Customize Right-Click Menus?

[Juliea]

Is it possible to customize the right-click "Context"
menus in Outlook like you can in Word? If so, how do you
do it?

Thank you,


Juliea

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Outlook does not directly expose the right-click context menu in its
CommandBars collection. You will, however, see a new right-click command is
when the item selected is using a custom form that includes one or more
custom actions. You can also add a custom action without using a custom
form, as demonstrated at http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=526

Richard Kagerer has posted a code sample at
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=314 that shows how you might
trick Outlook into exposing the context menu through Explorer.CommandBars.

The C++ sample add-in at http://www.codeproject.com/atl/outlook2k3addin.asp
also shows a technique for working with the context menu.

 

[Juliea]

Specifically, what I'm trying to do is to select a
contact, then copy it to the clipboard, and then "paste
special" it as test into a document.

I was hoping that I could simply select the contact, right-
click on it and copy it, rather than selecting it and then
going to the menu or toolbar to copy it.

Am I stuck with the latter approach?


Thanks much,


Juliea

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Please see my earlier response, which explained that there's no simple,
direct way to do what you want.