Subscribing New folder event

[WLAN]

Hello,

I have a requirement where i need to hook / subscribe new folder add event.
When user creates a new folder by clicking and say 'New folder', i want to do
some custom actions.

How do I implement this problem? Basically i need to handle folderadd event.
Which folder object i need to subscribe???

 

[WLAN]

I want to handle folder add event in the following cases:

User can create folder under any root folder, sub folder or sub sub folders.
So if subscribe namespace.folders.folderadd, Will it trigger for sub folder
or sub sub folder of that collection.

How do I handle this situation?

I need to handle folderadd event when user says 'New Folder'. The new folder
can be under root folder or can be under Inbox or can under Drafts or can be
under Inbox\MyMails.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

NameSpace.Folders will be a collection of all the stores you have open (PST
files, Exchange maiboxes and Exchange public folders). Add a new store and
NameSpace.Folders.FolderAdd will fire.

Assuming you have only 1 store open, say a PST file, then to get a new
folder added at the top level just under Personal Folders you'd use this:

NameSpace.Folders.Item(1).Folders.FolderAdd

That would only handle adding a top level folder.

To get a new folder added under Inbox (as an example) you have to get Inbox
and its Folders collection and subscribe to FolderAdd for that collection.
Another handler would have to handle FolderAdd for subfolders of Calendar,
etc.

FolderAdd will only fire for that specific Folders collection, not any
Folders collection anywhere. So to do exactly what you want you'd need to
instantiate an object for every existing folder in the store and handle the
FolderAdd event for every one of those folder's Folders collection. It can't
be handled with just one universal event handler.

 

[WLAN]

Hi Ken,

Thanks for the reply.

But which event do i need to handle for subscribing folderadd event? now I'm
subscribing folders.folderadd in the below events:


this.m_activeExplorer =
(Outlook11.Explorer)this.applicationObject.ActiveExplorer();
if (this.m_activeExplorer != null)//subscribe folder switch
event handler
{
this.m_currentFolderCollection =
(Outlook11.Folders)this.m_activeExplorer.CurrentFolder.Folders;
if (this.m_currentFolderCollection != null)
{
this.m_currentFolderCollection.FolderAdd +=new
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.FoldersEvents_FolderAddEventHandler(m_currentFolderCollection_FolderAdd);
}

//folder switch
this.m_activeExplorer.FolderSwitch += new
Outlook11.ExplorerEvents_10_FolderSwitchEventHandler(exp_FolderSwitch);
}

private void exp_FolderSwitch()
{
//get current active explorer
if (this.m_activeExplorer != null)
{
//if any previously selected folder exists
if(this.m_currentFolderCollection != null)
this.m_currentFolderCollection.FolderAdd -= new
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.FoldersEvents_FolderAddEventHandler(m_currentFolderCollection_FolderAdd);

this.m_currentFolderCollection =
(Outlook11.Folders)this.m_activeExplorer.CurrentFolder.Folders;
if (this.m_currentFolderCollection != null)
{
this.m_currentFolderCollection.FolderAdd += new
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.FoldersEvents_FolderAddEventHandler(m_currentFolderCollection_FolderAdd);
}

But I'm facing issues in Outlook 2007. In outlook 2007, user can right click
without selecting a node in tree view. So I will not get the correct folder.

Also the new folder can be changed using PickFolder dialog displayed while
specifying a new folder name.

Which event handler do I need to use for subscribing Folders.FolderAdd event?

Thanks

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

For Outlook 2007 you can subscribe to the context menu events that occur
when you right-click somewhere in Outlook. So you can use the
Application.FolderContextMenuDisplay() event or other context menu events.

Even that doesn't really cover all the possibilities though, and FolderAdd()
only applies to that specific Folders collection. So to really cover all the
bases you'd need to subscribe to that event for every existing folder in the
store to really know when and where a new folder was added anywhere in
Outlook.