edit right pane of mail

[Ashish]

Is it possible to edit mail right pane in outlook addin? When select a mail

in outlook right pane shows its field like subject,date body,attachments

etc.

Can we show some extra information in right pane when select a mail. Which

event is call when show right pane(select mail) for any mail

 

[mightyCoCo]

On Aug 10, 4:28 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to edit mail right pane in outlook addin? When select a mail
> in outlook right pane shows its field like subject,date body,attachments
> etc.
> Can we show some extra information in right pane when select a mail. Which
> event is call when show right pane(select mail) for any mail

if i got it right, you refer to the preview pane of an email.

What Outlook version?

Look into the Explorer.SelectionChanged event. this is triggered, when

an item was selected.

You may be able to modify certain information's in the selected item.

 

[Ashish]

Thanks explorer.selectionChanged is called when switch an item or folder. It

also call when we select multiple items. I want to show some info in preview

pane when a single item is selected not for multiple selected items . But in

explorer.selectionChanged function Explorer->Selection->Count always returns

0. So i am not able to access selected item. Please suggest how to access

selected item. Why it always gives 0 as Count. Outlook version is 2003.

"mightyCoCo" <mightycoco@googlemail.com> wrote in message

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On Aug 10, 4:28 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to edit mail right pane in outlook addin? When select a
> mail
> in outlook right pane shows its field like subject,date body,attachments
> etc.
> Can we show some extra information in right pane when select a mail. Which
> event is call when show right pane(select mail) for any mail

if i got it right, you refer to the preview pane of an email.

What Outlook version?

Look into the Explorer.SelectionChanged event. this is triggered, when

an item was selected.

You may be able to modify certain information's in the selected item.

 

[Ashish]

Sorry i get correct selected item

To make change in preview window should i add info to mail or we can

directly change preview window? Is it editable

"mightyCoCo" <mightycoco@googlemail.com> wrote in message

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On Aug 10, 4:28 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Is it possible to edit mail right pane in outlook addin? When select a
> mail
> in outlook right pane shows its field like subject,date body,attachments
> etc.
> Can we show some extra information in right pane when select a mail. Which
> event is call when show right pane(select mail) for any mail

if i got it right, you refer to the preview pane of an email.

What Outlook version?

Look into the Explorer.SelectionChanged event. this is triggered, when

an item was selected.

You may be able to modify certain information's in the selected item.

 

[mightyCoCo]

On Aug 11, 1:47 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry i get correct selected item
> To make change in preview window should i add info to mail or we can
> directly change preview window? Is it editable

> "mightyCoCo" <mightyc...@googlemail.com> wrote in message

> news:5d351c66-3e09-4e9c-babf-1d24e0f81a0a@d4g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 10, 4:28 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to edit mail right pane in outlook addin? When select a
> > mail
> > in outlook right pane shows its field like subject,date body,attachments
> > etc.
> > Can we show some extra information in right pane when select a mail. Which
> > event is call when show right pane(select mail) for any mail

> if i got it right, you refer to the preview pane of an email.
> What Outlook version?
> Look into the Explorer.SelectionChanged event. this is triggered, when
> an item was selected.
> You may be able to modify certain information's in the selected item.

You could change the body of the eMail. But this change would be

persistent.

I don't know of a clean way to show a temporarily modified body.

You would need to save the original mail somewhere else and restore

it, when the selection changes.

If you need to have more fields net to subject/date etc, that might be

possible with custom forms. But I've never done this. Maybe someone

else has some insights / tips...

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Custom forms won't display in the reading pane for the most part, and the

reading pane is not editable or modifiable. You'd have to create your own

window and overlay that over the reading pane using Win32 API calls, which

is not only tricky but has the potential to crash Outlook and even Windows

if you don't know what you're doing.

"mightyCoCo" <mightycoco@googlemail.com> wrote in message

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On Aug 11, 1:47 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Sorry i get correct selected item
> To make change in preview window should i add info to mail or we can
> directly change preview window? Is it editable

> "mightyCoCo" <mightyc...@googlemail.com> wrote in message

> news:5d351c66-3e09-4e9c-babf-1d24e0f81a0a@d4g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 10, 4:28 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> > Is it possible to edit mail right pane in outlook addin? When select a
> > mail
> > in outlook right pane shows its field like subject,date body,attachments
> > etc.
> > Can we show some extra information in right pane when select a mail.
> > Which
> > event is call when show right pane(select mail) for any mail

> if i got it right, you refer to the preview pane of an email.
> What Outlook version?
> Look into the Explorer.SelectionChanged event. this is triggered, when
> an item was selected.
> You may be able to modify certain information's in the selected item.

You could change the body of the eMail. But this change would be

persistent.

I don't know of a clean way to show a temporarily modified body.

You would need to save the original mail somewhere else and restore

it, when the selection changes.

If you need to have more fields net to subject/date etc, that might be

possible with custom forms. But I've never done this. Maybe someone

else has some insights / tips...

 

[Ashish]

Thanks Ken, Thanks Mighty

I got it now. To show something in reading pane we need to make change in

mail. Without making change in mail we cant show anything extra in reading

pane as reading pane is not editable.

Well if a mail has attachment it shows an icon for it with subject in

outlook explorer. If any mail has no attachment then can we show

same/anyother icon at same place(after subject) using some programming. Is

it possible?

I did not see any property for this icon in outspy/MFCMAPI.
<kenslovak@mvps.org> wrote in message

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> Custom forms won't display in the reading pane for the most part, and the
> reading pane is not editable or modifiable. You'd have to create your own
> window and overlay that over the reading pane using Win32 API calls, which
> is not only tricky but has the potential to crash Outlook and even Windows
> if you don't know what you're doing.

> >

>

> "mightyCoCo" <mightycoco@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> news:cd628338-dd25-45c9-b368-460e99b36f22@g31g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
> On Aug 11, 1:47 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> > Sorry i get correct selected item
> > To make change in preview window should i add info to mail or we can
> > directly change preview window? Is it editable
>

>> "mightyCoCo" <mightyc...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>

>> news:5d351c66-3e09-4e9c-babf-1d24e0f81a0a@d4g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> > On Aug 10, 4:28 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > > Is it possible to edit mail right pane in outlook addin? When select a
> > > mail
> > > in outlook right pane shows its field like subject,date
> > > body,attachments
> > > etc.
> > > Can we show some extra information in right pane when select a mail.
> > > Which
> > > event is call when show right pane(select mail) for any mail
>

>> if i got it right, you refer to the preview pane of an email.
> > What Outlook version?
> > Look into the Explorer.SelectionChanged event. this is triggered, when
> > an item was selected.
> > You may be able to modify certain information's in the selected item.

> You could change the body of the eMail. But this change would be
> persistent.
> I don't know of a clean way to show a temporarily modified body.
> You would need to save the original mail somewhere else and restore
> it, when the selection changes.

> If you need to have more fields net to subject/date etc, that might be
> possible with custom forms. But I've never done this. Maybe someone
> else has some insights / tips...

 

[mightyCoCo]

On Aug 11, 5:09 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Thanks Ken, Thanks Mighty
> I got it now. To show something in reading pane we need to make change in
> mail. Without making change in mail we cant show anything extra in reading
> pane as reading pane is not editable.

> Well if a mail has attachment it shows an icon for it with subject in
> outlook explorer. If any mail has no attachment then can we show
> same/anyother icon at same place(after subject) using some programming. Is
> it possible?
> I did not see any property for this icon in outspy/MFCMAPI.
> " - " <kenslo...@mvps.org> wrote in messagenews:%23P$$S1oGKHA.4956@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>
> > Custom forms won't display in the reading pane for the most part, and the
> > reading pane is not editable or modifiable. You'd have to create your own
> > window and overlay that over the reading pane using Win32 API calls, which
> > is not only tricky but has the potential to crash Outlook and even Windows
> > if you don't know what you're doing.
>
> > > >

> >

> >
>
> > "mightyCoCo" <mightyc...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> >news:cd628338-dd25-45c9-b368-460e99b36f22@g31g2000yqc.googlegroups.com....
> > On Aug 11, 1:47 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Sorry i get correct selected item
> >> To make change in preview window should i add info to mail or we can
> >> directly change preview window? Is it editable
>
> >> "mightyCoCo" <mightyc...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
>
> >>news:5d351c66-3e09-4e9c-babf-1d24e0f81a0a@d4g2000vbm.googlegroups.com....
> >> On Aug 10, 4:28 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
>
> >> > Is it possible to edit mail right pane in outlook addin? When selecta
> >> > mail
> >> > in outlook right pane shows its field like subject,date
> >> > body,attachments
> >> > etc.
> >> > Can we show some extra information in right pane when select a mail.
> >> > Which
> >> > event is call when show right pane(select mail) for any mail
>
> >> if i got it right, you refer to the preview pane of an email.
> >> What Outlook version?
> >> Look into the Explorer.SelectionChanged event. this is triggered, when
> >> an item was selected.
> >> You may be able to modify certain information's in the selected item.
>
> > You could change the body of the eMail. But this change would be
> > persistent.
> > I don't know of a clean way to show a temporarily modified body.
> > You would need to save the original mail somewhere else and restore
> > it, when the selection changes.
>
> > If you need to have more fields net to subject/date etc, that might be
> > possible with custom forms. But I've never done this. Maybe someone
> > else has some insights / tips...

Look at the MailItem.Attachments method to add attachements to the

MailItem.

You can generate the attachement on the fly and add it as a binary

stream or write it on disk and give the Attachemts.Add function the

path to this file on disk.

You'd need to use the MailItem.Save method if you are finished to not

loose your changes.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

The InfoBar is also not modifiable or exposed. What could be done possibly

is to use the model for previewers (like for previewing PDF attachments in

the reading pane) to display custom information. That would be Outlook 2007

only or later, and I'm not sure it's actually doable. I've never played with

that for that purpose, only for an actual previewer. But it's the only

possibility I can think of.

"Ashish" <akohli_2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks Ken, Thanks Mighty
> I got it now. To show something in reading pane we need to make change in
> mail. Without making change in mail we cant show anything extra in reading
> pane as reading pane is not editable.

> Well if a mail has attachment it shows an icon for it with subject in
> outlook explorer. If any mail has no attachment then can we show
> same/anyother icon at same place(after subject) using some programming. Is
> it possible?
> I did not see any property for this icon in outspy/MFCMAPI.

 

[Ashish]

So if we need to show attachment icon in a mail which has no attachment then

we need add an extra attachment.

What about outlook objects? I think using outlook Objects we can make change

locally for a user not on exchange server. Is it possible to change mail

view using outlook object model? Is there any link how to use outlook

objects in outlook addin?

"Ashish" <akohli_2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks Ken, Thanks Mighty
> I got it now. To show something in reading pane we need to make change in
> mail. Without making change in mail we cant show anything extra in reading
> pane as reading pane is not editable.

> Well if a mail has attachment it shows an icon for it with subject in
> outlook explorer. If any mail has no attachment then can we show
> same/anyother icon at same place(after subject) using some programming. Is
> it possible?
> I did not see any property for this icon in outspy/MFCMAPI.
> " - " <kenslovak@mvps.org> wrote in message
> news:%23P$$S1oGKHA.4956@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
> > Custom forms won't display in the reading pane for the most part, and the
> > reading pane is not editable or modifiable. You'd have to create your own
> > window and overlay that over the reading pane using Win32 API calls,
> > which is not only tricky but has the potential to crash Outlook and even
> > Windows if you don't know what you're doing.
>

>> > >

> >

>

>
>
>
>
>
>> "mightyCoCo" <mightycoco@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> > news:cd628338-dd25-45c9-b368-460e99b36f22@g31g2000yqc.googlegroups.com...
> > On Aug 11, 1:47 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >> Sorry i get correct selected item
> >> To make change in preview window should i add info to mail or we can
> >> directly change preview window? Is it editable
> >
>>> "mightyCoCo" <mightyc...@googlemail.com> wrote in message
> >
>>> news:5d351c66-3e09-4e9c-babf-1d24e0f81a0a@d4g2000vbm.googlegroups.com...
> >> On Aug 10, 4:28 pm, "Ashish" <akohli_2...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> >
>>> > Is it possible to edit mail right pane in outlook addin? When select a
> >> > mail
> >> > in outlook right pane shows its field like subject,date
> >> > body,attachments
> >> > etc.
> >> > Can we show some extra information in right pane when select a mail.
> >> > Which
> >> > event is call when show right pane(select mail) for any mail
> >
>>> if i got it right, you refer to the preview pane of an email.
> >> What Outlook version?
> >> Look into the Explorer.SelectionChanged event. this is triggered, when
> >> an item was selected.
> >> You may be able to modify certain information's in the selected item.
>

>> You could change the body of the eMail. But this change would be
> > persistent.
> > I don't know of a clean way to show a temporarily modified body.
> > You would need to save the original mail somewhere else and restore
> > it, when the selection changes.
>

>> If you need to have more fields net to subject/date etc, that might be
> > possible with custom forms. But I've never done this. Maybe someone
> > else has some insights / tips...

>

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You can change the view by setting the Explorer.CurrentView object to the

view you want. You can also create a new view using XML and set that.

Of course you can work with Outlook objects in an Outlook addin, just use

the Outlook object model. How else do you think you'd work with Outlook

objects? You can look at the Object Browser Help as well as at Web sites

such as www.outlookcode.com for lots of Outlook object model code samples.

"Ashish" <akohli_2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> So if we need to show attachment icon in a mail which has no attachment
> then we need add an extra attachment.

> What about outlook objects? I think using outlook Objects we can make
> change locally for a user not on exchange server. Is it possible to change
> mail view using outlook object model? Is there any link how to use outlook
> objects in outlook addin?

 

[Ashish]

Yes we can create/change view using XML. But how to add attachment

icons/name in XML? Is there any example available?

What's advantages of using Outlook object model?

Can we also change view using Outlook object model
<kenslovak@mvps.org> wrote in message

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> You can change the view by setting the Explorer.CurrentView object to the
> view you want. You can also create a new view using XML and set that.

> Of course you can work with Outlook objects in an Outlook addin, just use
> the Outlook object model. How else do you think you'd work with Outlook
> objects? You can look at the Object Browser Help as well as at Web sites
> such as www.outlookcode.com for lots of Outlook object model code samples.

> >

>

> "Ashish" <akohli_2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:%23Wim291GKHA.4168@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
> > So if we need to show attachment icon in a mail which has no attachment
> > then we need add an extra attachment.
>

>> What about outlook objects? I think using outlook Objects we can make
> > change locally for a user not on exchange server. Is it possible to
> > change mail view using outlook object model? Is there any link how to use
> > outlook objects in outlook addin?
>

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You can't add anything to an XML view that's not supported as a view XML

tag. I'm not sure what you mean by adding attachment names and icons to the

view, but nothing related to attachments is supported in view XML.

In Outlook 2007 they added a lot of new View stuff that wasn't there in

earlier versions of Outlook, but still not what you want.

"Ashish" <akohli_2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Yes we can create/change view using XML. But how to add attachment
> icons/name in XML? Is there any example available?

> What's advantages of using Outlook object model?
> Can we also change view using Outlook object model

 

[Ashish]

What i want to do?

When select a folder in outlook addin, show attachment icon for all

mails(which dont have any attachment) under this folder.

By default outlook displays attachment icon for those mails which have

attachments. But here i want to do it for those mails which dont have

attachments.

When select a mail(which dont have attachment) in outlook addin show an

attachment in right pane for this mail(this attachment exist on local system

and display in right pane of selected mail), this attachment should not add

to exchange server for this mail but we can show attachment in outlook only.

Is that possible? is there any way to do it
<kenslovak@mvps.org> wrote in message

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> You can't add anything to an XML view that's not supported as a view XML
> tag. I'm not sure what you mean by adding attachment names and icons to
> the view, but nothing related to attachments is supported in view XML.

> In Outlook 2007 they added a lot of new View stuff that wasn't there in
> earlier versions of Outlook, but still not what you want.

> >

>

> "Ashish" <akohli_2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:eWBWFhxHKHA.4024@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> > Yes we can create/change view using XML. But how to add attachment
> > icons/name in XML? Is there any example available?
>

>> What's advantages of using Outlook object model?
> > Can we also change view using Outlook object model
>

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

No, what you want is not possible. Instead of beating your head trying to do

something that can't be done why not re-architect your design?

"Ashish" <akohli_2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> What i want to do?
> When select a folder in outlook addin, show attachment icon for all
> mails(which dont have any attachment) under this folder.
> By default outlook displays attachment icon for those mails which have
> attachments. But here i want to do it for those mails which dont have
> attachments.

> When select a mail(which dont have attachment) in outlook addin show an
> attachment in right pane for this mail(this attachment exist on local
> system and display in right pane of selected mail), this attachment
> should not add to exchange server for this mail but we can show attachment
> in outlook only.

> Is that possible? is there any way to do it

 

[Ashish]

Thank you very much for clearing this doubt.
<kenslovak@mvps.org> wrote in message

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> No, what you want is not possible. Instead of beating your head trying to
> do something that can't be done why not re-architect your design?

> >

>

> "Ashish" <akohli_2004@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:OWFauB%23HKHA.1684@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > What i want to do?
> > When select a folder in outlook addin, show attachment icon for all
> > mails(which dont have any attachment) under this folder.
> > By default outlook displays attachment icon for those mails which have
> > attachments. But here i want to do it for those mails which dont have
> > attachments.
>

>> When select a mail(which dont have attachment) in outlook addin show an
> > attachment in right pane for this mail(this attachment exist on local
> > system and display in right pane of selected mail), this attachment
> > should not add to exchange server for this mail but we can show
> > attachment in outlook only.
>

>> Is that possible? is there any way to do it
>