work
fine. I can click on them and my event gets triggered and everything is
wonderful. The thing I can't explain is that my new buttons work the
first
time the context menu is displayed, but 2nd and subsequent times my
buttons
are missing. When I look at the context menu collection on the 2nd and
subsequent attempts to bring it up, the controls I added to the context
menu
are still there. They're enabled, visible, have a height and a width, but
they just don't show up. I've attempted to use the Delete method on my
buttons and re-add them, but I can't seem to get that to work. The delete
doesn't seem to do anything. Is there some other call I need to make to
have
the delete method work? Anyone have a clue how to fix this? I'd be happy
to
share code on it, but it's somewhat lengthy.
John