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- Explorer.CommandBars causes VSTO Outlook 2003 add-in to fail. *Pulling hair out!!*
by Tesfaye_SI
- 6 Replies
- Last post
by Mike Walker
- Hello,
I created an application that outputs an html vCard from data stored in a SQL database. It works great as a standalone application on the development machine and other test computers. I was asked to make it run from within Outlook so users could just click a button, customize it, save it and set it as the default signature if they wanted. I've created add-ins in C# for Outlook XP wit
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- VSTO problems
by Tevatron
- 1 Replies
- Last post
by Ji Zhou ¨C MSFT
- Hi, I am trying to work out this example for reading .xls files. But when I open start the create new project dialog, I can't find the 2007 Add-ins button or section. I installed VSTO 2005, but I am running MS Office 2007 Home & Student. I downloaded VSTO 2005 for 2007 Office System, but I get this error when try to install: What should I do in order to work with .xls files and other MS Offi
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- Outlook addin - Selection problem
by Toxter
- 5 Replies
- Last post
by Sue Mosher - Outlook MVP
- Hello everyone,
I'm developing Outlook addin. I need to empty Selection object
(which I obtained from activeExplorer) and put my Item to it (so selection will
now contain only my item).
What I really need is to mark an email as selected (just like when user click on
it with mouse).
Thanks.
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- Outlook: MAPI fields versus User Properties
by MauricioUY
- 14 Replies
- Last post
by Ken Slovak
- Hi,
I want to improve an outlook addin which is using mapi fields (a lot) and this is generating abnormal behaviors in outlook, so now I'm in doubt to quit all use of mapi fields fo User Properties but I need some recomendatios or comments about using "mapi fields vs user properties" (or viceversa).
Thanks,
Mauricio.
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- How to avoid the problem of table getting created with in another table
by MrudulaYamini
- 1 Replies
- Last post
by Cindy Meister
- Hi Guys,
I¡¯m facing a
problem when I¡¯m trying to create multiple tables using office tools(Word) in .net.
The first page is getting displayed pretty fine, but in the next page the table
is getting displayed in an other table there by distorting rest of the pages. I
will be thankful if any one can help me out of this. If the problem is with
going for next line after the table , why is
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- VSTO file type mapping lost
by Thomas N. Sørense
- 5 Replies
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by Thomas N. Sorensen
- We are currently running som experiments with Visual Studio 2008 and VSTO 3.0. But when deploying a solution to a client workstation we have encountered a problem with the VSTO file type association. For some reason the file type .vsto was suddenly associated with notepad. An after this we can not correctly use the setup files generated by VS 2008 / VSTO 3.0 on this machine.
We hare tried u
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- Login Screen
by Azim Ansari
- 1 Replies
- Last post
by Cindy Meister
- How can i create login screen in Excel to restrict the users access on different cells in one worksheet.
Desperately needed, to complete my assignment.
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- deploying add-in on outlook2003
by amr osama
- 1 Replies
- Last post
by John R. Durant - MSFT
- Dear all any one can help me with this problem !!
I am developing an add-in with VSTO 2005 to work on outlook2003 ,no problems but when I try to install my add in I got this error -->
Exception occurred while initializing the installation: system.io.fileNotFoundException: could not load file or assembly 'file:///C:\windows\system32\group' or one of it's dependencies. The system cannot fin
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- Add reminder to Outlook ContactItem
by Johan Nordberg
- 4 Replies
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by Johan Nordberg
- Hi, I'm working on a simple Outlook Addin that basically just simplifies some built in tasks such as assigning specific categories and adding reminders. I've added a custom ribbon tab to the contact item form. One thing that I can't figure out is how to add a reminder with my own title and reminder date to the contact item. Does anyone know how to do this I'm using VSTO2005SE, Outlook 2007 and C#
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- Bulk Item Creation and Performance (or lack of...)
by Apuhjee
- 1 Replies
- Last post
by Phil Hoff - MSFT
- The following code cruises through the first few hundred records, but then hits a snails pace. Does anyone know why this may be or how it might be optimized for better performance (btw: this is running on a good processor w/ 2 gig RAM)
Outlook. MAPIFolder contacts = (Outlook. MAPIFolder ) this .ActiveExplorer().Session. GetDefaultFolder(Outlook. OlDefaultFolders .olFolderContacts); Out
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- MAPI property tags in Outlook
by Munir Husseini
- 3 Replies
- Last post
by Sue Mosher - Outlook MVP
- Hi, I'm developing an Outlook addin which utilized synchronized SharePoint lists. In order to identify these lists, the addin tries to find the guid of the list in the Outlook folder's MAPI properties. To do so, I call: fields.get_Item(<propTag>, missing) Unfortionately, Outlook seems to use different property tags for the same property on different installations (could some one confirm this
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- Convert type from System.__ComObject to VB.NET acceptable types
by W.G.
- 2 Replies
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by W.G.
- I am trying to create an Automation in VB.NET using VS2005. The code was originially written in VBA as a macros in a sheet. Now I am trying to geather all the macros in one automation. Part of the code to be translated presented this type conversion error where it says (Unable to convert type System.__ComObject to ...).
In my code I am trying to use the content of cells of some range and do som
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- Changing focus to new document..
by dirty-shirt
- 1 Replies
- Last post
by Cindy Meister
- I'm using the Word.Documents.Add method to open an existing template (.dotx) file. However, when this file is opened the focus does not change to the new window. It stays in the same Window that I called the Add method from.
I've tried setting the Visible property to true, activating the document and looking at the SetFocus method all with no success.
Edit, this is the code I'm using
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- This command is not available because no document is open!!
by perpetual_dream
- 4 Replies
- Last post
by perpetual_dream
- Hello,
I am trying to allow the user to save the open document in a folder I specify in office applications by clicking on a button added to startup.
Therefore, I am trying to find out the current active window in Powerpoint/Word/Excel.
I have managed to find out the active window and adding a button to it at startup in outlook by using
Code Snippet
Privat
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- Graying out CustomUI
by VincentSteenvoorden
- 7 Replies
- Last post
by Dennis Wallentin
- Hi, When an Excel sheet is in Edit mode Some RibbonUI's are grayed out. I want the same behavior for my CustomUI. How can I detect that the sheet is in Edit Mode .
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- 5 Outlook questions (CommandBarPopup, StatusBar, TrayIcon & updating items)
by drscape
- 4 Replies
- Last post
by drscape
- Hi all! I am having troubles coding some stuff on my outlook plugin. I'm using a shared office plugin on VS but i think this is the right section to put the post 1st In outlook toolbar you can see a CommandBarPopup that has a icon. How can i set a icon on a CommandBarPopup I tried adding a button with the popup caption before the popup and loose the popup caption but when the popup is clicked the
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- Form Region display issue
by Rafael1119
- 14 Replies
- Last post
by Rafael1119
- All,
Is it a known issue that the Form Region text boxes and labels cut off the text and change the font size automatically
Has anyone figured out a way to make the form regions look exactly as they did when you designed them
Thanks,
Rafael
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- Remove / Hide Supertip
by Abhishek Chadha
- 2 Replies
- Last post
by Rachel Schaw - MSFT
- Hi ,
I am using Excel 2007 .I have a custom tab which contains Default Excel Button like idMSo="Sort" and also contains my own custom buttons.
The problem is that the custom control shows a different supertip icon image and my Add-in name , whereas the default excel controls shows the normal "Press F1 for help ".
How can i remove the supertip from either of them so tha
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- VSTO install/packaging confusion
by Grant60601
- 3 Replies
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by Grant60601
- I posted earlier about my install troubles and just read a post about the vsto packaging which further explains my problem. I desire to make document vsto apps with action panes for word 2003.
I have office 2003 professional sp2 installed.
I have visual studio 2005 professional installed.
I have VSTO SE installed.
I do not have VSTO installed.
As Cindy has clarif
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- Outlook private folders
by -Brian
- 4 Replies
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by DeborahK
- Using Outlook 2007 and VSTO 2005 for Office 2007 writing in c#
How do I set a Folder object to a private folder
currently I am runing fine using code like:
Outlook. Folder outFolder= Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook. OlDefaultFolders .olFolderSyncIssues) as Outlook. Folder ;
But I do not see where I can set it to a private folder path.
Also, I would like for this
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- Outlook VSTO Addin: Hard disabled add-In A "block" for loading of add-in B
by janid1967
- 4 Replies
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by janid1967
- Hello again, new problem:
Our Outlook users have 2 VSTO add-ins, let us call them A and B here. Sometimes some users complains about that they miss their add-in B. (They don't see the buttons). When investigating their PC, I see that add-in A is Hard disabled (Shown as Disabled Items under Help -> About -> Disabled Items). When enabling add-in A again, restarting Outlook, add-in B (an
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- Visual Basic vs. Visual C++
by CreativeSE
- 10 Replies
- Last post
by CreativeSE
- Which is a better application to use if the application has to interface with Excel A LOT
What are the pros and cons of both
I've used Visual Basic but haven't used Visual C++ with Excel
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- caspol error
by osamaZain
- 6 Replies
- Last post
by osamaZain
- Dear All ;
I have an Excel app, that i deployed on a local Intranet .
when i open the excel template i have an office exception:
" the assemply could not be found or could not be loaded .. the current .Net security policy does not permit "excel file " to load custom macros"
althought i set the full trust permission to dll using caspol.exe
and .net 2.0 configurati
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- Can we use VSTO 2005(Not SE) with office 2007?
by mahavir patil
- 5 Replies
- Last post
by mahavir patil
- I need document level customization and this i need for documents of office 2007 as well along with office 2003 and exceptionaly for previous versions(not compolsory).
Now if i will go with VSTO 2005(not SE), will i be able to implement document level customization for office 2007 documents as well
TO describe the scenario more, My web application user will download office documents from the
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- Redemption equivalent objects to Outlook
by mike950
- 14 Replies
- Last post
by mike950
- I'm trying to use the SafeMailItem as an alternative to the OutlookMailItem, but Subject, ReceivedTime and Delete don't seem to be available to the Redemption SafeMailItem. Can anybody help me out Any help would be really appreciated.