C# and New Inspector event

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Does anyone have code to capture the new inspector event from c# using late
binding? I need to be able to capture this event in an Office version
neutral way.

I put some code together but it fails on the advise method with an invalid
cast exception.

Guid guid = new Guid("{000????-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}");
UCOMIConnectionPointContainer oCPP = (UCOMIConnectionPointContainer)app;
oCPP.FindConnectionPoint(ref guid, out m_oConnectionPoint);
m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie);

Thanks,

Benjamin Strum
ThinkTron Corp.
 
Any code examples? I was using the SafeCOMWrapper from

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/S...&exp=0&select=1214201&tid=1155197#xx1214201xx

but it doesn't include Inspectors. I added the following but I am getting
invalid cast exception:

[ComEvents(typeof(InspectorsEventSink), InspectorsEventSink.InterfaceID)]
public interface IInspectorsEvents
{
event NewInspectorEventHandler NewInspector;
}

[
ComImport,
Guid(InspectorsEventSink.InterfaceID),
InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch),
TypeLibType(TypeLibTypeFlags.FDispatchable)
]
public interface UCOMIInspectorsEvents
{
[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType =
MethodCodeType.Runtime), DispId(0xf001)]
void NewInspector(object NewInspector);
}

[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
public sealed class InspectorsEventSink : ComEventSink,
UCOMIInspectorsEvents
{
internal const string InterfaceID =
"00063079-0000-0000-C000-000000000046";

static readonly object NewInspectorEvent = new object();

public void NewInspector(object NewInspector)
{
RaiseEvent(NewInspectorEvent, NewInspector);
}
}

public delegate void NewInspectorEventHandler(object NewInspector);
 
I have no idea how to do that in C#, sorry.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

bstrum said:
Any code examples? I was using the SafeCOMWrapper from

http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/S...&exp=0&select=1214201&tid=1155197#xx1214201xx

but it doesn't include Inspectors. I added the following but I am getting
invalid cast exception:

[ComEvents(typeof(InspectorsEventSink), InspectorsEventSink.InterfaceID)]
public interface IInspectorsEvents
{
event NewInspectorEventHandler NewInspector;
}

[
ComImport,
Guid(InspectorsEventSink.InterfaceID),
InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch),
TypeLibType(TypeLibTypeFlags.FDispatchable)
]
public interface UCOMIInspectorsEvents
{
[MethodImpl(MethodImplOptions.InternalCall, MethodCodeType =
MethodCodeType.Runtime), DispId(0xf001)]
void NewInspector(object NewInspector);
}

[ClassInterface(ClassInterfaceType.None)]
public sealed class InspectorsEventSink : ComEventSink,
UCOMIInspectorsEvents
{
internal const string InterfaceID =
"00063079-0000-0000-C000-000000000046";

static readonly object NewInspectorEvent = new object();

public void NewInspector(object NewInspector)
{
RaiseEvent(NewInspectorEvent, NewInspector);
}
}

public delegate void NewInspectorEventHandler(object NewInspector);

Dmitry Streblechenko said:
Your object must suppport the IDispatch and IInspectorEvents interfaces .

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
But it still requires an interop; the original question was about doing COM
event sinking using the low level COM API (IConnectionPointContainer,
IConnectionPoint, etc).
But I can't imagine why the lowest Outlook version interop (2000?) cannot be
used instead...

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool
 
Does anyone know how to do this? We have spent a lot of time making our code
version independent using late binding. We now need to be able to hook into
the newinspector event.

Here is some more code that I am trying. Right now, it throws an
InvalidCast exception on m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie).

using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes;


using ThinkTron.Email.Common;
using MO = ManagedOffice;
using MSWord = ManagedOffice.Word;
using MSOutlook = ManagedOffice.Outlook;

namespace SSNProtector
{
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch),
GuidAttribute("00063079-0000-0000-c000-000000000046")]
public interface DInspectorEvents
{
void NewInspector([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)]object
NewInspector);
}

class InspectorEventHelper : IDisposable, DInspectorEvents
{
public InspectorEventHelper()
{
m_oConnectionPoint = null;
m_Cookie = 0;
}

private IConnectionPoint m_oConnectionPoint;
private int m_Cookie;

public void SetupConnection(object Inspectors)
{
if (m_Cookie != 0) return;
try
{
Guid guid = new
Guid("{00063079-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}");

IConnectionPointContainer oCPP =
(IConnectionPointContainer)Inspectors;
oCPP.FindConnectionPoint(ref guid, out m_oConnectionPoint);

m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie);

}
catch (Exception exc)
{
Log.Write(exc.Message);
}
}

public void RemoveConnection()
{
if (m_Cookie != 0)
{
m_oConnectionPoint.Unadvise(m_Cookie);
m_oConnectionPoint = null;
m_Cookie = 0;
}
}

#region IDisposable Members

public void Dispose()
{
RemoveConnection();
}

#endregion

//#region DOutlookApplicationEvents_10 Members
[DispId(0xF001)]
public void NewInspector([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)]object
NewInspector)
{
}
}
}
 
Again, *why* do you need to do that from the scratch?
Create an interop using the lowest version of Outlook that you are planning
to support (Outlook 2000?); then you will need to use late binding only for
the features not supported by that version.
Otherwise C# is not the best tool for the task i am afraid.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

bstrum said:
Does anyone know how to do this? We have spent a lot of time making our
code
version independent using late binding. We now need to be able to hook
into
the newinspector event.

Here is some more code that I am trying. Right now, it throws an
InvalidCast exception on m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie).

using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes;


using ThinkTron.Email.Common;
using MO = ManagedOffice;
using MSWord = ManagedOffice.Word;
using MSOutlook = ManagedOffice.Outlook;

namespace SSNProtector
{
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch),
GuidAttribute("00063079-0000-0000-c000-000000000046")]
public interface DInspectorEvents
{
void NewInspector([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)]object
NewInspector);
}

class InspectorEventHelper : IDisposable, DInspectorEvents
{
public InspectorEventHelper()
{
m_oConnectionPoint = null;
m_Cookie = 0;
}

private IConnectionPoint m_oConnectionPoint;
private int m_Cookie;

public void SetupConnection(object Inspectors)
{
if (m_Cookie != 0) return;
try
{
Guid guid = new
Guid("{00063079-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}");

IConnectionPointContainer oCPP =
(IConnectionPointContainer)Inspectors;
oCPP.FindConnectionPoint(ref guid, out m_oConnectionPoint);

m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie);

}
catch (Exception exc)
{
Log.Write(exc.Message);
}
}

public void RemoveConnection()
{
if (m_Cookie != 0)
{
m_oConnectionPoint.Unadvise(m_Cookie);
m_oConnectionPoint = null;
m_Cookie = 0;
}
}

#region IDisposable Members

public void Dispose()
{
RemoveConnection();
}

#endregion

//#region DOutlookApplicationEvents_10 Members
[DispId(0xF001)]
public void NewInspector([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)]object
NewInspector)
{
}
}
}


Dmitry Streblechenko said:
But it still requires an interop; the original question was about doing
COM
event sinking using the low level COM API (IConnectionPointContainer,
IConnectionPoint, etc).
But I can't imagine why the lowest Outlook version interop (2000?) cannot
be
used instead...

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
Do I need to add a reference to the 2000 PIA? If so, then my installer will
include it, right? We had problems in the early release of our addin when
including any of the PIAs because the addin would just not load correctly on
certain office versions. This was extremely difficult to debug and I would
rather not compromise all the work we have done to solve the load issues.

If I do not need to include the PIA / add a reference, is there a way to
generate my own c# wrapper for this specific event?

Thank you,

Benjamin Strum
ThinkTron Corp.

Dmitry Streblechenko said:
Again, *why* do you need to do that from the scratch?
Create an interop using the lowest version of Outlook that you are planning
to support (Outlook 2000?); then you will need to use late binding only for
the features not supported by that version.
Otherwise C# is not the best tool for the task i am afraid.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

bstrum said:
Does anyone know how to do this? We have spent a lot of time making our
code
version independent using late binding. We now need to be able to hook
into
the newinspector event.

Here is some more code that I am trying. Right now, it throws an
InvalidCast exception on m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie).

using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes;


using ThinkTron.Email.Common;
using MO = ManagedOffice;
using MSWord = ManagedOffice.Word;
using MSOutlook = ManagedOffice.Outlook;

namespace SSNProtector
{
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch),
GuidAttribute("00063079-0000-0000-c000-000000000046")]
public interface DInspectorEvents
{
void NewInspector([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)]object
NewInspector);
}

class InspectorEventHelper : IDisposable, DInspectorEvents
{
public InspectorEventHelper()
{
m_oConnectionPoint = null;
m_Cookie = 0;
}

private IConnectionPoint m_oConnectionPoint;
private int m_Cookie;

public void SetupConnection(object Inspectors)
{
if (m_Cookie != 0) return;
try
{
Guid guid = new
Guid("{00063079-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}");

IConnectionPointContainer oCPP =
(IConnectionPointContainer)Inspectors;
oCPP.FindConnectionPoint(ref guid, out m_oConnectionPoint);

m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie);

}
catch (Exception exc)
{
Log.Write(exc.Message);
}
}

public void RemoveConnection()
{
if (m_Cookie != 0)
{
m_oConnectionPoint.Unadvise(m_Cookie);
m_oConnectionPoint = null;
m_Cookie = 0;
}
}

#region IDisposable Members

public void Dispose()
{
RemoveConnection();
}

#endregion

//#region DOutlookApplicationEvents_10 Members
[DispId(0xF001)]
public void NewInspector([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)]object
NewInspector)
{
}
}
}


Dmitry Streblechenko said:
But it still requires an interop; the original question was about doing
COM
event sinking using the low level COM API (IConnectionPointContainer,
IConnectionPoint, etc).
But I can't imagine why the lowest Outlook version interop (2000?) cannot
be
used instead...

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

Helmut Obertanner has an Inspector wrapper example in C# up on
www.outlookcode.com.




I have no idea how to do that in C#, sorry.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
As long as you arae developing on an Outlook 2000 machine where the interop
is built, you shoudld be Ok.
As long as your addin is running under teh version of fOutlook equal to or
greater thaan thee one you used to create the PIA, your add-in will load
just fine.
If you do not add a PIA, your only options is doing the raw COM events using
IConnectionPointContainer, IConnectionPoint, etc.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

bstrum said:
Do I need to add a reference to the 2000 PIA? If so, then my installer
will
include it, right? We had problems in the early release of our addin when
including any of the PIAs because the addin would just not load correctly
on
certain office versions. This was extremely difficult to debug and I
would
rather not compromise all the work we have done to solve the load issues.

If I do not need to include the PIA / add a reference, is there a way to
generate my own c# wrapper for this specific event?

Thank you,

Benjamin Strum
ThinkTron Corp.

Dmitry Streblechenko said:
Again, *why* do you need to do that from the scratch?
Create an interop using the lowest version of Outlook that you are
planning
to support (Outlook 2000?); then you will need to use late binding only
for
the features not supported by that version.
Otherwise C# is not the best tool for the task i am afraid.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

bstrum said:
Does anyone know how to do this? We have spent a lot of time making
our
code
version independent using late binding. We now need to be able to hook
into
the newinspector event.

Here is some more code that I am trying. Right now, it throws an
InvalidCast exception on m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie).

using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes;


using ThinkTron.Email.Common;
using MO = ManagedOffice;
using MSWord = ManagedOffice.Word;
using MSOutlook = ManagedOffice.Outlook;

namespace SSNProtector
{
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch),
GuidAttribute("00063079-0000-0000-c000-000000000046")]
public interface DInspectorEvents
{
void NewInspector([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)]object
NewInspector);
}

class InspectorEventHelper : IDisposable, DInspectorEvents
{
public InspectorEventHelper()
{
m_oConnectionPoint = null;
m_Cookie = 0;
}

private IConnectionPoint m_oConnectionPoint;
private int m_Cookie;

public void SetupConnection(object Inspectors)
{
if (m_Cookie != 0) return;
try
{
Guid guid = new
Guid("{00063079-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}");

IConnectionPointContainer oCPP =
(IConnectionPointContainer)Inspectors;
oCPP.FindConnectionPoint(ref guid, out
m_oConnectionPoint);

m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie);

}
catch (Exception exc)
{
Log.Write(exc.Message);
}
}

public void RemoveConnection()
{
if (m_Cookie != 0)
{
m_oConnectionPoint.Unadvise(m_Cookie);
m_oConnectionPoint = null;
m_Cookie = 0;
}
}

#region IDisposable Members

public void Dispose()
{
RemoveConnection();
}

#endregion

//#region DOutlookApplicationEvents_10 Members
[DispId(0xF001)]
public void NewInspector([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)]object
NewInspector)
{
}
}
}


:

But it still requires an interop; the original question was about
doing
COM
event sinking using the low level COM API (IConnectionPointContainer,
IConnectionPoint, etc).
But I can't imagine why the lowest Outlook version interop (2000?)
cannot
be
used instead...

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

Helmut Obertanner has an Inspector wrapper example in C# up on
www.outlookcode.com.




I have no idea how to do that in C#, sorry.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I figured it out using the code I provided. It is necessary to make the .net
class libary com visible. After adding
[assembly: ComVisible(true)]
to AssemblyInfo.cs, the NewInspector event gets caught correctly.

Thanks for your input.

Benjamin Strum
ThinkTron Corporation

Dmitry Streblechenko said:
As long as you arae developing on an Outlook 2000 machine where the interop
is built, you shoudld be Ok.
As long as your addin is running under teh version of fOutlook equal to or
greater thaan thee one you used to create the PIA, your add-in will load
just fine.
If you do not add a PIA, your only options is doing the raw COM events using
IConnectionPointContainer, IConnectionPoint, etc.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

bstrum said:
Do I need to add a reference to the 2000 PIA? If so, then my installer
will
include it, right? We had problems in the early release of our addin when
including any of the PIAs because the addin would just not load correctly
on
certain office versions. This was extremely difficult to debug and I
would
rather not compromise all the work we have done to solve the load issues.

If I do not need to include the PIA / add a reference, is there a way to
generate my own c# wrapper for this specific event?

Thank you,

Benjamin Strum
ThinkTron Corp.

Dmitry Streblechenko said:
Again, *why* do you need to do that from the scratch?
Create an interop using the lowest version of Outlook that you are
planning
to support (Outlook 2000?); then you will need to use late binding only
for
the features not supported by that version.
Otherwise C# is not the best tool for the task i am afraid.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

Does anyone know how to do this? We have spent a lot of time making
our
code
version independent using late binding. We now need to be able to hook
into
the newinspector event.

Here is some more code that I am trying. Right now, it throws an
InvalidCast exception on m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie).

using System;
using System.Runtime.CompilerServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes;


using ThinkTron.Email.Common;
using MO = ManagedOffice;
using MSWord = ManagedOffice.Word;
using MSOutlook = ManagedOffice.Outlook;

namespace SSNProtector
{
[InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIDispatch),
GuidAttribute("00063079-0000-0000-c000-000000000046")]
public interface DInspectorEvents
{
void NewInspector([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)]object
NewInspector);
}

class InspectorEventHelper : IDisposable, DInspectorEvents
{
public InspectorEventHelper()
{
m_oConnectionPoint = null;
m_Cookie = 0;
}

private IConnectionPoint m_oConnectionPoint;
private int m_Cookie;

public void SetupConnection(object Inspectors)
{
if (m_Cookie != 0) return;
try
{
Guid guid = new
Guid("{00063079-0000-0000-c000-000000000046}");

IConnectionPointContainer oCPP =
(IConnectionPointContainer)Inspectors;
oCPP.FindConnectionPoint(ref guid, out
m_oConnectionPoint);

m_oConnectionPoint.Advise(this, out m_Cookie);

}
catch (Exception exc)
{
Log.Write(exc.Message);
}
}

public void RemoveConnection()
{
if (m_Cookie != 0)
{
m_oConnectionPoint.Unadvise(m_Cookie);
m_oConnectionPoint = null;
m_Cookie = 0;
}
}

#region IDisposable Members

public void Dispose()
{
RemoveConnection();
}

#endregion

//#region DOutlookApplicationEvents_10 Members
[DispId(0xF001)]
public void NewInspector([MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Struct)]object
NewInspector)
{
}
}
}


:

But it still requires an interop; the original question was about
doing
COM
event sinking using the low level COM API (IConnectionPointContainer,
IConnectionPoint, etc).
But I can't imagine why the lowest Outlook version interop (2000?)
cannot
be
used instead...

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

Helmut Obertanner has an Inspector wrapper example in C# up on
www.outlookcode.com.




I have no idea how to do that in C#, sorry.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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