hi there,

I do have a plugin (Red Oxygen Outlook COM Add-In) installed on Outlook
2003. That plugin adds a button to the toolbar which allows me to send SMS
trhough my local provider. Unfortunately, there is no programmatic (library)
access to that plugin. The functionality is very primitive. I click the
button and a form opens that allows me to enter a name for the receiver
(that one will be checked against the directory or the Outlook contacts), a
text to be sent and that's about it.

There is no way I can see to fire up that form except to click on that
button. I wonder if there might be a way to add some more functionality,
like adding that tool to the right click menu of a contact and initiate a
send from there.

is there a way to use VBA to click on a button in the toolbar that does not
expose itself in the library?

thanks

dan

Am Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:17:05 +0200 schrieb Dan:

Dan, you could use the CommandBars.FindControl function to get a reference
on that button. For a CommandBarButton you can then call its Execute method,
that´s similar to a click on that button. But that´s it. You still need to
do a click somewhere and then enter more information, so I don´t see any
advantage.

--
Viele Gruesse / Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
-- www.vbOffice.net --


> hi there,
>
> I do have a plugin (Red Oxygen Outlook COM Add-In) installed on Outlook
> 2003. That plugin adds a button to the toolbar which allows me to send SMS
> trhough my local provider. Unfortunately, there is no programmatic
(library)
> access to that plugin. The functionality is very primitive. I click the
> button and a form opens that allows me to enter a name for the receiver
> (that one will be checked against the directory or the Outlook contacts),
a
> text to be sent and that's about it.
>
> There is no way I can see to fire up that form except to click on that
> button. I wonder if there might be a way to add some more functionality,
> like adding that tool to the right click menu of a contact and initiate a
> send from there.
>
> is there a way to use VBA to click on a button in the toolbar that does
not
> expose itself in the library?
>
> thanks
>
> dan

I investigated a little more and found a similar thing on Sue's website at
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=350. I made some changes and
the result is below. However, it does not work. apparently I do something
wrong. the ID as from OutlookSpy is 1, but is 1 for all external COM
add-ins. so I thought I'd would try the statement below..

any idea why there is no ID to be found?


Sub ToggleSMS()
Dim objOL As Outlook.Application
Dim objExpl As Outlook.Explorer
Dim objCBB As Office.CommandBarButton
On Error Resume Next

Set objOL = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set objExpl = objOL.ActiveExplorer
Set objCBB = objExpl.CommandBars.FindControl(, ID:= _
CommandBars.Item("Desktop SMS").Controls.Item("New S&MS").ID)
objCBB.Execute

Set objOL = Nothing
Set objExpl = Nothing
Set objCBB = Nothing
End Sub


"Dan" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
news:u%(E-Mail Removed)...
> Thanks a lot for that pointer, Michael.
>
> I found the button with OutlookSpy:
> CommandBars.Item("Desktop SMS").Controls.Item("New S&MS")
>
> could you eventually point me to a description on how to do that execute
> method? I am not quite a specialist on programming.
>
> thanks a lot
>
> dan
>
>
> "Michael Bauer" <(E-Mail Removed)> wrote in message
> news:1wype4qocq3jl.8ij5mj04fnng$.(E-Mail Removed)...
>> Am Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:17:05 +0200 schrieb Dan:
>>
>> Dan, you could use the CommandBars.FindControl function to get a
>> reference
>> on that button. For a CommandBarButton you can then call its Execute
>> method,
>> that´s similar to a click on that button. But that´s it. You still need
>> to
>> do a click somewhere and then enter more information, so I don´t see any
>> advantage.
>>
>> --
>> Viele Gruesse / Best regards
>> Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
>> -- www.vbOffice.net --
>>
>>
>>> hi there,
>>>
>>> I do have a plugin (Red Oxygen Outlook COM Add-In) installed on Outlook
>>> 2003. That plugin adds a button to the toolbar which allows me to send
>>> SMS
>>> trhough my local provider. Unfortunately, there is no programmatic
>> (library)
>>> access to that plugin. The functionality is very primitive. I click the
>>> button and a form opens that allows me to enter a name for the receiver
>>> (that one will be checked against the directory or the Outlook
>>> contacts),
>> a
>>> text to be sent and that's about it.
>>>
>>> There is no way I can see to fire up that form except to click on that
>>> button. I wonder if there might be a way to add some more functionality,
>>> like adding that tool to the right click menu of a contact and initiate
>>> a
>>> send from there.
>>>
>>> is there a way to use VBA to click on a button in the toolbar that does
>> not
>>> expose itself in the library?
>>>
>>> thanks
>>>
>>> dan
>
>