Chris, *.program_vba would have been a better place as this group isn't for
programming issues.
- In Outlook 2000 you don't get the NewInspector event for WordMail. A
workaround might be to use a timer and check at intervals for new objects.
- In Office 2000 the Commandbars are very buggy. I recommend not to to
modify the existing toolbars, but create a toolbar of your own. And create
every object only temporarily, else you won't get rid of it anymore.
- With WordMail use the Inspector_Activate event for creating your
commandbars because the Newinspector event it's too early.
- You can check the registry for whether WordMail is being used or not. In
OL03 it's in:
HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\11.0\Outlook\Options\Mail\EditorPreference
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Am Wed, 24 Oct 2007 14:26:04 -0700 schrieb Chris Langford:
> Sorry if this is the wrong forum - it's not a VBA/Forms question and there
> isn't a Outlook VB group. So here goes....
>
> I am having problems with a VB6 Outlook AddIn that needs to add a new
> ToolBar and MenuBar to all Inspector windows. Using the advice in this,
and
> other, forums I have got the AddIn working with mutliple
Explorer/Inspector
> windows when using the OutLook editor but am having problems with Word as
an
> email editor.
>
> Environment: WinXP, Office2000, VB6SP6
>
> VB6 code developed
> - Using Explorer/Inspector wrappers; trapping New/Activate events
> - Generating unique names for Tool/Menubars + ControlButtons
> - Watching for the Word WindowActivate event
>
> As I said above, it all works OK when using OutLook as mail editor and
> everything works in Office 2003/7 as well.
>
> Issues:
> 1) MenuBar item not added first time Word Inspector is invoked
> - "Method '~' Of Object '~' failed" when reference CommandBars collection
> I am trying to add a new item to the Help menu and to the Standard
> toolbar in the Activate event. The Toolbar add works (but see next item)
> but menu gives the error above. If you close the Inspector window and
> re-open and Help item is there.
> Both adds work first time in Office 2003.
>
> 2) Cannot make the "Standard" ToolBar visible
> - Setting the Visible property does not cause toolbar to be displayed
> The "Standard" toolbar is not visible when inspector is displayed even
> though I set it to Visible - The user has to manually make it visible.
> Again this works in Office 2003.
>
> 3) Multiple MenuBars if open than one Explorer window
> If you open more than one explorer window you get multiple menubars
> for your addin in Office 2000 (and it crashes when you exit).
> This appears to have been fixed in SR1.
>
> 4) "New" button does not create an inspector (but uses one if loaded)
> This is a documented issue. Although if you have an inspector window
> open then it gets a WindowActivate event.
> Is there any way to trap the "New" button in Office2000 or do you have
> to write a Word AddIn?
>
> 5) Can you determine (using object model) is WordMail is on?
> You can do this once a mail item is open but it would be nice to inform
the
> user
> when the AddIn is loaded if WordMail is going to cause problems.
>
> Issues 4 is probably the "show stopper" since if I can't add the toolbars
> our AddIn will not do anything. Issues 1 and 2 could be handled by user
> training (but not ideal).
>
> I also have some questions (about thing mentions elsewhere in the forum)
> that may be related to the problem:
>
> 1) Weak reference to Inspector in "New" event
> One of the answers suggested that the Inspector reference in the New event
> was a "weak" reference (CommandBars not created yet). Is this the actual
> reference, but the CommandBar is not created, and so it is safe to cache
this
> reference for later use or should I capture the ActiveInspector reference
in
> the Activate event.
>
> 2) Which CommandBars to use; Inspector, WordEditor, WordEditor.Application
> When using WordMail as the editor should you add toolbars to the
CommandBars
> collection of Inspector, the document object (Inspector.WordEditor), or
> the Word application (Inspector.WordEditor.Application)?
> I am using Inspector.WordEditor.Application.
>
> 3) What Tool/MenuBars can you use in Word
> I read on another forum that you could only modify the "Menu Bar" and the
> "Standard" ToolBar. Should I only modify the "Standard" ToolBar?
> I seem to be able to create new toolbars and menus but then next time I
> start Word it crashes! (Is this a hint to only use standard items?)
>
> 4) Not using unique names for Word objects
> I notice in the sample code that it uses the same name for the controls
> in Word Tool/Menu bars (rather than unique names). Is this because
> one instance of Word is serving all of the documents?
>
> Any assistance would be appreciated,
>
> Chris
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