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I need to write an Outlook 2003-2010 plugin using C# that adds two buttons to the Message Ribbon Bar (#1 on the picture) and a several buttons toolbar or a Form Region under the "Subject" line (#2 on the picture).
See image here: http://i.piccy.info/i9/8ccdf69246fbcd9171d488747c6ea189/1398291704/206810/736482/editmessage.png[^]
Currently I managed to add a button to the Ribbon toolbar, but it appears in the "Add-ins" Ribbon Bar. How do I add buttons to the "Message" Ribbon Bar?
And how do I add the Toolbar #2 ? I currently have no clue about how to add it.
Please help me!
I now have the following code:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook;
using Office = Microsoft.Office.Core;
using System.Windows.Forms;
namespace SendLaterToolbar
{
public partial class ThisAddIn
{
Office.CommandBar newToolBar;
Office.CommandBarButton firstButton;
Office.CommandBarButton secondButton;
Outlook.Explorers selectExplorers;
Outlook.Inspectors inspectors;
Office.CommandBarButton _objEmailToolBarButton;
private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
selectExplorers = this.Application.Explorers;
inspectors = this.Application.Inspectors;
selectExplorers.NewExplorer += new Outlook.ExplorersEvents_NewExplorerEventHandler(newExplorer_Event);
inspectors.NewInspector += new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.InspectorsEvents_NewInspectorEventHandler(AddToEmail);
AddToolbar();
}
private void newExplorer_Event(Outlook.Explorer new_Explorer)
{
((Outlook._Explorer)new_Explorer).Activate();
newToolBar = null;
AddToolbar();
}
private void ThisAddIn_Shutdown(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
}
private void AddToolbar()
{
if (newToolBar == null)
{
Office.CommandBars cmdBars =
this.Application.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars;
newToolBar = cmdBars.Add("NewToolBar",
Office.MsoBarPosition.msoBarTop, false, true);
}
try
{
Office.CommandBarButton button_1 =
(Office.CommandBarButton)newToolBar.Controls
.Add(1, missing, missing, missing, missing);
button_1.Style = Office
.MsoButtonStyle.msoButtonCaption;
button_1.Caption = "Button 1";
button_1.Tag = "Button1";
if (this.firstButton == null)
{
this.firstButton = button_1;
firstButton.Click += new Office.
_CommandBarButtonEvents_ClickEventHandler
(ButtonClick);
}
Office.CommandBarButton button_2 = (Office
.CommandBarButton)newToolBar.Controls.Add
(1, missing, missing, missing, missing);
button_2.Style = Office
.MsoButtonStyle.msoButtonCaption;
button_2.Caption = "Button 2";
button_2.Tag = "Button2";
newToolBar.Visible = true;
if (this.secondButton == null)
{
this.secondButton = button_2;
secondButton.Click += new Office.
_CommandBarButtonEvents_ClickEventHandler
(ButtonClick);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
private void AddToEmail(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Inspector Inspector)
{
Outlook.MailItem _ObjMailItem = (Outlook.MailItem)Inspector.CurrentItem;
if (Inspector.CurrentItem is Outlook.MailItem)
{
_ObjMailItem = (Outlook.MailItem)Inspector.CurrentItem;
bool IsExists = false;
foreach (Office.CommandBar _ObjCmd in Inspector.CommandBars)
{
if (_ObjCmd.Name == "MyEmailToolBar")
{
IsExists = true;
_ObjCmd.Delete();
}
}
Office.CommandBar _ObjCommandBar = Inspector.CommandBars.Add("MyEmailToolBar", Office.MsoBarPosition.msoBarBottom, false, true);
_objEmailToolBarButton = (Office.CommandBarButton)_ObjCommandBar.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlButton, 1, missing, missing, true);
if (!IsExists)
{
_objEmailToolBarButton.Caption = "My Email ToolBar Button";
_objEmailToolBarButton.Style = Office.MsoButtonStyle.msoButtonIconAndCaptionBelow;
_objEmailToolBarButton.FaceId = 500;
_objEmailToolBarButton.Click += new Office._CommandBarButtonEvents_ClickEventHandler(_objEmailToolBarButton_Click);
_ObjCommandBar.Visible = true;
}
}
}
private void ButtonClick(Office.CommandBarButton ctrl, ref bool cancel)
{
MessageBox.Show("You clicked: " + ctrl.Caption);
}
private void _objEmailToolBarButton_Click(Office.CommandBarButton ctrl, ref bool cancel)
{
MessageBox.Show("My Email ToolBar ...");
}
#region VSTO generated code
private void InternalStartup()
{
this.Startup += new System.EventHandler(ThisAddIn_Startup);
this.Shutdown += new System.EventHandler(ThisAddIn_Shutdown);
}
#endregion
}
}
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M A V wrote: Currently I managed to add a button to the Ribbon toolbar, but it appears in the
"Add-ins" Ribbon Bar. How do I add buttons to the "Message" Ribbon Bar?
First check here[^] whether that's a supported scenario.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I belive yes because I saw other plugins doing such integration.
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Dear Experts,
I have a tree is filled dynamically, and I have a list of Forms, so I need when I click on Tree Node that assigned to specific form to open the Form.
I hope To find a solution for this,
Ahmad
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Have some Google Foo[^]. From the treeview I presume you get the form name as a string, then use that to open a form.
Never underestimate the power of human stupidity
RAH
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Thank you,
I have found the following Code, it is working properly:
private void button1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
Form Frm = GetFormByName(textBox1.Text );
Frm.Refresh();
Frm.Text = "Test";
Frm.StartPosition = FormStartPosition.CenterScreen;
Frm.MaximizeBox = false;
Frm.Show();
}
public Form GetFormByName(string FormName)
{
Type T = Type.GetType(FormName, false);
if (T == null)
{
string Fullname = Application.ProductName + "." + FormName;
T = Type.GetType(Fullname, true, true);
}
return (Form)Activator.CreateInstance(T);
}
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Hi, please try
private void treeView1_AfterSelect(object sender, TreeViewEventArgs e)
{
Form1 form=new Form1();
form.Show();
}
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private Dictionary<string, Form> dctStrForm;
private Dictionary<string, Type> dctStrType;
private void Form1_Load(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
dctStrForm = new Dictionary<string, Form>
{
{"Form2", new Form2()},
{"Form3", new Form3()},
{"Form4", new Form4()},
{"Form5", new Form5()}
};
dctStrType = new Dictionary<string, Type>
{
{"Form2", typeof(Form2)},
{"Form3", typeof(Form3)},
{"Form4", typeof(Form4)},
{"Form5", typeof(Form5)}
};
}
private void btnShowFormFromString_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string frmCandidate = textBox1.Text;
if (dctStrForm.ContainsKey(frmCandidate))
{
dctStrForm[frmCandidate].Show();
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("I don't have a Form named: " + frmCandidate);
}
}
private void btnCreateAndShowFormFromString_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
string frmCandidate = textBox1.Text;
if (dctStrType.ContainsKey(frmCandidate))
{
Type newFormType = dctStrType[frmCandidate];
Form newForm = Activator.CreateInstance(newFormType) as Form;
newForm.Show();
}
else
{
MessageBox.Show("I don't have a Form of Type: " + frmCandidate);
}
}Note that in the second example we are ignoring the probably obvious need anyone would have to keep track of new Form instances created, install EventHandlers for Events raised by the new Forms, etc.
If you have assigned the 'Text or 'Type of your different Forms to the 'Tag Property of TreeNodes in your TreeView, then you can easily use the same techniques shown here:
0. in the After_Select EventHandler
1. check if the selected Node Tag is non-null: skip if null
2. if necessary cast the Tag to a Type
3. use the code shown above with either string or Type as needed.
“I speak in a poem of the ancient food of heroes: humiliation, unhappiness, discord. Those things are given to us to transform, so that we may make from the miserable circumstances of our lives things that are eternal, or aspire to be so.” Jorge Luis Borges
modified 26-Apr-14 7:50am.
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I have a web api application that has an ImageController. This controller works perfectly on my development environment (localhost) and i use Fiddler to test and see results. I purchased a hosting plan on GoDaddy and deployed my project. When using a Post method to some action, the data received in my JObject is null(locally data is received correctly as a json string)
this is my action signature:
public void Post([FromBody]JObject jsonData)
Request Headers:
User-Agent: Fiddler
Host: X.com
Content-Length: 6424
Content-Type: application/json; charset=utf-8
Request Body is a json string that is validated and looks good.
Any help is appreciated.
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I feel like having lost my OO knowledge. Actually, the problem looks simple: I want to create a class which operates on an object which
- inherits from System.Windows.Forms.Form
- implements the interface IDescribedActionsProvider
at the same time.
I could create a new Form type
public abstract class SpecialForm : Form, IDescribedActionsProvider
and require a parameter of that SpecialForm type.
But it does not work here: most of our Forms inherit from OurCompanyForm which need not implement IDescribedActionsProvider, and some of our forms do not inherit therefrom, but when they implement the interface, they should be an acceptable parameter.
It is composition what is required here, not inheritance.
Then I thought of Generics. I could define my class like
public class FormController<T> : IDisposable where T : Form, IDescribedActionsProvider
{
T _ControlledForm;
OtherType _OtherObject;
internal FormController(OtherType otherObject, T controlledForm)
{
_OtherObject = otherObject;
_ControlledForm = controlledForm;
....
}
It would work the way I intended, but it feels totally wrong:
That's not what Generics (see MSDN[^]) were meant for.
And I get problems when I want to create that FormController object in a Factory (because of the OtherType which is created there) which is not generic, i.e. a function like
public FormController<T> CreateFormcontroller(T controlledForm)
is not possible because T not defined here... And using "SpecialForm" instead of T does not work because of composition vs. inheritance.
What do you suggest? "Duck Typing" - but that's not a good OO practise either?
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Bernhard Hiller wrote: What do you suggest?
Bernhard Hiller wrote: I want to create a class which operates on an object which implements
..OurCompanyForm; wouldn't that be easier?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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No, it does not work: there are other Forms implementing the interface, but not inheriting from OurCompanyForm.
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Bernhard Hiller wrote: That's not what Generics (see MSDN[^]) were meant for.
Although MSDN keeps referring to collections, that's not the only use for generics. The problem you've described is a perfect candidate for generics.
Bernhard Hiller wrote: public FormController<T> CreateFormcontroller(T controlledForm)
is not possible because T not defined here...
That's easy to fix:
public FormController<T> CreateFormcontroller<T>(T controlledForm) where T : Form, IDescribedActionsProvider
{
...
}
"These people looked deep within my soul and assigned me a number based on the order in which I joined."
- Homer
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Thanks, that works. My +5. When I tried to write it like that, I got one or more of those many <T>s wrong.
But it still feels a little "ugly"...
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Hi,
I have created a Windows Service and i am calling a web service method from my windows service.
When i run my windows service, i am getting the below error
"Configuration system failed to initialize"
Note: The services are installed and my web service is running from Visual Studio (ASP.NET development server)
Please help to fix this error.
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That's typically caused by a small typo in the configuration file, e.g. a space between a < and the following keyword...
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Thank you. I think that was the problem (typo in config or any changes). I recreated my project and it worked well for me.
Thank you again.
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I created one FormBase class in my Class file as following :
public partial class FormBase : Form
{
public FormBase()
{
this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.FormLoad);
}
public void PanelUtil(Panel p1, Form f1)
{
p1.Left = (f1.ClientSize.Width - p1.Width) / 2;
p1.Top = (f1.ClientSize.Height - p1.Height) / 2;
}
protected virtual void FormLoad(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
this.WindowState = FormWindowState.Maximized;
}
}
and my all form contains the following code:
public partial class Form1 : FormBase
{
public Form1()
{
InitializeComponent();
}
private void Form1_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
PanelUtil(panel1, this);
}
}
But i don 't want to write Resize method and call
private void Form1_Resize(object sender, EventArgs e)
{ PanelUtil(panel1, this); } in all my windows forms.
I want to that when i inherit FormBase class then it automatically gives me output as my panel is center.
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Member 10347092 wrote: I want to that when i inherit FormBase class then it automatically gives me output as my panel is center.
Add the panel to the mainform; or loop all the controls on the form and look for the panel that needs to be resized.
Bastard Programmer from Hell 
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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..what's not good about the answer?
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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I like it 
Countervote given
I will never again mention that Dalek Dave was the poster of the One Millionth Lounge Post, nor that it was complete drivel.
How to ask a question
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I've been working on a project for the past week or so, and it's come to my attention that I need a method of being able to 'track' the index of an item within a collection.
A prime example of what I'm trying to achieve is the System.Windows.Forms.ListViewItem class, which retains an Index property which is always matched to the actual index within the collection of a System.Windows.Forms.ListView.
A method I've been trying is iterating through the collection any time an update ends and updating each item individually. However, I have noticed that this takes a ridiculously long time when we begin achieving millions of rows. Items are removed from the collection, but then after the update has finished, it has to iterate through the collection to synchronize the indices.
Other than using LINQ on the collection from the individual item, can anyone suggest a better way to maintain the index of the item within the list?
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I believe an issue with using IndexOf is that if the same item is added more than once to the collection, the value returned by IndexOf will be the first index only.
The item I'm storing in the collection could be added multiple times. For instance:
public class MyClass
{
public string Text { get; set; }
public int Index { get; set; }
};
private void ExampleList()
{
List<MyClass> list = new List<MyClass>();
MyClass first = new MyClass() { Text = "Hello" };
list.Add(first);
list.Add(first);
MyClass second = new MyClass() { Text = "Goodbye" };
list.Add(second);
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(list[0].Index);
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(list[1].Index);
System.Diagnostics.Debug.WriteLine(list[2].Index);
}
Obviously if multiple instances of the same object is going to be an issue, I could re-factor my code to prevent multiple additions, but it'd be preferable if the developer had the option to add the same item twice.
Otherwise, am I restricted entirely to updating the Index property on each collection change? I just wondered if there was some work-around (ie, creating an index array or using some sort of indexing engine built into the framework.)
Thanks
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Chris Copeland wrote: Obviously if multiple instances of the same object is going to be an issue
You didn't add multiple instances; you added a single object to the list twice. Now, you'd have to loop the list to find ALL the objects if there can be multiple - but then the property "Index" on the object is erroneous - if the object can be added to the list twice, then "Index" should return an array, returning 0 and 1 as the indexes where it is to be found.
Alternatively;
public class MyClass: ICloneable
{
public string Id = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();
public string Text { get; set; }
public override string ToString()
{
return Text;
}
public override int GetHashCode()
{
return Id.GetHashCode();
}
public object Clone()
{
return new MyClass() { Text = this.Text };
}
}
Bastard Programmer from Hell
If you can't read my code, try converting it here[^]
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