Windows Forms

6-Aug-07 17:15

I may be asking this question in the wrong forum.

I have created an Outlook Addin using VSTO 2005. I created a simple winform and added it to my project. The winform is just to collect 3 parameers from the user. When I execute the addin in debug, it works. When I build it and deploy it using the setup project the button that create is added to the tool bar but when clicked it does not disply my winform screen.

Any help would be greatly appreciated.

Thanks,

Patrick

tker7-Aug-07 20:54

tker

7-Aug-07 20:54

Hi Patrick,

Try setting caspol on the machine you install to so your VSTO dlls have full trust permission. If they don't that will prevent them running. This is automatically set on development machines. VSTO by default suppresses error messages (though there is a setting you can type at the command line to change that - you'll have to google it, something like VSTOSUPPRESSERRORS = false, though that's wrong) so it's hard to tell what's going on - you can always put try{}catches{} around your code then display a message box or log to the event log, but often if something just doesn't happen it is a caspol issue due to the security model of the VSTO architecture. If you have any further questions please ask away.

Regards,

Toby

Toby

pnslcs8-Aug-07 11:22

Re: VSTO Outlook Addin with a winform [modified]

8-Aug-07 11:22

Hi Toby,

At first I had several security problems but I was able to resolve them by adding some custom installer actions to set the user's pc security policy as directed by these two articles on msdn.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332051.aspx[^]

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb332052.aspx[^]

Then when I added the following line of code.

parmFormResult = exportParameterForm.ShowDialog();

At that point in time it will not execute my new code. The exportParmaeterForm object is a winform object not an outlook form. When I comment out the line of code the addin will execute on the user's PC.

Does and addin have the capability to call a winform object?

Thanks,

Patrick

tker8-Aug-07 14:15

tker

8-Aug-07 14:15

Hi Patrick,

I certainly show Winforms modally using .ShowDialog() from VSTO addins, but I haven't done it from Outlook - only Word, Excel and Powerpoint. Also I'm using VSTO v3 and Office 2007; I'm not sure what version you're using, but VSTO can be quite different between releases. What's happening when you run it in debug and put a breakpoint there? You really need to know what the exception being thrown is so try to trap the error so you can read it.

Cheers,

Toby

Toby

-- modified at 20:27 Wednesday 8th August, 2007

pnslcs9-Aug-07 3:25

9-Aug-07 3:25

Toby,

I am using the defualt install that comes with Visual Studio 2005 Team Edition. Also, I am using Outlook 2003.

When I do help | about this is what is displayed:
Microsoft Visual Studio 2005
Version 8.0.50727.42 (RTM.050727-4200)
Microsoft .NET Framework
Version 2.0.50727

Installed Edition: Enterprise
Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for Office
Microsoft Visual Studio Tools for the Microsoft Office System

------------------------------------

How else can I find the exact version of VSTO?

When I run the addin in debug mode it does work. I am going to put more try/catches in to capture the error. Thanks for your help and advice.

Patrick

tker9-Aug-07 14:30

tker

9-Aug-07 14:30

Patrick,

From that list I would say you don't have the VSTO SE (v3) installed as it tells you it is VSTO SE. The project types change with each release, as do the capabilities. I am currently using purely VSTO v3 with Office 2007 so my experience with it will differ from your's. I do, however, remember using VSTO 2005 (the 2nd release) with Word 2003 when VS2005 was first released and don't think I had any trouble with Windows Forms then either... Outlook is different from Word in many regards though. I suggest you try the MSDN VSTO Forums, you'll usually find you receive answers there, generally from MVPs, quite quickly. Try http://forums.microsoft.com/msdn/showforum.aspx?forumid=16&siteid=1&sb=0&d=1&at=7&ft=11&tf=0&pageid=0[^]

pnslcs10-Aug-07 2:38

10-Aug-07 2:38

Toby,

The problem was that I was not granting full trust to my logging dll used to write a text log file. I had given the primary addin assembly full trust but my setup project did not grant full trust to the logging assembly. So the setup utility was changed to grant full trust to all assemblies that reside in it. This is an acceptable solution as long as the assembly is used with in my company. If I was working for a company that sold software, it would be best to grant the individual assemblies full trust since I would loose control of what is placed in the application folder.

A nice support person from MS Support showed me why it was not working.

Thanks for all your help and taking the time to reply to my post.

Patrick

Nested MDI forms

Aamir Dharani5-Aug-07 23:51

Aamir Dharani

5-Aug-07 23:51

Hy guys , i m new to .net i have a scenario in which i have to open a MDI form in a MDI form i have tried lot but i m unable to implement it, if any body knows please help me thanks in advance.

Aamir Dharani

Re: Nested MDI forms

Dave Kreskowiak6-Aug-07 5:19

Dave Kreskowiak

6-Aug-07 5:19

This is not supported by Windows. It has nothing to do with the .NET Framework.

You cannot have a window be both an MDI Parent and an MDI Child at the same time.

A guide to posting questions on CodeProject[^]

Dave Kreskowiak
Microsoft MVP
Visual Developer - Visual Basic
2006, 2007

test

ellllllllie3-Aug-07 5:20

ellllllllie

3-Aug-07 5:20

how to test a method in vs2005 if this method create a configuration or launch a form

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tray icon

dona jain3-Aug-07 3:40

3-Aug-07 3:40

how to create a tray icon for adialog box??? what is the function to be used for this???

Re: tray icon

Luc Pattyn3-Aug-07 5:31

Luc Pattyn

3-Aug-07 5:31

Hi,

there is a NotifyIcon class; you can create an instance, give it some Icon,
and make it Visible; probably you want to set a ContextMenu too.

I did all of this in my TrayIconBuster article.

Smile | :)

Luc Pattyn

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Re: tray icon

dona jain3-Aug-07 19:40

Re: Clock on Windows Form?

3-Aug-07 19:40

well...thanks but a m not able to implement his yet..ca u provide me with some code...here's my code or a dialog box now i want to make a tray icon for this..please provide help in coding for this...thanks

#include <windows.h>
#include "resource.h"
#include <cstdlib>
#include<atlstr.h>
#include <fstream>
#include<iostream>

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LPSTR lpString;
HWND hWnd;

LRESULT CALLBACK DlgProc(HWND hWnd, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam);
//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
INT WINAPI WinMain(HINSTANCE hInstance, HINSTANCE hPrevInstance,LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow)
{
DialogBox(hInstance, MAKEINTRESOURCE(IDD_DLGFIRST),hWnd, reinterpret_cast<dlgproc>(DlgProc));
return FALSE;
}

//---------------------------------------------------------------------------
LRESULT CALLBACK DlgProc(HWND hWndDlg, UINT Msg, WPARAM wParam, LPARAM lParam)
{
TCHAR cPath[20];
TCHAR cUserName[20];
TCHAR cPassword[20];
switch(Msg)
{
case WM_INITDIALOG:
{
return TRUE;
}

case WM_COMMAND:
{
switch(wParam)
{
case IDOK:
{
size_t nLen;
GetDlgItemText(hWndDlg, IDC_EDIT1, cPath, 20);
nLen = strlen(cPath);
if (nLen == 0)
{
MessageBox(hWndDlg,"Please Enter SVN Path","Error",MB_ICONERROR);
break;
}
GetDlgItemText(hWndDlg, IDC_EDIT2, cUserName, 20);
nLen = strlen(cUserName);
if (nLen == 0)
{
MessageBox(hWndDlg,"Please Enter your user name","Error",MB_ICONERROR);
break;
}
GetDlgItemText(hWndDlg, IDC_EDIT3, cPassword, 20);
nLen = strlen(cPath);
if (nLen == 0)
{
MessageBox(hWndDlg,"Please Enter your Password ","Error",MB_ICONERROR);
break;
}
EndDialog(hWndDlg, 0);
std::ofstream file ("config.txt");
file << " SVN Path entered by user is -> "<<cpath <<="" std::endl;
="" file="" "="" svn="" user="" name="" entered="" by="" -="">" <<cusername <<="" std::endl;
="" file="" "="" svn="" password="" entered="" by="" user="" -="">"<

Re: tray icon

Christian Graus3-Aug-07 14:54

Christian Graus

3-Aug-07 14:54

If you are not trying to create friction, please get it together and ask in the right forums. The code you've posted is Win32 ( I still don't understand why ), so you need to ask in the Visual C++ forum.

Christian Graus - Microsoft MVP - C++

"I am working on a project that will convert a FORTRAN code to corresponding C++ code.I am not aware of FORTRAN syntax" ( spotted in the C++/CLI forum )

Clock on Windows Form?

chand103-Aug-07 0:48

chand10

3-Aug-07 0:48

Hi
In my application I need to insert a clock.

So How can I insert a running clock in my Form.

Please suggest me an Example.

I have not failed. I've just found 10,000 ways that won't work. -Thomas A. Edison

Thank u
Chandu

Luc Pattyn3-Aug-07 1:13

Luc Pattyn

3-Aug-07 1:13

The keywords are Windows.Forms.Timer and Label.
Everything else is up to you.

Luc Pattyn

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Re: Clock on Windows Form?

originSH3-Aug-07 2:24

originSH

3-Aug-07 2:24

What language are you using?

And is google[^] broken?

Re: Clock on Windows Form?

Luc Pattyn3-Aug-07 5:33

Luc Pattyn

3-Aug-07 5:33

good old Latin for roman numbers ...

Luc Pattyn

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Dialog box query

dona jain2-Aug-07 2:54

2-Aug-07 2:54

i have used a text box in my dialog box in WIN32 programming....now i want that the data entered by user can be copied to a text file on pressing ok. what method can i use for this??

Re: Dialog box query

originSH2-Aug-07 3:39

originSH

2-Aug-07 3:39

Telling us what programming language your using would be good for a start :P

c++ for a guess?

Re: Dialog box query

dona jain2-Aug-07 3:59