customize Outlook context menu?

[Sawatzky]

Dear all,

does anyone know , how to customize the context menu in Outlook 2000?

Any ideas aprriciated.


regards Astrid

 

[joegz]

I don't think there is a clear understanding of the question.

I am not familiar with the "context menu". Are you talking about a form your building or just one of the menus in Outlook?

joegz
"Sometimes you just need to find out what it's not first to figure out what it is."

 

[rjkrash]

The context menu is what you get when you right click an object. That is the "context" in which you wish to perform some action on the object(e.g a message object or a contact object).


I believe the following is a true statement:

Outlook lets you customize only the main menu bar and toolbars. Unlike Microsoft Word, it doesn't let you customize the context menu that pops up when you right-click.

Sorry. :-(

There may be some registry hacks that let you add but I'm not sure.
The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.

 

[rjkrash]

For a definitive article about this subject read:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q294/2/23.ASP

The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.

 

[joegz]

Oh!! Thanks for clearing up the question for me rjkrash. joegz
"Sometimes you just need to find out what it's not first to figure out what it is."

 

[Sawatzky]

Dear all,

thanks for your answers.

Dear rjkrash,

I am aware of that article by microsoft, but I also saw the Outlook context menu being changed by an add-in, which really bothers me, as if I had not seen it, I just could believe and tell my boss, that it cannot work at all. :-(

Could it be , that there are special means in an add-in that I am not aware of? I am really not familiar with add-inns! Any ideas?

regards Astrid

 

[rjkrash]

Sawatzky/Astrid,

Below is a link to an article I found at MS about creating COM add-ins with VB

http://support.microsoft.com/support/kb/articles/Q238/2/28.ASP

I went to MS KB and searched for "COM add in". Lots of good articles and sites found.

Now, I'm just a dabbling type programmer, (I've never gotten paid to be a programmer, just to manage them)so I'm probably out of my depth here but it seems to me that any add-in that you saw that changed a context menu was most likely doing it the same way MS does, building it on the fly. What context menu did the add-in change? One of its own, to its own object or did it "manipulate" a "real" Outlook context menu? If it did the latter there is a smart programmer out there that your boss needs to hire so she can teach you how! :-D

Anyway, just tell your boss: "It can't be done, Microsoft says so! So, what's my next project?" ;-)

That answer always worked for me - not!

Good Luck ... The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.

 

[Sawatzky]

Dear Rjkrash,

thanx for your time, I am going to dig into it.

merry xmas

Astrid

 

[rjkrash]

SawatzkyAstrid,

Found this neat site all about Outlook Development thought you might like to see it...

http://www.slipstick.com/index.htm

The two rules for success are:
1. Never tell them everything you know.