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Outlook COM Add-in HOW-TO?

18-Dec-03 9:34

System.Windows.Forms.SafeNativeMethods.DoDragDrop. You really should try to P/Invoke these yourself, though, and then compare them to what Microsoft did. It's a much better way to learn about marshaling and Types.

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Re: NeverMind

Tristan Rhodes18-Dec-03 13:00

Tristan Rhodes

18-Dec-03 13:00

I've always found that, if i have a minimal understanding of something, it is helped more by looking at what others do than blundering around in the dark.

If I know roughly what I am doing, then I am happy to try and find my own way.

I shall look it up as you said, and study it.

Marshaling and Types I already understand, even if it's only rudimetry. What I need to do is study the classes to see what I can do with them.

Thanks again.

Cata

Adrian Hall17-Dec-03 13:12

Adrian Hall

17-Dec-03 13:12

I've gone through the magic-eye and slipstick and microsoft tutorials on extending office applications, but I am none the wiser, and hoping someone here can point me in the right direction.

How do I add a menu-option to (say) the Tools menu in Outlook?

I know:
* Its a COM Add-in thing
* I'm using an IDT2Extensibility
* I have to do it in the OnConnection event that is fired

I have found examples and plenty of information about adding buttons, but I really want to add a menu option - either within the Tools menu or via a new top level menu.

RichTextBox Problem

eranas17-Dec-03 8:21

eranas

17-Dec-03 8:21

Hi,
When I did Copy Text from Word document and I try to paste it into a RichTextBox Control, Text that Contain digit and signs togther are upside down

It go's like this : if in the doc there is text like this "972-363534" when I paste it looks like this "363534-972".

How can I fix this problem by code or some other way?

thnaks

Eran Alshech

Re: RichTextBox Problem

Heath Stewart17-Dec-03 8:34

17-Dec-03 8:34

That is weird! Download http://www.codeproject.com/clipboard/clipspy.asp[^] and see what the clipboard formats that are used are. Post them here and maybe this'll help a bit.

Re: RichTextBox Problem

eranas21-Dec-03 1:19

eranas

21-Dec-03 1:19

Well I try it and I found that to word copy the data to the clipbord very well , It's the richTextBox that flip the text.
again : I copy this text : 054-363534
and when I paste it into RichTextBox it's look like this: 363534-054

C# Long to C++ Long

Tristan Rhodes17-Dec-03 5:15

Tristan Rhodes

17-Dec-03 5:15

What do I use to represent a C++ Long in C#?

I know DWORD is int, and C# Long is not the same as C++ LONG.

C# uses 8 bytes, C++ uses 4.

So what do I do to wrap one to the other?

Thanks

Cata

Member 26118817-Dec-03 5:28

Member 261188

17-Dec-03 5:28

In Visual Basic 6, Integer equals C#'s short, so I think that this may be the case with C++ too (I don't know C++, you see). Thus, int should do the trick.

- Daniël Pelsmaeker

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- George Orwell

Alvaro Mendez17-Dec-03 5:36

Alvaro Mendez

17-Dec-03 5:36

C++ - C# (Win32)
----------------
int = int
long = int
__int64 = long
DWORD = uint

Regards,
Alvaro

He who laughs last, thinks slowest.

Heath Stewart17-Dec-03 6:48

17-Dec-03 6:48

Actually, be careful with uint. It's not CLS-compliant and you should try to avoid those. I have almost always used int for DWORD with absolutely no problems. Microsoft does the same throughout the BCL, too. While DWORD's can't be negative, the bit representation is still the same so even passing a negative int to a DWORD in some native function works.

leppie17-Dec-03 7:15

leppie

17-Dec-03 7:15

Heath Stewart wrote:
It's not CLS-compliant and you should try to avoid those.

as long as it is not publicly accessable, iow locals, private fields.

one should always use the correct type though, although int will probably work 31/32 times Smile | :)

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Heath Stewart17-Dec-03 8:32

17-Dec-03 8:32

leppie wrote:
although int will probably work 31/32 times

Exactly! Smile | :)

As I was saying, though, this usually isn't a problem. The biggest reason I typically use int is because Microsoft does in their BCL. Since they wrote the .NET Framework, seems reasonable to me. Of course, I guess worrying about CLS-compliancy is pretty moot if you're using a uint to P/Invoke a native call, huh? Poke tongue | ;-P

Search in C# files

Mike Osbahr17-Dec-03 3:40

Mike Osbahr

17-Dec-03 3:40

Using Windows XP explorer I just tried to search for some words that I know are in comments within some of my .cs files. All the searches turned up empty! I double checked the directory and the spelling. I checked all of the options to be sure case or some other setting was not the issue. Anyone seen this, know why it doesn't work, or what I might be doing wrong?

>>>-----> MikeO

Re: Search in C# files

Heath Stewart17-Dec-03 5:03

17-Dec-03 5:03

Check the Index Server catelog, System, to make sure it indexes files with unknown extensions (you can get to this from the Computer Management MMC snap-in, or by right-clicking on My Computer and clicking Manage).

Also, the Index Server does not index files immediately. It catelogs at certain times, usually when your computer is idle. It doesn't happen immediately.

Re: Search in C# files

Kentamanos17-Dec-03 16:36

Kentamanos

17-Dec-03 16:36

I thought the file searching features were just buggy. I was close to having a hit put out on that little wizard guy and his puppy dog friend Smile | :)

. I had no idea...

I resorted to installing Cygwin32 just so I could use grep.

Any idea how bad the perfomance hit is to have this service constantly indexing all file types (I assume this goes on in the background constantly)?

I, for one, do not think the problem was that the band was down. I think that the problem may have been that there was a Stonehenge monument on the stage that was in danger of being crushed by a dwarf.

-David St. Hubbins

Re: Search in C# files

Heath Stewart18-Dec-03 2:53

18-Dec-03 2:53

As I said, the Indexing Service runs when your computer is idle. To see this in action, see the Indexing Service snap-in. Clicking on the root node will show you the stats and status for each catalog.

Scope

Ken Galer17-Dec-03 2:32

Ken Galer

17-Dec-03 2:32

I've been digging throught my large stack of C# books in an effort to find some information on how to get multiple source files to work together and haven't found anything usefull.

For instance, it seems reasonable to me to place a function call in the event handler and place this function (method) in some other file. My knee-jerk reaction is to make a header file but that doesn't fly here.

What keyword do I need to search for? I've looked under scope, modules, visibility, and assemblies and somehow keep missing it.

Are all the static methods global within an assembly?

Is this good practice?

Thanks

Ken Galer
Electrical Engineer
Preferred Utilities Corp.
Danbury, CT 06810

Philip Fitzsimons17-Dec-03 2:42

Philip Fitzsimons

17-Dec-03 2:42

in this version of c# all parts of a class must be in one file.
in the next version you will be able to split the code up using "Partial Types"...

"When the only tool you have is a hammer, a sore thumb you will have."

Ken Galer17-Dec-03 3:10

Ken Galer

17-Dec-03 3:10

Thank you!

Ken Galer
Electrical Engineer
Preferred Utilities Corp.
Danbury, CT 06810

Member 26118817-Dec-03 5:04

Member 261188

17-Dec-03 5:04

Philip Fitzsimons wrote:
in this version of c# all parts of a class must be in one file.

But this doesn't mean that you can't define non-class dependant enums, delegates, etc... somewhere else.

And, if you want to split members into several files to make things more organizable, then you might as well take a look at the #region[^] preprocessor directive. In VS.NET and SharpDevelop, you can expand and collapse the code between two #region and #endregion directives.

- Daniël Pelsmaeker

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Heath Stewart17-Dec-03 5:01

17-Dec-03 5:01

Why does it seem reasonable to please the method that the event handler calls in another file? If the method is on the class that has the event handler, just call it. If it belongs to another class, make sure the class with the event handler has a reference to that class (unless it's a static method) and then call it on that object (or Type if it's a static method). This is just practical and common object oriented programming.

Ken Galer17-Dec-03 6:35

Ken Galer

17-Dec-03 6:35

Heath Stewart wrote:
Why does it seem reasonable to please the method that the event handler calls in another file?

I'm thinking of a case where the event is caused by a menu selection and that the same code would be run by other events such as a context menu, a toolbar button, or a drag-n-drop. If all these events could just call the same method, this would just be a way to keep things clean and obvious. I realize (now) that this could be a private method in the class.

I was thinking a different file because it seems to me (based on very limited experence) that the file size is getting rather large. Just considering the stuff that handles the controls and events, etc. is large enough but if you also include the many different methods (that could be many pages long) called by the events it could get VERY large, hard to navigate, and slow down the build.

I'm not sure if I'm being clear. As I buld my the applcation and add more functionality it usually consists of adding another event in form1.cs and adding code for the event. If form1 is the main form for a large project it's easy to imagine 50-100 events and associated code. GASP! Eek! | :eek:

Should I just not worry about it and make use of the methods dropdown box in VS and #region attributes or make some attempt at breaking the code into more managable files? Is is normal to have these large code files in C# projects?

I may be stuck in C thinking mode.

Thanks,

Ken Galer
Electrical Engineer
Preferred Utilities Corp.
Danbury, CT 06810

Heath Stewart17-Dec-03 6:43