Select an e-mail item

Hi,

I would like to know if it's possible to select an e-mail item with the
Outlook API (or Windows API).
I'm looking for EITHER one of the following:
- Select an item based on mouse position
- Select an item when right-clicked, without showing the context menu
- Select an item when control+right clicked.

Right now I have some code that shows my menu:

If wMsg = WM_RBUTTONDOWN Then
If wParam = (MK_CONTROL Or MK_RBUTTON) Then
GetCursorPos MousePos
XPMenu.ShowMenu MousePos.x, MousePos.y
Exit Function
End If
End If

XPMenu being a class that I created for the owner-drawn menu. The problem is
that since I exit the function, two things happen:
1) The outlook context menu doesn't show (GOOD, I want this)
2) The item doesn't get selected (BAD, my menu items can't react to the
currently selected item)

So I'd like to force a way for outlook to select the item...I've tried mouse
events, but they end up showing the context menu.

Best regards,
Alex Ionescu

No, you cannot select an Outlook item programmatically.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool


"Alex Ionescu" <ionucu@dontspammevideotron.ca> wrote in message
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> Hi,
>
> I would like to know if it's possible to select an e-mail item with the
> Outlook API (or Windows API).
> I'm looking for EITHER one of the following:
> - Select an item based on mouse position
> - Select an item when right-clicked, without showing the context menu
> - Select an item when control+right clicked.
>
> Right now I have some code that shows my menu:
>
> If wMsg = WM_RBUTTONDOWN Then
> If wParam = (MK_CONTROL Or MK_RBUTTON) Then
> GetCursorPos MousePos
> XPMenu.ShowMenu MousePos.x, MousePos.y
> Exit Function
> End If
> End If
>
> XPMenu being a class that I created for the owner-drawn menu. The problem
is
> that since I exit the function, two things happen:
> 1) The outlook context menu doesn't show (GOOD, I want this)
> 2) The item doesn't get selected (BAD, my menu items can't react to the
> currently selected item)
>
> So I'd like to force a way for outlook to select the item...I've tried
mouse
> events, but they end up showing the context menu.
>
> Best regards,
> Alex Ionescu
>
>