Outlook add-in open dialogs

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J E Jensen

Hello NG

On a property page that i have added to the outlook options form, i have a

button. And when the user clicks that button i want the FolderBrowserDialog

to open.

My code:

using (FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog())

{

fbd.Description = "Select folder";

fbd.SelectedPath = DefaultFolder;

if (fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)

strReturn = fbd.SelectedPath;

}

It do not shows on the screen, if i pause the code it stops at the

If(fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) line. I think that Outlook can't

open a modal dialog from the property pages.

Is there another way to do that.

Kind regards

Johnny Jensen
 
Sure you can open a modal dialog on top of a property page, I do it all the

time.

You just need to pass along the window handle of the window you want the

dialog to be on top of as the owner of your dialog. Get the hWnd of your

property page and pass that as the hWnd of the owner of the dialog.

You can also set the TopMost property of your dialog.

"J E Jensen" <jej@winnercrm.dk> wrote in message

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> Hello NG

> On a property page that i have added to the outlook options form, i have a
> button. And when the user clicks that button i want the
> FolderBrowserDialog to open.

> My code:
> using (FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog())

> {

> fbd.Description = "Select folder";

> fbd.SelectedPath = DefaultFolder;

> if (fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)

> strReturn = fbd.SelectedPath;

> }

> It do not shows on the screen, if i pause the code it stops at the
> If(fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) line. I think that Outlook can't
> open a modal dialog from the property pages.

> Is there another way to do that.

> Kind regards
> Johnny Jensen

>
 
Hello Ken

Thanks for helping.

The dialog i want to display i the System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog

this dialog allow me to pass a IWin32Window as the owner, so I stubbled over

a snipet to help me.

The wrapper:

public class WindowWrapper : System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window

{

public WindowWrapper(IntPtr handle)

{

_Handle = handle;

}

private IntPtr _Handle;

public IntPtr Handle

{

get { return _Handle; }

}

}

I'll get the Outlook's handle by:

System.Diagnostics.Process[] proc =

System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("OUTLOOK");

if (proc.Length > 0)

{

IntPtr hwnd = proc[0].MainWindowHandle;

}

The create a new instance of the WindowWrapper with the hwnd in the

construstor.

Then i use the FolderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog(new WindowWrapper(hwnd))

but the dialog never shows.

Kind regards

Johnny Jensen
<kenslovak@mvps.org> wrote in message

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> Sure you can open a modal dialog on top of a property page, I do it all
> the time.

> You just need to pass along the window handle of the window you want the
> dialog to be on top of as the owner of your dialog. Get the hWnd of your
> property page and pass that as the hWnd of the owner of the dialog.

> You can also set the TopMost property of your dialog.

> >

>

> "J E Jensen" <jej@winnercrm.dk> wrote in message
> news:%23w7N2ScwKHA.2436@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Hello NG
>

>> On a property page that i have added to the outlook options form, i have
> > a button. And when the user clicks that button i want the
> > FolderBrowserDialog to open.
>

>> My code:
> > using (FolderBrowserDialog fbd = new FolderBrowserDialog())
>

>> {
>

>> fbd.Description = "Select folder";
>

>> fbd.SelectedPath = DefaultFolder;
>

>> if (fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK)
>

>> strReturn = fbd.SelectedPath;
>

>> }
>

>> It do not shows on the screen, if i pause the code it stops at the
> > If(fbd.ShowDialog() == DialogResult.OK) line. I think that Outlook can't
> > open a modal dialog from the property pages.
>

>> Is there another way to do that.
>

>> Kind regards
> > Johnny Jensen
>

>
>>
>
 
My guess is that will place your dialog behind the property page but in

front of the main Outlook window, in other words invisible. I'd use the hWnd

for the property page form or usercontrol you are using rather than the hWnd

of the main Outlook window.

"J E Jensen" <jej@winnercrm.dk> wrote in message

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> Hello Ken

> Thanks for helping.
> The dialog i want to display i the
> System.Windows.Forms.FolderBrowserDialog this dialog allow me to pass a
> IWin32Window as the owner, so I stubbled over a snipet to help me.

> The wrapper:
> public class WindowWrapper : System.Windows.Forms.IWin32Window

> {

> public WindowWrapper(IntPtr handle)

> {

> _Handle = handle;

> }

> private IntPtr _Handle;

> public IntPtr Handle

> {

> get { return _Handle; }

> }

> }

> I'll get the Outlook's handle by:
> System.Diagnostics.Process[] proc =
> System.Diagnostics.Process.GetProcessesByName("OUTLOOK");

> if (proc.Length > 0)

> {

> IntPtr hwnd = proc[0].MainWindowHandle;

> }

> The create a new instance of the WindowWrapper with the hwnd in the
> construstor.

> Then i use the FolderBrowserDialog.ShowDialog(new WindowWrapper(hwnd))
> but the dialog never shows.

> Kind regards
> Johnny Jensen
 
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