Operations on multiple form postings

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Bill Le May

I'm designing an Outlook application for handling Program Change Requests
posted in a public folder. I want to be able to perform certain operations
on multiple forms within a public folder, such as assign several of them to
a person. Ideally, I would highlight several postings, then right-click
them and have a command of my choice in the context menu. Alternatively,
could I have a button or menu command somewhere on Outlook to perform the
action? I have Sue's book Microsoft Outlook Programming, but didn't see an
example of what I'm talking about.

Thanks for any ideas,

Bill
 
Multiple "items," not "forms." An item is the data record. A form is the
user-interface layout and code template.

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.
 
Sue Mosher said:
Multiple "items," not "forms." An item is the data record. A form is the
user-interface layout and code template.
Click to expand...

Clumsily put, on my part.
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
Click to expand...
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.
Click to expand...

Thanks Sue, I will give these a look.
 
Also, I forgot to mention that if you use a form custom action, the custom
action appears in the context menu only when a single item is selected, not
multiple items.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
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