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Folder Custom View
Hello everyone,
Thank you for your assistance. I am using VS 2008 and Outlook 2007 Please advise as to the best way to achieve the following: 1) I want to be able to click on a button that resides in the Explorer Toolbar, and display a custom explorer window with different controls. I have already tried to follow the steps outlined in this sample: "OutlookAddin_FolderHomepageView_Sample", but, in my case, it seems to work only for the Tasks Folder, but it would not work for the Default Inbox folder. I keep getting: "Object does not support this property or method" 2) Can a web page that is showing inside Outlook browser exchange parameters with the outlook explorer that is showing that page? thank you. |
Folder Custom View
1) You get an error on what statement? Show enough of the code that people who might respond can know what you code you're working with.
2) Exchange parameters in what way? It might help if you explained why you think a folder home page is a good solution, instead of a custom task pane. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 "Naji" wrote in message ... Hello everyone, Thank you for your assistance. I am using VS 2008 and Outlook 2007 Please advise as to the best way to achieve the following: 1) I want to be able to click on a button that resides in the Explorer Toolbar, and display a custom explorer window with different controls. I have already tried to follow the steps outlined in this sample: "OutlookAddin_FolderHomepageView_Sample", but, in my case, it seems to work only for the Tasks Folder, but it would not work for the Default Inbox folder. I keep getting: "Object does not support this property or method" 2) Can a web page that is showing inside Outlook browser exchange parameters with the outlook explorer that is showing that page? thank you. |
Folder Custom View
Good Morning Sue,
Here is the link to the sample I am experimenting with: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and here is some of the code I am put together: 1 private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 2 { 3 Outlook.MAPIFolder customPropFolder = CustomPropertiesFolder(this.Application.Session); 4 5 if (customPropFolder != null) 6 { 7 customPropFolder.WebViewURL = RegisterFolderHomepage.RegisterType(typeof(FolderH omepageUC), customPropFolder.Name); 8 customPropFolder.WebViewOn = true; 9 customPropFolder.Display(); 10 } 11 } 12 13 private Outlook.MAPIFolder CustomPropertiesFolder(Outlook.NameSpace session) 15 { 16 string folderName = "Special Folder"; 17 Outlook.MAPIFolder rootFolder = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlo ok.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox).Parent; 18 Outlook.MAPIFolder customPropFolder = null; 19 foreach (Outlook.MAPIFolder _folder in rootFolder.Folders) 20 { 21 if (_folder.Name == folderName) 22 customPropFolder = _folder; 23 } 24 25 try 26 { 27 if (customPropFolder == null) 28 { 29 customPropFolder = rootFolder.Folders.Add(folderName, Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox); 30 } 31 } 32 catch (Exception ex) 33 { 34 System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); 35 } 36 37 return customPropFolder; 38 } All I am doing to the sample (at the link provided above) is changing the occurrences of "Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderTasks" to "Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox". Before the change, the sample works fine, but after the change it breaks. If I can get the sample to behave properly, my problem (to add a folder with a custom homepage to the root folder) would be solved. As to your second question, I was wandering if the following would be possible: • Can an ASP.Net page sense its outlook browser environment, and based on that be able to open inspectors and change MailItem properties before item is sent? A custom task pane is definitely one of the options I have considered, but a custom explorer window (AKA, folder home page) is much more effective and, in my opinion, a better design. Of course it is more challenging. I am open to suggestions, suggestions I can hopefully code. Thank you so much for your time and effort. "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: 1) You get an error on what statement? Show enough of the code that people who might respond can know what you code you're working with. 2) Exchange parameters in what way? It might help if you explained why you think a folder home page is a good solution, instead of a custom task pane. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 "Naji" wrote in message ... Hello everyone, Thank you for your assistance. I am using VS 2008 and Outlook 2007 Please advise as to the best way to achieve the following: 1) I want to be able to click on a button that resides in the Explorer Toolbar, and display a custom explorer window with different controls. I have already tried to follow the steps outlined in this sample: "OutlookAddin_FolderHomepageView_Sample", but, in my case, it seems to work only for the Tasks Folder, but it would not work for the Default Inbox folder. I keep getting: "Object does not support this property or method" 2) Can a web page that is showing inside Outlook browser exchange parameters with the outlook explorer that is showing that page? thank you. |
Folder Custom View
An ASP.NET page cannot respond to Outlook events. It can perform Outlook automation using client-side VBScript or JScript. In other words, all the Outlook code would have to be client code, not server code.
-- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 "Naji" wrote in message ... • Can an ASP.Net page sense its outlook browser environment, and based on that be able to open inspectors and change MailItem properties before item is sent? |
Folder Custom View
Which statement raises the error?
You probably should use Folder instead of MAPIFolder, given that you're coding for Outlook 2007. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 "Naji" wrote in message ... Good Morning Sue, Here is the link to the sample I am experimenting with: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and here is some of the code I am put together: 1 private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 2 { 3 Outlook.MAPIFolder customPropFolder = CustomPropertiesFolder(this.Application.Session); 4 5 if (customPropFolder != null) 6 { 7 customPropFolder.WebViewURL = RegisterFolderHomepage.RegisterType(typeof(FolderH omepageUC), customPropFolder.Name); 8 customPropFolder.WebViewOn = true; 9 customPropFolder.Display(); 10 } 11 } 12 13 private Outlook.MAPIFolder CustomPropertiesFolder(Outlook.NameSpace session) 15 { 16 string folderName = "Special Folder"; 17 Outlook.MAPIFolder rootFolder = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlo ok.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox).Parent; 18 Outlook.MAPIFolder customPropFolder = null; 19 foreach (Outlook.MAPIFolder _folder in rootFolder.Folders) 20 { 21 if (_folder.Name == folderName) 22 customPropFolder = _folder; 23 } 24 25 try 26 { 27 if (customPropFolder == null) 28 { 29 customPropFolder = rootFolder.Folders.Add(folderName, Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox); 30 } 31 } 32 catch (Exception ex) 33 { 34 System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); 35 } 36 37 return customPropFolder; 38 } All I am doing to the sample (at the link provided above) is changing the occurrences of "Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderTasks" to "Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox". Before the change, the sample works fine, but after the change it breaks. If I can get the sample to behave properly, my problem (to add a folder with a custom homepage to the root folder) would be solved. I am using VS 2008 and Outlook 2007 Please advise as to the best way to achieve the following: 1) I want to be able to click on a button that resides in the Explorer Toolbar, and display a custom explorer window with different controls. I have already tried to follow the steps outlined in this sample: "OutlookAddin_FolderHomepageView_Sample", but, in my case, it seems to work only for the Tasks Folder, but it would not work for the Default Inbox folder. I keep getting: "Object does not support this property or method" |
Folder Custom View
Good evening Sue,
Thank you for your promptness and gracious reply. I succeeded in resolving the above issues. I think the following line was the origin of the exception: 7 customPropFolder.WebViewURL = RegisterFolderHomepage.RegisterType(typeof(FolderH omepageUC), customPropFolder.Name); I might be wrong. It looks like you cannot attach a registered custom folder page to a folder that is a child of the root folder. The same code I shared with you works fine if I remove the “Parent” property from it. But now, it looks like I have another issue to tackle: Once you have the Folder home page up and running, how do you get rid of the default view of that folder? The folder I am creating and customizing is an empty folder (serves only as a trigger) that, when selected, its home page would display Panel Controls with various data driven controls. The problem I am having at this point is that the home page is showing the desired layout, but on top of that, it is also showing the tableView columns for an email item right underneath my WPF user control. I understand why the view schema is attached to the folder; I just don’t know how to disable it. I looked at some of the samples that show you how to create a custom view with a customized schema, but, in my case, that is not what I want. To visualize things for you: I want to be able to click on the folder on the navigation panel, and on the right, inside the folder's custom home page, I want the form (with the data driven controls) to take up all that space [no view at all]. Thank you Sue for your help and your patience ------------------------------------------------------ "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Which statement raises the error? You probably should use Folder instead of MAPIFolder, given that you're coding for Outlook 2007. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 "Naji" wrote in message ... Good Morning Sue, Here is the link to the sample I am experimenting with: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and here is some of the code I am put together: 1 private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 2 { 3 Outlook.MAPIFolder customPropFolder = CustomPropertiesFolder(this.Application.Session); 4 5 if (customPropFolder != null) 6 { 7 customPropFolder.WebViewURL = RegisterFolderHomepage.RegisterType(typeof(FolderH omepageUC), customPropFolder.Name); 8 customPropFolder.WebViewOn = true; 9 customPropFolder.Display(); 10 } 11 } 12 13 private Outlook.MAPIFolder CustomPropertiesFolder(Outlook.NameSpace session) 15 { 16 string folderName = "Special Folder"; 17 Outlook.MAPIFolder rootFolder = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlo ok.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox).Parent; 18 Outlook.MAPIFolder customPropFolder = null; 19 foreach (Outlook.MAPIFolder _folder in rootFolder.Folders) 20 { 21 if (_folder.Name == folderName) 22 customPropFolder = _folder; 23 } 24 25 try 26 { 27 if (customPropFolder == null) 28 { 29 customPropFolder = rootFolder.Folders.Add(folderName, Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox); 30 } 31 } 32 catch (Exception ex) 33 { 34 System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); 35 } 36 37 return customPropFolder; 38 } All I am doing to the sample (at the link provided above) is changing the occurrences of "Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderTasks" to "Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox". Before the change, the sample works fine, but after the change it breaks. If I can get the sample to behave properly, my problem (to add a folder with a custom homepage to the root folder) would be solved. I am using VS 2008 and Outlook 2007 Please advise as to the best way to achieve the following: 1) I want to be able to click on a button that resides in the Explorer Toolbar, and display a custom explorer window with different controls. I have already tried to follow the steps outlined in this sample: "OutlookAddin_FolderHomepageView_Sample", but, in my case, it seems to work only for the Tasks Folder, but it would not work for the Default Inbox folder. I keep getting: "Object does not support this property or method" |
Folder Custom View
Is customPropFolder a valid Folder object? What does RegisterFolderHomepage.RegisterType do? It needs to return the URL string for the folder home page you want to show.
If you don't want to show the list of items in the folder at all, then don't use an Outlook View Control on your folder home page. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54 "Naji" wrote in message ... Good evening Sue, Thank you for your promptness and gracious reply. I succeeded in resolving the above issues. I think the following line was the origin of the exception: 7 customPropFolder.WebViewURL = RegisterFolderHomepage.RegisterType(typeof(FolderH omepageUC), customPropFolder.Name); I might be wrong. It looks like you cannot attach a registered custom folder page to a folder that is a child of the root folder. The same code I shared with you works fine if I remove the “Parent” property from it. But now, it looks like I have another issue to tackle: Once you have the Folder home page up and running, how do you get rid of the default view of that folder? The folder I am creating and customizing is an empty folder (serves only as a trigger) that, when selected, its home page would display Panel Controls with various data driven controls. The problem I am having at this point is that the home page is showing the desired layout, but on top of that, it is also showing the tableView columns for an email item right underneath my WPF user control. I understand why the view schema is attached to the folder; I just don’t know how to disable it. I looked at some of the samples that show you how to create a custom view with a customized schema, but, in my case, that is not what I want. To visualize things for you: I want to be able to click on the folder on the navigation panel, and on the right, inside the folder's custom home page, I want the form (with the data driven controls) to take up all that space [no view at all]. Thank you Sue for your help and your patience ------------------------------------------------------ "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Which statement raises the error? You probably should use Folder instead of MAPIFolder, given that you're coding for Outlook 2007. "Naji" wrote in message ... Good Morning Sue, Here is the link to the sample I am experimenting with: http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/d...displaylang=en and here is some of the code I am put together: 1 private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e) 2 { 3 Outlook.MAPIFolder customPropFolder = CustomPropertiesFolder(this.Application.Session); 4 5 if (customPropFolder != null) 6 { 7 customPropFolder.WebViewURL = RegisterFolderHomepage.RegisterType(typeof(FolderH omepageUC), customPropFolder.Name); 8 customPropFolder.WebViewOn = true; 9 customPropFolder.Display(); 10 } 11 } 12 13 private Outlook.MAPIFolder CustomPropertiesFolder(Outlook.NameSpace session) 15 { 16 string folderName = "Special Folder"; 17 Outlook.MAPIFolder rootFolder = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlo ok.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox).Parent; 18 Outlook.MAPIFolder customPropFolder = null; 19 foreach (Outlook.MAPIFolder _folder in rootFolder.Folders) 20 { 21 if (_folder.Name == folderName) 22 customPropFolder = _folder; 23 } 24 25 try 26 { 27 if (customPropFolder == null) 28 { 29 customPropFolder = rootFolder.Folders.Add(folderName, Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox); 30 } 31 } 32 catch (Exception ex) 33 { 34 System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); 35 } 36 37 return customPropFolder; 38 } All I am doing to the sample (at the link provided above) is changing the occurrences of "Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderTasks" to "Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox". Before the change, the sample works fine, but after the change it breaks. If I can get the sample to behave properly, my problem (to add a folder with a custom homepage to the root folder) would be solved. I am using VS 2008 and Outlook 2007 Please advise as to the best way to achieve the following: 1) I want to be able to click on a button that resides in the Explorer Toolbar, and display a custom explorer window with different controls. I have already tried to follow the steps outlined in this sample: "OutlookAddin_FolderHomepageView_Sample", but, in my case, it seems to work only for the Tasks Folder, but it would not work for the Default Inbox folder. I keep getting: "Object does not support this property or method" |
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