wizzbangca,
I would recommend upgrading every one to Outlook 2003, which would allow
creating a VSTO 2.0 addin for Outlook. VSTO 2.0 greatly simplifies create
Outlook add-ins in .NET!
If upgrading is not an option, then the "easiest" way is to write your
add-in to the lowest common denominator. Write the add-in to Outlook 2000,
reference Outlook 2000 type library, compile & develop against that.
Alternatively don't reference a type library & use late binding (Object
variables).
| Private objOutlook As Object = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Should work as Outlook.Application is a creatable object.
| 'store outlook session
| Private objNS As Object = CreateObject("Outlook.NameSpace")
Will fail as Outlook.Namespace is NOT a creatable object, you use
objOutlook.GetNamespace to get the namespace object.
| Private objOutlook As Object = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
| Private objNS As Object = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Normally what I do when using Late binding & Outlook (VBScript for example)
is to write a macro in the VBIDE in Outlook (Alt+F11 when the Outlook
Explorer window is open) for intellisense. Then change all the strongly
typed variables to Object. You could probably adopt a similar method for
late binding in VB.NET...
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Hope this helps
Jay [MVP - Outlook]
..NET Application Architect, Enthusiast, & Evangelist
T.S. Bradley -
http://www.tsbradley.net
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| Hi everyone. Having problems with a utility I am writing for work.
| The previous IT Director thoughtfully allowed 3 (2000, xp, 2003)
| versions of outlook to be installed rather than 1. Now I need the
| utility to work for all 3 versions. A previous post suggested
| creating objects to detect the version of outlook, which I tried with
| success. But, that's as far as I can get. No one out there shows how
| to go beyond version detection to actually creating, deleting and
| modifying outlook contacts, emails, and appointments. I tried creating
| the extra outlook objects I need (shown bellow). So far, VB doesn't
| show any errors during programming. When ran, I get an activex error:
| "Cannot create Axtivex Component".
|
| Code:
| 'open outlook application
| Private objOutlook As Object = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
|
| 'store outlook session
| Private objNS As Object = CreateObject("Outlook.NameSpace")
| 'outlook folder variable
| Private objFolder As Object = CreateObject("Outlook.MAPIFolder")
| 'outlook items variable
| Private objItems As Object = CreateObject("Outlook.Items")
| 'outlook contact variable
| Private objContact As Object = CreateObject("Outlook.ContactItem")
|
|
| Private objNS As Object = CreateObject("Outlook.NameSpace") =
| objOutlook.Session
| doesn't create the activex component. Keep in mind, the utility works
| great if I reference a specific version interop assembly. I have been
| searching for the past few days without success. Has anyone else had
| any success?
|
| Thank you.
|
