Outlook / Word conflict

[bormesh]

Hello all,

I am currently working on an addin for Word that adds a custom toolbar
with one CommandBarButton. The addin works fine, and does what it is
supposed to do, but if I open Outlook first, the command bar and button
will apear on a new compose message. Also, opening Outlook first causes
the commandbar to be hidden when Microsoft Word is opened. Everything
works fine if it's the other order (Microsoft Word is opened first, and
then Outlook). Do I need to access the normal.dot template to fix this?
How do I not get the toolbar to show up in Outlook. I am aware that
composing a message in Outlook uses Word as the text editor, but there
must be a different template file for the toolbars? Has anyone
encountered this or can think of a solution?

Thank You,
Rob Heinen
Software Developer

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Everything goes where Word.CustomizationContext points, usually Normal.dot,
for all customizations.

Handle the Word.WindowActivate event. In that event check for
Window.EnvelopeVisible. If True then it's a WordMail item and hide your
buttons. If False it's a Word document window and make your buttons
visible/enabled.

 

[Rob]

Everything goes where Word.CustomizationContext points, usually Normal.dot,
for all customizations.

Handle the Word.WindowActivate event. In that event check for
Window.EnvelopeVisible. If True then it's a WordMail item and hide your
buttons. If False it's a Word document window and make your buttons
visible/enabled.

Thanks for the help Ken. It worked perfectly. Sorry about the double
post, I won't do that in the future (I'm new here).

Thanks again,
Rob Heinen