Simple MAPI send and Outlook COM addin

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I've got a COM addin that adds a toolbar to Outlook inspectors.

In another process I call the Simple MAPI MAPISendMail function. When the

new e-mail dialog pops up, my addin toolbar does not appear. I figured out

that the same behavior happens if I open up a new send e-mail dialog via the

send to mail shell context menu.

I heard a long time ago that in some cases Outlook opens in a mode where no

addins are loaded. However, even if Outlook is already running (in which

case my addin is already loaded), my addin toolbar does not appear. I ran

through it with a debugger, and none of my code is hit for this particular

inspector.

What if I use Extended MAPI to do this? Since it happens for both Simple

MAPI and the shell send to mail context menu, I'm assuming that it won't work

for Extended MAPI either. Is there something else I can do about this or is

it just a limitation of Outlook?

Thanks

Mark Smith
 
When a Simple MAPI message is opened by Outlook any addins will run if

Outlook is running already, and if the addin is correctly written it will

run even if Outlook wasn't previously running. It all depends on how the

addin is written and what it does when OnConnection is fired.

A new Inspector opened from a Simple MAPI message is added to the Inspectors

collection, but it doesn't fire the Inspectors.NewInspector() event. Since

that's how most code will discover an Inspector was opened the code won't

know about the new Inspector, unless you scan the Inspectors collection and

account for any open Inspectors that aren't already being handled.

Using Extended MAPI won't help with this, the limitations would be the same.

"Mark Smith" <MarkSmith> wrote in message

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> I've got a COM addin that adds a toolbar to Outlook inspectors.

> In another process I call the Simple MAPI MAPISendMail function. When the
> new e-mail dialog pops up, my addin toolbar does not appear. I figured
> out
> that the same behavior happens if I open up a new send e-mail dialog via
> the
> send to mail shell context menu.

> I heard a long time ago that in some cases Outlook opens in a mode where
> no
> addins are loaded. However, even if Outlook is already running (in which
> case my addin is already loaded), my addin toolbar does not appear. I ran
> through it with a debugger, and none of my code is hit for this particular
> inspector.

> What if I use Extended MAPI to do this? Since it happens for both Simple
> MAPI and the shell send to mail context menu, I'm assuming that it won't
> work
> for Extended MAPI either. Is there something else I can do about this or
> is
> it just a limitation of Outlook?

> Thanks
> Mark Smith
 
Thanks for the reply Ken.

I finally got back to this issue, and I've got a few more questions.

As far as finding the new inspector without the NewInspector event firing,

are you suggesting doing something like a timer based polling? Or is there

some other event to trap? I didn't see anything that looked like it would

work. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place...

You also say that for the case where Outlook isn't already running the addin

should load. I rechecked my code and the addin does get loaded. However I

tried checking the inspector collection in the OnStartupComplete event, which

is the last one that I get other than the ones for the inspectors or toolbars

themselves. The inspector collection is still empty at this point. So

again, is there some other later event to trap, or am I stuck with a polling

solution here also?

Thanks,

Mark Smith
wrote:


> When a Simple MAPI message is opened by Outlook any addins will run if
> Outlook is running already, and if the addin is correctly written it will
> run even if Outlook wasn't previously running. It all depends on how the
> addin is written and what it does when OnConnection is fired.

> A new Inspector opened from a Simple MAPI message is added to the Inspectors
> collection, but it doesn't fire the Inspectors.NewInspector() event. Since
> that's how most code will discover an Inspector was opened the code won't
> know about the new Inspector, unless you scan the Inspectors collection and
> account for any open Inspectors that aren't already being handled.

> Using Extended MAPI won't help with this, the limitations would be the same.

> >

>

> "Mark Smith" <MarkSmith> wrote in message
> news:9F3BFD98-808A-46B8-89E7-B5EFC5D92D8E@microsoft.com...
> > I've got a COM addin that adds a toolbar to Outlook inspectors.
> > In another process I call the Simple MAPI MAPISendMail function. When the
> > new e-mail dialog pops up, my addin toolbar does not appear. I figured
> > out
> > that the same behavior happens if I open up a new send e-mail dialog via
> > the
> > send to mail shell context menu.
> > I heard a long time ago that in some cases Outlook opens in a mode where
> > no
> > addins are loaded. However, even if Outlook is already running (in which
> > case my addin is already loaded), my addin toolbar does not appear. I ran
> > through it with a debugger, and none of my code is hit for this particular
> > inspector.
> > What if I use Extended MAPI to do this? Since it happens for both Simple
> > MAPI and the shell send to mail context menu, I'm assuming that it won't
> > work
> > for Extended MAPI either. Is there something else I can do about this or
> > is
> > it just a limitation of Outlook?
> > Thanks
> > Mark Smith


>
 
Polling is the answer to both questions.

"Mark Smith" <MarkSmith> wrote in message

news:53BDC2A8-A78C-4B3D-B9A6-681A43B49B6A@microsoft.com...
> Thanks for the reply Ken.

> I finally got back to this issue, and I've got a few more questions.

> As far as finding the new inspector without the NewInspector event firing,
> are you suggesting doing something like a timer based polling? Or is
> there
> some other event to trap? I didn't see anything that looked like it would
> work. Maybe I'm looking in the wrong place...

> You also say that for the case where Outlook isn't already running the
> addin
> should load. I rechecked my code and the addin does get loaded. However
> I
> tried checking the inspector collection in the OnStartupComplete event,
> which
> is the last one that I get other than the ones for the inspectors or
> toolbars
> themselves. The inspector collection is still empty at this point. So
> again, is there some other later event to trap, or am I stuck with a
> polling
> solution here also?

> Thanks,
> Mark Smith
 
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