I'm currently working on add in to outlook but face a problem my requirement is to add feature that is similar to spell checking (program will underline some of the text in real time). Is that even possible in vsto ? any material is appreciated i've searched for answer online - without any success
The integration you need would not be with VSTO or the Outlook Object Model, but rather mainly with the Word Object Model (WOM). Outlook users Word to render HTML formatted messages and provides access to the email as if it is a Word document, via the Inspector.WordEditor property which returns a Word.Document object.
So you can use WOM to format the body content as you see fit. However, there are no real-time events for hooking into changes of the message body as they occur. You will need to use either timers or low-level keyboard hooks to capture the changes that the user is making.
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Is it possible to modify an Outlook MailItem object to display a Mailtip with custom text? It doesn't look to be possible using the OOM, how about at the MAPI layer, i.e. using Redemption?
If not possible, is there some way to achieve a similar effect? (e.g. Ribbon XML, etc.)
mailtip example
The best you can do is add a category - it will be displayed in the same area.
The tip itself comes from Exchange server as a result of an EWS call. There is no way to display custom data there.
I am not sure if you are still interested in possibilities to display MailTips based on your own rules with your own texts: There is an Outlook add-in called MailScout allowing that (mailscout-app.com). Kind regards
Is there a way to get all headers of all MailItems in folder fast, without iteration and get property of each item,
I know there is folder GetTable method but it supports only first 255 chars of string, so it's not good for headers.
Nope. The Outlook object model doesn't provide anything for that. What is your final goal?
Note, you can run a secondary thread in Outlook where you can use a low-level code for gathering the required information. Extended MAPI supports multiuthreading. Or you may consider using any third-party wrappers around that API (for example, Redemption). Be aware, you shouldn't use OOM from secondary threads. Outlook will raise an exception if it detects such calls. See multi process in outlook addin for more informaiton.
I'm adding an img tracking pixel to items that have embedded content using my outlook addin which allows me to track when the person has open the email (pretty standard practice)
I do this by adding an image tag right before the closing body tag upon the send event.
The problem is, outlook then calls the url three times (twice with a method of "OPTIONS" and once with "GET"), this defeats the whole purpose of the tracking pixel because it triggers the event on send.
Does anyone know why outlook makes these requests, or how to get around this?
I see two possibilities:
Either Outlook or Exchange Server is checking the eMail content before sending it
OR
Outlook is configured to “When an HTML message contains pictures located on the Internet, send a copy of the pictures instead of the reference to their location” - for changing that setting in Outlook 2007/2010 via Registry see http://www.msoutlook.info/question/72
BTW: the two OPTIONS calls let me believe that Outlook is somehow checking the server of the linked image for WebDAV and/or Frontpage extensions...
I want to have a Microsoft office word inside a web browser so that i can get the control to format the text and specify proper indentation. I don't want a client side to save the document.
It should be the same as http://www.asp.net/ajax/ajaxcontroltoolkit/samples/htmleditor/htmleditor.aspx but i want an additonal component i.e RULER to it.
Is there a way i can get that kind of control or a MSword control without save button.
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You won't be able to get a "Word Control" into a webpage (not least since that requires every user of your site to have a copy of Word installed), but you can look into something like CKEditor, which is a WYSIWYG editor written in Javascript/HTML. Getting a ruler in there may be difficult though.
What are you trying to do? I'm not sure what your question is, but what you are referring to is a WYSIWYG editor. There are many versions and options for embedding one in your web page. You mention one already. Here's some more:
TinyMCE
Markdown
YUI Editor
Yes, there is such a MS Office control called aceoffix. It works like calling MS Office from local machine and embeding it in web browser. Users can edit,view and save document online diretly. Developer can also customize these functions, such as disable the "save" button.
I am currently trying to write an addin for PowerPoint that whenever any PowerPoint document is opened and then run in show mode that the feature to record narration audio and slide timings is automatically activated.
However I cannot seem to find that option in the PowerPoint interop object
The manual in application way to use this feature in Powerpoint 2007 is under the "Slide Show" tab of the ribbon called "Record Narration".
I have found under that I can set under Microsoft.Office.Interop.PowerPoint.SlideShowSettings.AdvancedSettings to RehearseNewTimings but this does not record narration audio.
Does anyone know if this is even possible? Or if I am completely on the wrong track here.
Thanks in advance for any repsonse
Can you record a macro of this record operation to do the same thing?
As I discuss on my blog entitled, Tribal Knowledge: Working with Office Interops, one way to divine the inner workings of any office document and how to manage it via the interops is to record a macro of the process needed. Once done examine the vba code, it will show settings changes and other items of interest that can lead the way through the tribal knowledge of the interops. Most the object calls are the same under the covers...good luck.Otherwise if try this question in the forums of Discussions in Office Development or Discussions in Automation which is a good one for interop questions.HTH