Hi, guys!

I need a little help, please.
The goal is to create a simple HTML page that exposes Outlook 2003
Message Folders functionality through Outlook View Control.
Is it possible to display a Preview (Reading) Pane on the same HTML
page? Like actual Outlook 2003 has?

HTML Code:


!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN"
HTML xmlns:mso = "urn:schemas-microsoft-comfficeffice" xmlns:msdt
= "uuid:C2F41010-65B3-11d1-A29F-00AA00C14882"
META http-equiv=Content-Type content="text/html;
charset=windows-1252"
META content="MSHTML 6.00.2900.2769" name=GENERATOR
BODY leftMargin=0 topMargin=0 rightMargin=0 bottomMargin=0
OBJECT classid=CLSID:0006F063-0000-0000-C000-000000000046 height=50%
width=50% id=ViewCtlFolder
PARAM NAME="Namespace" VALUE="MAPI"
PARAM NAME="Folder" VALUE="Inbox"
PARAM NAME="Restriction" VALUE=""
PARAM NAME="DeferUpdate" VALUE="0"
/OBJECT
/BODY
/HTML

In addition, I am looking to create simple HTML page to present to the
users. Page (if it is possible) is going to be splitted in two windows
(?), one window will have a Outlook folder with e-mails and another is
a preview pane. This functionality is a mirror of an Outlook. I do not
want to show any custom forms with or without code in reading pane,
strictly messages with plain and HTML body (do not care about messages
with code).
I am a beginner in HTML, but I think that this is possible to achive.

Does anyone has an idea which way should research go?
Thank you,
Alex.

You cannot control what the reading pane displays. It will execute its built-in behaviors on the item the user selects.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Alex" wrote in message oups.com...
In addition, I am looking to create simple HTML page to present to the
users. Page (if it is possible) is going to be splitted in two windows
(?), one window will have a Outlook folder with e-mails and another is
a preview pane. This functionality is a mirror of an Outlook. I do not
want to show any custom forms with or without code in reading pane,
strictly messages with plain and HTML body (do not care about messages
with code).
I am a beginner in HTML, but I think that this is possible to achive.

Yes, the folder home page replaces the item list. The reading pane can be either on or off.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


wrote in message oups.com...

The goal is to create a simple HTML page that exposes Outlook 2003
Message Folders functionality through Outlook View Control.
Is it possible to display a Preview (Reading) Pane on the same HTML
page? Like actual Outlook 2003 has?

Thank you very much, Sue!

Could you point me (if possible) what property/parameter of Outlook
View Control is responsible to turn reading pane on/off?
Or how to get folder home page in Outlook View Control?

Thank you,
Alex.

The OVC itself doesn't show the preview pane or a folder home page. It works the other way around. You would put an OVC on a folder home page to show the list of items in the folder.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Alex" wrote in message oups.com...
Thank you very much, Sue!

Could you point me (if possible) what property/parameter of Outlook
View Control is responsible to turn reading pane on/off?
Or how to get folder home page in Outlook View Control?

Thank you,
Alex.

Sue,

I tried to navigate a folder's home page to a test page with OVC. It
works and shows my page in folder view and preview pane in Outlook.
But I am trying to get folder content and preview pane outside of the
Outlook by displaying OVC contained page through Web Browser control in
Windows-based .NET application.
What I already acheived is displaying content of requested Outlook
folder.
But this view is without preview pane.

Sue, what do you think - is there any solution to this problem?

Thank you,
Alex.

Outlook does not include any control to show a reading pane in a web page. You'd have to develop that capability yourself. A SelectionChange event is available -- see http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=62 -- but I'm not sure how well it works in a standalone web page.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Alex" wrote in message oups.com...
Sue,

I tried to navigate a folder's home page to a test page with OVC. It
works and shows my page in folder view and preview pane in Outlook.
But I am trying to get folder content and preview pane outside of the
Outlook by displaying OVC contained page through Web Browser control in
Windows-based .NET application.
What I already acheived is displaying content of requested Outlook
folder.
But this view is without preview pane.

Sue, what do you think - is there any solution to this problem?

Thank you,
Alex.