> Good evening everybody,
>
> I am working on a VST add-in. I am using C#, Outlook 2007 and VS2008
>
> I have a Toolbar button that, when clicked, opens a windows form. This
> part
> works fine. However, what I am having a problem with is trying to,
> programmatically, open a new mailItem inspector by clicking on a button
> that
> resides on the windows form.
> I need to do it in this fashion to:
> 1- be able to populate the mailitem properties using the winForm fields
> 2- avoid recreating all the functionality(attachment,spell check, follow
> up, address book, etc ) that is already built into the mail inspector
> window
>
> My question: is it possible to open a new Message Inspector from withing a
> windows form that is part of an Outlook add-in?
> If the answer is yes, and I hope so, How would you do it?
>
>
>
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>
> Here is what I have in place so far:
>
> public void CreateNewMail(string subject)
> {
> Outlook.MailItem mail = null;
> Outlook.Application m_Outlook = null;
>
> try
> {
> m_Outlook = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application;
>
> mail =
> (Outlook.MailItem)m_Outlook.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem);
> mail.Subject = subject;
> mail.Display(false);
> }
> catch (System.Exception ex)
> {
> MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
> }
> finally
> {
> if (mail != null)
> Marshal.ReleaseComObject(mail);
> }
> }
>
>
> Thank you for your time and effort.