Office COM Add-in using C#

[Cedric]

Hi,

When I try to use the example of KB Article ID 302901,
I get a problem with commandbars on line:
oStandardBar = oCommandBars["Standard"]

The debugers says: Error: the Object (oCommandbars)
doesn't have an indexer.

I can't find any info on MSDN.

Can anyone help?
Thanks,
Cedric

 

[Guest]

Correction:
- it works with reflection:
oCommandBars= (CommandBars)oActiveExplorer.GetType
().InvokeMember
("CommandBars",BindingFlags.GetProperty,null,oActiveExplor
er,null);
- it doesn't work the normal way:
oCommandBars = oOutlook.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars;

 

[Peter Huang]

Hi Cedric,

You may need to add reference to the Outlook Com Object.
"Microsoft Outlook 11.0 Object Library"

1. Right click on the Reference in the solution explorer and select Add
reference
2. In the "Add reference" dialog select COM tab
3. Browse to "Microsoft Outlook 11.0 Object Library" and select it to add
to the reference and click ok to close the dialog

I changed the code sinipper from the KB as follows.

try
{
Outlook.Application oOutlook=(Outlook.Application)applicationObject;
oCommandBars =(CommandBars)oOutlook.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars;
//oCommandBars = (CommandBars)applicationObject.GetType().InvokeMember
//("CommandBars", BindingFlags.GetProperty , null,
applicationObject ,null);
}
catch(Exception)
{
// Outlook has the CommandBars collection on the Explorer object.
object oActiveExplorer;
oActiveExplorer=
applicationObject.GetType().InvokeMember("ActiveExplorer",BindingFlags.GetPr
operty,null,applicationObject,null);
oCommandBars=
(CommandBars)oActiveExplorer.GetType().InvokeMember("CommandBars",BindingFla
gs.GetProperty,null,oActiveExplorer,null);
}


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Regards,
Peter Huang
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