Script debugger in Outlook 2007 and Vista

[Michele]

Hallo.
In the book "Programming Outlook" from Sue i read that Script debugger
functionality is only available in one of the two further combinations:
1) You use Outlook 2007 in Windows Xp and you have installed the Microsoft
Script Editor using the add components feature of Outlook 2007
2) You use Outlook 2007 and Windows Vista and you have installed at least
the standard version of Visual Studio
I use Windows Vista and Office 2007 professional but i have not installed
Visual Studio, only visual C++ 2008 express edition, so maybe the problem i
am further explaining is by design and in this case i ask you kindly to
confirm me that.
When i was trying to develop a custom form in outlook 2007 and trying to use
the Script debugger, Outlook gave me a warning telling me that the
functionality was not installed. Than i added the whole functionality using
the add components feature of Microsoft Office 2007 professional in the
add/remove programs control panel options of Windows Vista. After that i
tried to use the Script debugger in Outlook 2007 and I had a warning ( Jit
debugger ) telling me to choose the Debug i wanted to use and the only one
option was to use a New instance of Microsoft Script Editor. I checked it (
choosing also to use it as the default option ) and i had a warning message
from Microsoft Script Editor that it couldn't create the application data
folder. I had this exact behaviour when i tried to use the Microsoft Script
Editor in Internet Explorer 7 going on IE 7 View->Script Debugger->Open ( and
i uncecked both the options in IE 7 advanced options related to disabling the
script debug). To work around the problem i used to open manually an instance
of MSE7.EXE ( Microsoft script Editor ) and choose to use that instance and
not a new one to run the debug on both Outlook 2007 and IE 7 and it did work.
After rebooting the machine i have a new problem. Now i can't use anymore the
MSE7 Jit debug option and consequently i can't use MSE7 anymore to make the
Script debug in both IE 7 and Outlook 2007. Whenever i go in the Microsoft
Script Editor options and i try to enable the Jit debug checking the "Script"
box it apparently gets the modification but as soon i open again the MSE7
options i see that the "Script" box under the Jit debug options is again
unchecked. In this way i can't use the Script debug anymore both in IE 7 and
Outlook 2007.
I noticed also that when i am in MSE7 and i try to connect to some process
to debug it MSE7 gaves me a warning telling me that i need to be in the
"Administrator users group" or "Debugger users group" to view and connect to
processes but i am yet in the administrators users group and i have also
tried to run MSE7 using the "Run as administrator" option but nothing changes.
I ask you kindly to help me.
Thanks a lot

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

What Sue said in her book is correct. You must have one of the
configurations she mentioned.

 

[Michele]

Hallo again.
I solved the problem regarding the impossibility to change the Jit debug
option of Microsoft Script Editor removing the web debugging from Office 2007
and than reinstalling it again. So now i am able to use it again both in IE7
and Outlook 2007 but always with the same work around, that is to run
manually an instance of MSE7 and then when clicking on "Script Debugger" in
Outlook 2007 ( or when click on View->Debugger->Open on IE7 ) i choose the
current instance of MSE7 i manually opened instead of opening a new one. This
because, as i explained in my first post, if i choose the option to run a new
instance of MSE7 i get a warning message informing me that MSE7 "Cannot
create application data folder". I wonder if there's a way to fix this
warning message allowing me to use MSE7 automatically in Outlook 2007 ( and
in IE7 ) to perform script debugging.
Again thanks a lotfor you time