Hello,

Thanks for reviewing my question. I am just starting out and so I am not
sure if this is possible but I would like to know if you can add to an
existing context-sensitive menu.

When you are in Outlook and have your list of emails in front of you, you
can right click on an email and menu (Open, Print, Reply, Forward, etc.) is
displayed. I would like to know if its possible to add my own menu item to
this menu? And of course if true, how do you go about doing this?

Many Thanks
Peter

It's possible as a hack that mostly works (it's supported fully in Outlook
2007), but the hack doesn't tell you what was right-clicked on. You can use
Explorer.Selection to tell what was selected in the view but that may not be
the same as the item the user right-clicked on.

See http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=526 for an example.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Peter" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Thanks for reviewing my question. I am just starting out and so I am not
sure if this is possible but I would like to know if you can add to an
existing context-sensitive menu.

When you are in Outlook and have your list of emails in front of you, you
can right click on an email and menu (Open, Print, Reply, Forward, etc.)
is
displayed. I would like to know if its possible to add my own menu item
to
this menu? And of course if true, how do you go about doing this?

Many Thanks
Peter

Ken,

Thanks for the helpfull info.

(it's supported fully in Outlook 2007),

I am actually trying out the Outlook 2007. Where can I find out on how to
do it in Outlook 2007?

Thanks
Peter

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

It's possible as a hack that mostly works (it's supported fully in Outlook
2007), but the hack doesn't tell you what was right-clicked on. You can use
Explorer.Selection to tell what was selected in the view but that may not be
the same as the item the user right-clicked on.

See http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=526 for an example.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Peter" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Thanks for reviewing my question. I am just starting out and so I am not
sure if this is possible but I would like to know if you can add to an
existing context-sensitive menu.

When you are in Outlook and have your list of emails in front of you, you
can right click on an email and menu (Open, Print, Reply, Forward, etc.)
is
displayed. I would like to know if its possible to add my own menu item
to
this menu? And of course if true, how do you go about doing this?

Many Thanks
Peter

Trap the Application.OnItemContextMenuDisplay. In your implementation of the
OnItemContextMenuDisplay event handler, add your button to the command bar
passed in the CmdBar parameter.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"Peter" wrote in message
...
Ken,

Thanks for the helpfull info.

(it's supported fully in Outlook 2007),

I am actually trying out the Outlook 2007. Where can I find out on how to
do it in Outlook 2007?

Thanks
Peter

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

It's possible as a hack that mostly works (it's supported fully in
Outlook
2007), but the hack doesn't tell you what was right-clicked on. You can
use
Explorer.Selection to tell what was selected in the view but that may not
be
the same as the item the user right-clicked on.

See http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=526 for an example.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Peter" wrote in message
...
Hello,

Thanks for reviewing my question. I am just starting out and so I am
not
sure if this is possible but I would like to know if you can add to an
existing context-sensitive menu.

When you are in Outlook and have your list of emails in front of you,
you
can right click on an email and menu (Open, Print, Reply, Forward,
etc.)
is
displayed. I would like to know if its possible to add my own menu
item
to
this menu? And of course if true, how do you go about doing this?

Many Thanks
Peter

And whatever was right-clicked or the selection that was right-clicked will
be in the Selection collection passed in that event. All context menus share
the ContextMenuClose event, so you also know when the context menu is
closing.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
...
Trap the Application.OnItemContextMenuDisplay. In your implementation of
the OnItemContextMenuDisplay event handler, add your button to the command
bar passed in the CmdBar parameter.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool