Re: how to access current text selection

[xiahmi]

Hi Ken,

What do you mean?

"If it's plain text or RTF in the Outlook editor you cannot"

I cannot get the selection?

This is the scenario..

The user selects a part of the mail message/body and I should be able to

copy the selected items and store it as pdf.

Outlook.Selection selection = myActiveExplorer.Selection;

if (selection is Outlook.MailItem)

{

Outlook.MailItem mailItem =

(selection as Outlook.MailItem);

mailItem.Copy();

}

I believe that this would copy the entire mail right?

I only need to copy the selected objects..

and what would be the possible solution of converting a mail into pdf?

Thanks
wrote:


> If it's plain text or RTF in the Outlook editor you cannot. For HTML you
> would get the HTML.Document and use the HTML Document object model. For
> WordMail you get the Word.Document and use that object model.

> >

>

>

>

> "DavidH&P" <david-mH&P@H&P.com> wrote in message
> news:4BC7A7E5-FAEE-498C-9F4E-C73F21B620BE@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > I'm using vsto2005SE,
> > I would like to access to the current text selection of the current
> > MailItem
> > selection,
> > How to do that ?
> > thanks,
> > David

>

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

I think you're confusing two different selections. Outlook.Selection is the

collection of items that are selected. That you can get. As far as getting

what text is selected in a specific email item what I said before goes.

Using the Outlook object model you can't get what text is selected.

If you are using the 3rd party library Redemption

(www.dimastr.com/redemption) you can get the appropriate editor for the type

of item (HTML, plain text, RTF) and that will let you get the selected text.

Otherwise, as I said before, for HTML you would get the HTML.Document and

use the HTML Document object model. For WordMail you get the Word.Document

and use that object model.

"xiahmi" <xiahmi> wrote in message

news:FA507C9C-87D5-4BB6-81CB-1926C2063663@microsoft.com...
> Hi Ken,

> What do you mean?
> "If it's plain text or RTF in the Outlook editor you cannot"
> I cannot get the selection?

> This is the scenario..

> The user selects a part of the mail message/body and I should be able to
> copy the selected items and store it as pdf.

> Outlook.Selection selection = myActiveExplorer.Selection;

> if (selection is Outlook.MailItem)
> {
> Outlook.MailItem mailItem =
> (selection as Outlook.MailItem);

> mailItem.Copy();

> }

> I believe that this would copy the entire mail right?

> I only need to copy the selected objects..
> and what would be the possible solution of converting a mail into pdf?

> Thanks