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  • Please advise on Add-in Express
    by LastHope
    1 Replies
    Last post by X4U
      • Hi, I know that this is a VSTO forum, but I need some advices: someone is willing to pay me a version of this program, since I cannot guarantee with VSTO to build a plugin for ALL Outlook versions (while this environment seems able to). I need to know any difference from working with VSTO, anything I should know: with VS and VSTO I had to learn about many (bad/sad) aspects, like deployment hell, p
  • VSTO - Outlook AddIn and ContactItem
    by janid1967
    6 Replies
    Last post by janid1967
      • Hello all, bear with me if posting in incorrect forum. I've created an Outlook AddIn, using VSTO 2005 (not SE) against Outlook 2003. My Add-In is nearly working as intended, but I have a small issue. The purpose of addin is to add functionality to format contact items by rules I configure in a Dialog. (I.e. change FileAs, Email1DisplayName, Email3DisplayName, Email3DisplayName and all kind
  • VSTO se sorting problem
    by MothDoc
    13 Replies
    Last post by MothDoc
      • Hi Ji I am trying to do something similar but I am afraid I am getting nowhere. I am trying to build a function within excel that will allow one to stipulate the performance of calculations and other formulae based on the cell background colour. For instance I have a column of figures B2:B9 with the following values and cell colours B2: 2 pink B3: 3 white/no colour B4: 0 pink B5: 0 white/no colo
  • Word 2003 template document running exception "This action is not valid outside of a block-level XML" when used in Word 2007
    by Laurent Kempé
    8 Replies
    Last post by Laurent Kempe
      • Hi I created a solution for authors to publish content on a website I created based on Word 2003 templates and VSTO 2005. You might download it here: http://www.codeplex.com/THBAuthoring Now I try to have it running on Word 2007 and get the following error when a user click on the save button or when I do in code document.Save: This action is not valid outside of a block-level XML L
  • Cypress Outlook 2007 addin installation problems
    by Ken Slovak
    5 Replies
    Last post by Hiren
      • I have some addins for Outlook 2007 developed using Cypress and both VB.NET and C#. If I run the addins from the VS 2005 IDE they run with no problems. If I compile as release mode they run from the IDE, start Outlook and run with no problems. However, if I install after compiling the setup project and try to run the addin by just starting Outlook (on the same dev machine) the addins won't r
  • VBA: Outlook 2007 - enumerating attachments
    by Eric66
    1 Replies
    Last post by Helmut Obertanner
      • I am using VBA within Outlook 2007. I could not find an appropriate forum for this question. What I want to do seems basic (pseudocode): For Each OutlookMailItem having Attachment If Attachment is a picture (.gif, .jpg,.bmp) SaveToDisk (Attachment) End If Next Real simply: Each message must have an attachment. If the attachment is a pic
  • COM exception when trying to add picture as inline shape in Word 2007 RTM
    by Babu Annamalai
    6 Replies
    Last post by Marcus_dotnet_programmer
      • Environment: Windows 2003 running under VPC, Office 2007 RTM, VS2005 I have a schema attached to the document in question and here is the code snippet which errors out with a COM exception. Dim nd As MSWord.XMLNode = wordDoc.XMLNodes.Add("dummyNode", <<namespace>>, CObj (rng)) Dim img As MSWord.InlineShape = nd.Range.InlineShapes.AddPicture("c:\blah.jp
  • Word add-in and winform control
    by Eome
    6 Replies
    Last post by Geoff Darst - MSFT
      • Hi, I would like to insert a custom winform control (usercontrol) into a word document using add-in. I read this article to perform this but i can't insert the control inline : http://eightpence.com/inserting-windows-forms-controls-into-word-documents-using-com-addins/ My first question is : how can i insrt usercontrol in word document using add-in My second question c
  • Is VSTO SE for Outlook 2007 in beta ?
    by Kulvinder
    1 Replies
    Last post by Sue Mosher - Outlook MVP
      • Hi, I want to know whether VSTO SE for Outlook 2007 is in beta Thanks Kulvinder Singh
  • Word VSTO Issue.
    by Murali.
    3 Replies
    Last post by Murali.
      • Hello, I created a VSTO Word 2003 Project with some webservices pulling in the data. I did the deployment using a setup project which worked fine. Suddenly I keep getting the error once the installer is run in client's computer and getting close to completion as "value cannot be null parameter name: url". This also happens unfortunately when I run the installer in my machine. I looked
  • Previously working code breaks when VSTO2005 is installed?
    by Daniel Shiplett
    1 Replies
    Last post by Andrew Whitechapel - MSFT
      • Hello, I have previously developed some applications using the ActiveX OUtlook View Control. These applications were working fine. I then installed the VSTO 2005 developers kit. Now, when I first re-opened the solutions that had my working code, I recveived a warning about newer versions of the assemblies that I was using, so I clicked on the warning and VS apparently re-referenced the newer versi
  • Word ribbon customisation not working
    by PaulHH
    3 Replies
    Last post by McLean Schofield - MSFT
      • Hi I tried customising the ribbon to show/hide a custom task pane (VSTO 2005 SE with Word 2007), as described in the walk-through - didn't seem to work, no custom "VSTO" tab was displayed when I ran it. I took the embedded resource route. Any hints on tracking down the problem Many thanks Paul.
  • Remove borders from Excel charts using C#
    by becklighter
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    Last post by becklighter
      • I am building an excel file from scratch. this includes charts of data. In this particular case I need to remove the borders from the chart, but it doesn't appear to work correctly. // The next three lines are an attempt to remove the border, the fourth shows that I am controlling the chart ((Excel.ChartObject)oSheet.ChartObjects("Chart 1")).Border.LineStyle = Excel.XlLineStyle.xlLineStyleNone;
  • Send email using Outlook (Question 2)
    by Cathie
    10 Replies
    Last post by Sue Mosher - Outlook MVP
      • Hi , thank you for your advise, which looks promising. I'll describe to you the context of the problem in greater detail, if I may. On the webserver, I have disabled the SMTP service. I have been using MailEnable Standard Edition, a free email server. I do this basically because I dont understand how mail is send from Windows Server. It all works fine in our development environment here-emails are
  • Question re the CRM Integration Add-In Sample For Outlook 2003 (2)
    by Wee Bubba
    9 Replies
    Last post by Pierre Savard
      • Earlier on I was questioning the UI/Data separation logic and John Durrant pointed me to the "CRM Integration Add-In Sample" - thankyou it is very useful. There are four custom items in this sample: Accounts, Activities, Opportunities, Contacts. As far as I can see, for each item stored inside an MSSQL database, an item is also created within the default Outlook store. I have deduced this becau
  • VSTO - Excel 2007 Sheet Template
    by tdl-forte
    3 Replies
    Last post by Dennis Wallentin
      • Hopefully this is a simple issue and I've just missed it... In VSTO with Office 2003 I had an Office project option with an Excel Sheet template - not Add Ins. On my new development machine, I only have Office 2007 and Visual Studio 2005 Pro Edition installed. When I load the VSTO - SE, the only project options are for creating an Add In's for Excel, Word, etc. If I look at the Office proje
  • 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.
  • Using the Microsoft Office Document Imaging 2003 Viewer Control
    by ron nash
    3 Replies
    Last post by Ji Zhou ¨C MSFT
      • Do we need to have office 2003 installed to be able to use the above. I have the MDIVWCTL.DLL but can not seem to add it / use it within the IDE http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa167614(office.11).aspx http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/ShowPost.aspx PostID=1758099&SiteID=1
  • Installing Visual Studio Tools for Office 2005
    by John A. Mason
    7 Replies
    Last post by Maarten van Stam
      • Our organization recently acquired VSTO 2005 volume license keys for this product. However, we only have Office 2000 and Office 2007 installed currently. When I try to install VSTO 2005, it informs me that there must be an Office 2003 product installed in order to proceed. I do not have access to any Office 2003 products. I understand the VSTO 2005 Second Edition supports Office 2007, howev
  • Adding a custom Button in OutLook ?
    by ZINK_C
    1 Replies
    Last post by Mamush
      • Hi , Is it possible to add a button on OutLook 2003 and add a functionality to it to save outlook msgs to desired extension in C# Can you please guide me to API in C# to how to do this Thanks, ZINk
  • Outlook PST file archive db
    by rondev548364
    4 Replies
    Last post by rondev
      • I am in the process of developing an archive database for outlook PST, OST,etc... files. The design of the application will require the abillity to read these outlook files in and then convert them to a format that I can store in a database. The only problem I'm having is being able to open the outlook files into my application in a readable format. So far all I am getting is jibberish. Does anyon
  • Use Outlook 2003 to send meeting request using c#
    by mafiaboy
    14 Replies
    Last post by mafiaboy
      • Please help me I must send mail by c# and visual studio 2003 so i can't use VSTO for 2005 and also can' t use some tool that require liences. And more importance I must use COM by way access to Outlook 2003 to send mail. I got it but the big problem is ... security .. warning messages that i need access then mail will delivery +_+ it is big problem. So anyone here can help me. I research ab
  • Access controls in different document instance (VSTO 2005)
    by ClaudiaHelpOnVSTO
    4 Replies
    Last post by meho
      • Hi, I have two different documents (A and B) and both have the same VSTO customization attached to them. [Actually I first create A and later open B and attach through the ServerDocument classe the VSTO solution]. How can I access a control instance (RichTextBox) of document A from B I got as far as this: // from document B, I try to find A // iterate over the open
  • Appointment time changes not propagating to OWA when appointment created with VSTO form ?!?!?!
    by Ryan C Price
    2 Replies
    Last post by Ryan C Price
      • I have an application with a custom appointment form. Everything seemed to be working fine until my client noticed that when sync'ing their Pocket PC, their appointment times weren't always changing on the PDA. After two days of investigating, I have discovered that if I create an appointment with my custom form, and then try and change the times of the appointment, while still in the same
  • When .NET objects dispose in Excel?
    by Virge
    3 Replies
    Last post by Geoff Darst - MSFT
      • Hi, all! As you know, it's possible to insert a control into Excel's worksheet. It's also possible to delete this object trough "Visual Basic panel" -> "Design Mode": just select desired .NET control and press "Del" button. But! Nor Dispose(), nor control's destructor would not be invoked. So the question is: How to manage .NET objects deletion For instan