C# inserting word document with formatting into outlook message

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Huginson

Hi

I have been trying for days now to create a solution for this. The problem

is i have found some code examples on the web, but none of them has worked so

far. Maybe i'm missing a reference when trying them i don't know (altho i

have tried most references ). I have tried myself and also used msdn trying

examples, tho it seems to me they put out examples for everything in outlook

but the basic function of the program like working with mail messages and

interacting Oulook with other office products. Maybe i lack some basic

understanding, however i tried to read everything i could come across for

this.

This is the scenario:

I am using Visual Studio 2008

Office 2007

I am making an Outlook ribbon where the user on editing in a oulook message,

pick a word document from a dropdown in the Outlook ribbon and then i want

the word document to be inserted where the user has hers/his cursor before

going to the dropdown menu.

I have made the same function for word: there i used this code and it works

just as i want to

Word.Range currentRange = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Selection.Range;

object missing = System.Type.Missing;

currentRange.InsertFile(workindirectory +

"\\" + fname, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

However this does not work for Oulook.

On my search i have encountered alot of people trying to find out the same

thing. Seems to me alot of folks want to use word documents for some kind of

standard template they can put into their email messages when replying to

customers etc. However most examples i have found use fully automated

answers. With office Ribbon that is not what you would normally want. The

ribbon is there for a person to click :) Besides you don't want to create a

new mail. You would want the word document to be inserted into the mail the

user is working on.

The closest i have come in my search are the Inspector.WordEditor; in the

documentation it says this should put a word document at the users cursor.

I have yet to find a C# example of this that actually works. And the

documentation i have found for WordEditor is...well not very friendly :)

Anyone that can help me here. Like i said i tried for days with 10-12 each

day searching for it and im getting a bit frustrated.

Thanks

Huginson
 
In Outlook 2007 there is only the Word editor and Inspector.WordEditor is a

Word Document object. It's a weak object reference for the Inspector that

you get in the Inspectors.NewInspector() event, so you are best off

instantiating an Inspector object in that event handler and subscribing to

the Inspector.Activate() event for the Inspector. In the first Activate()

event you can get WordEditor and cast it to a Word.Document object. Pretty

simple really.

There are C# examples for at least getting to WordEditor lots of places, for

example at www.outlookcode.com. I have VS 2005 templates, including C#, that

show how to handle up to the Inspector.Activate() event, from there all you

need it this before you descend into the Word object model:

Word.Document doc = (Word.Document)insp.WordEditor;

"Huginson" <Huginson> wrote in message

news:AD6A2984-A50D-477E-98E4-DF7AAFF8BA6C@microsoft.com...
> Hi

> I have been trying for days now to create a solution for this. The problem
> is i have found some code examples on the web, but none of them has worked
> so
> far. Maybe i'm missing a reference when trying them i don't know (altho i
> have tried most references ). I have tried myself and also used msdn
> trying
> examples, tho it seems to me they put out examples for everything in
> outlook
> but the basic function of the program like working with mail messages and
> interacting Oulook with other office products. Maybe i lack some basic
> understanding, however i tried to read everything i could come across for
> this.

> This is the scenario:
> I am using Visual Studio 2008
> Office 2007
> I am making an Outlook ribbon where the user on editing in a oulook
> message,
> pick a word document from a dropdown in the Outlook ribbon and then i want
> the word document to be inserted where the user has hers/his cursor before
> going to the dropdown menu.

> I have made the same function for word: there i used this code and it
> works
> just as i want to

> Word.Range currentRange = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.Selection.Range;

> object missing = System.Type.Missing;

> currentRange.InsertFile(workindirectory +
> "\\" + fname, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing, ref missing);

> However this does not work for Oulook.

> On my search i have encountered alot of people trying to find out the same
> thing. Seems to me alot of folks want to use word documents for some kind
> of
> standard template they can put into their email messages when replying to
> customers etc. However most examples i have found use fully automated
> answers. With office Ribbon that is not what you would normally want. The
> ribbon is there for a person to click :) Besides you don't want to create
> a
> new mail. You would want the word document to be inserted into the mail
> the
> user is working on.

> The closest i have come in my search are the Inspector.WordEditor; in the
> documentation it says this should put a word document at the users cursor.
> I have yet to find a C# example of this that actually works. And the
> documentation i have found for WordEditor is...well not very friendly :)

> Anyone that can help me here. Like i said i tried for days with 10-12 each
> day searching for it and im getting a bit frustrated.

> Thanks

> > Huginson
 
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