Help in programmatically setting formatting in an AppointmentItem

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Nilay

Hi,

i have created a macro to generate some meeting invites.

I used the WordEditor to set some formatting (Bold on/off, hyperlinks etc).

However, i find that the formatting works only partially (or not at all). so

far i've noticed that only the first invite generated is perfectly formatted.

Can anyone help me out with this? Do i need to add something to the code or

set some objects to null to ensure that the formatting stays throughout my

outlook session?
 
More info, please: Outlook version, relevant code snippet, more explanation

of what you mean by "the first invite."

Sue Mosher

"Nilay" <Nilay> wrote in message

news:B147F2F7-1BD8-44B8-A7C0-8E82E89E30BE@microsoft.com...
> Hi,
> i have created a macro to generate some meeting invites.
> I used the WordEditor to set some formatting (Bold on/off, hyperlinks
> etc).

> However, i find that the formatting works only partially (or not at all).
> so
> far i've noticed that only the first invite generated is perfectly
> formatted.

> Can anyone help me out with this? Do i need to add something to the code
> or
> set some objects to null to ensure that the formatting stays throughout my
> outlook session?
 
Re: Help in programmatically setting formatting in an AppointmentI

I'm using Outlook 2007.

The code for the part where i'm using the WordEditor is something like this.

I havent used this before so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

Dim wrdDoc as Word.Document

Dim wrdSel as Word.Selection 'etc etc

With olInvite

> Start = ' etc etc

If olInvite.GetInspector.EditorType = olEditorWord Then

Set wrdDoc = olInvite.GetInspector.WordEditor

Set wrdSel = wrdDoc.Windows(1).Selection

wrdSel.TypeText text:="text" ' i notice that if i try to change

something to bold in the middle of a line it doesnt work. but it works if the

text is on a new line.

wrdSel.Font.Bold = wdToggle

wrdSel.TypeText text:="text"

wrdSel.TypeText "some text"

wrdSel.MoveLeft Unit:=wdWord, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend

wrdDoc.Hyperlinks.Add wrdSel.Range, "http://www.somelink.com" 'the

hyperlink with the "some text" seems to work only the first time (see below),

for all subsequent invites i get the hyperlink but no text displayed (just

blank).

End If

> Display

End With

Set wrdDoc = nothing

Set wrdSel = Nothing

set olInvite = nothing

Note: I got the code by recording a macro on MS Word and then modifying it.

By "first invite" i mean the invite that is generated when i use the macro

for the first time after i start outlook. all subsequent invites created by

using that macro partially lose the formatting, unless i actually restart

outlook.

I hope you can help me out, i've never worked with VBA in such depth before.

"Sue Mosher [MVP]" wrote:


> More info, please: Outlook version, relevant code snippet, more explanation
> of what you mean by "the first invite."
> > Sue Mosher
> > >

> "Nilay" <Nilay> wrote in message
> news:B147F2F7-1BD8-44B8-A7C0-8E82E89E30BE@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> > i have created a macro to generate some meeting invites.
> > I used the WordEditor to set some formatting (Bold on/off, hyperlinks
> > etc).
> > However, i find that the formatting works only partially (or not at all).
> > so
> > far i've noticed that only the first invite generated is perfectly
> > formatted.
> > Can anyone help me out with this? Do i need to add something to the code
> > or
> > set some objects to null to ensure that the formatting stays throughout my
> > outlook session?

> .
>
 
Re: Help in programmatically setting formatting in an AppointmentI

How formatting is applied depends in part on what the current Word.Selection

object encompasses. You should see similar effects when you're working

manually in a document. As you already seem to know a bit about how to move

the selection, I suggest you continue playing with that, using the Word

macro recorder as needed, to nail down the exact effect you want.

What do you mean by "partially lose formatting"?

I can't think of any reason why one meeting request created with the same

code would be any different from another.

Sue Mosher

"Nilay" <Nilay> wrote in message

news:4DC6BBC9-3417-4E76-B528-E43594FFC0C8@microsoft.com...
> I'm using Outlook 2007.

> The code for the part where i'm using the WordEditor is something like
> this.
> I havent used this before so I'm not sure what I'm doing wrong.

> Dim wrdDoc as Word.Document
> Dim wrdSel as Word.Selection 'etc etc

> With olInvite
> .Start = ' etc etc
> If olInvite.GetInspector.EditorType = olEditorWord Then
> Set wrdDoc = olInvite.GetInspector.WordEditor
> Set wrdSel = wrdDoc.Windows(1).Selection

> wrdSel.TypeText text:="text" ' i notice that if i try to change
> something to bold in the middle of a line it doesnt work. but it works if
> the
> text is on a new line.
> wrdSel.Font.Bold = wdToggle
> wrdSel.TypeText text:="text"

> wrdSel.TypeText "some text"
> wrdSel.MoveLeft Unit:=wdWord, Count:=1, Extend:=wdExtend
> wrdDoc.Hyperlinks.Add wrdSel.Range, "http://www.somelink.com" 'the
> hyperlink with the "some text" seems to work only the first time (see
> below),
> for all subsequent invites i get the hyperlink but no text displayed (just
> blank).

> End If
> .Display
> End With
> Set wrdDoc = nothing
> Set wrdSel = Nothing
> set olInvite = nothing

> Note: I got the code by recording a macro on MS Word and then modifying
> it.

> By "first invite" i mean the invite that is generated when i use the macro
> for the first time after i start outlook. all subsequent invites created
> by
> using that macro partially lose the formatting, unless i actually restart
> outlook.
>
> > > i have created a macro to generate some meeting invites.
> > > I used the WordEditor to set some formatting (Bold on/off, hyperlinks
> > > etc).
> >> > However, i find that the formatting works only partially (or not at
> > > all).
> > > so
> > > far i've noticed that only the first invite generated is perfectly
> > > formatted.
> >> > Can anyone help me out with this? Do i need to add something to the
> > > code
> > > or
> > > set some objects to null to ensure that the formatting stays throughout
> > > my
> > > outlook session?
 
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