Accessing add-in's global variables cookiesncreamychoc[ at ]hotmail.com 12.09.2006 05:33:53 Hi, This probably isnt possible but... I have an Outlook add-in that requests username and password (these are not the active directory credentials but are related to another application) when Outlook first starts. Once authenticated (against username and password in a database), the ID for the user is saved as a global variable in the add-in for future use. I also have a Windows application that launches outlook when a certain button is clicked. I need to check the userID of the user logged into Outlook. Is there a way to access global variable of the add-in from another application? Alternatively, can I save the userID as a session variable in Outlook? Thanx in advance P.S. Both the application and add-in are written in VB (VS2005) but the add-in does NOT use VSTO.

Re: Accessing add-in's global variables "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <kenslovak[ at ]mvps.org> 12.09.2006 13:36:16 I haven't done this with any VB.NET addins so I'm not sure it will work there but in a standard COM addin using VB 6 one way is to expose your global in the designer (the class that implements IDTExtensibility2 and handles OnConnection). The global can be exposed as a public property. You can then iterate the Outlook.Application.COMAddins collection looking at the ProgID properties of each addin until you find yours. You can then access the global property from there. The code would look something like this: Dim m_oAddinBase As Object Dim lngID As Integer m_oAddinBase = g_objOL.COMAddIns("MyAddin.Connect").Object lngID = m_oAddinBase.UserID -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm <cookiesncreamychoc[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message news:1158039233.789923.128970[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > This probably isnt possible but... > I have an Outlook add-in that requests username and password (these are > not the active directory credentials but are related to another > application) when Outlook first starts. Once authenticated (against > username and password in a database), the ID for the user is saved as a > global variable in the add-in for future use. > > I also have a Windows application that launches outlook when a certain > button is clicked. I need to check the userID of the user logged into > Outlook. Is there a way to access global variable of the add-in from > another application? > > Alternatively, can I save the userID as a session variable in Outlook? > > Thanx in advance > > P.S. Both the application and add-in are written in VB (VS2005) but the > add-in does NOT use VSTO. >

Re: Accessing add-in's global variables "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp[ at ]outlookcode.com> 12.09.2006 15:37:31 Also, Jay's sample at http://www.tsbradley.net/Samples/VSTO/Xml.Export.Sample.aspx shows some of the tricky bits required to make a .NET add-in's properties and methods available to external callers. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <kenslovak[ at ]mvps.org> wrote in message news:%23jXa4Bn1GHA.5048[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >I haven't done this with any VB.NET addins so I'm not sure it will work > there but in a standard COM addin using VB 6 one way is to expose your > global in the designer (the class that implements IDTExtensibility2 and > handles OnConnection). The global can be exposed as a public property. > > You can then iterate the Outlook.Application.COMAddins collection looking at > the ProgID properties of each addin until you find yours. You can then > access the global property from there. > > The code would look something like this: > > Dim m_oAddinBase As Object > Dim lngID As Integer > > m_oAddinBase = g_objOL.COMAddIns("MyAddin.Connect").Object > lngID = m_oAddinBase.UserID > > -- > Ken Slovak > [MVP - Outlook] > http://www.slovaktech.com > Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 > Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options > http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm > > > <cookiesncreamychoc[ at ]hotmail.com> wrote in message > news:1158039233.789923.128970[ at ]i3g2000cwc.googlegroups.com... >> Hi, >> >> This probably isnt possible but... >> I have an Outlook add-in that requests username and password (these are >> not the active directory credentials but are related to another >> application) when Outlook first starts. Once authenticated (against >> username and password in a database), the ID for the user is saved as a >> global variable in the add-in for future use. >> >> I also have a Windows application that launches outlook when a certain >> button is clicked. I need to check the userID of the user logged into >> Outlook. Is there a way to access global variable of the add-in from >> another application? >> >> Alternatively, can I save the userID as a session variable in Outlook? >> >> Thanx in advance >> >> P.S. Both the application and add-in are written in VB (VS2005) but the >> add-in does NOT use VSTO. >> >

Re: Accessing add-in's global variables "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <kenslovak[ at ]mvps.org> 12.09.2006 17:55:17 Ah, thanks, Sue. I had forgotten Jay had done a sample that did that for VB.NET. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" <suemvp[ at ]outlookcode.com> wrote in message news:OZ3K7Po1GHA.1548[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... Also, Jay's sample at http://www.tsbradley.net/Samples/VSTO/Xml.Export.Sample.aspx shows some of the tricky bits required to make a .NET add-in's properties and methods available to external callers. -- Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003 http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

Re: Accessing add-in's global variables "Maysam" <m_karbala[ at ]yahoo.com> 24.09.2006 05:28:22 Hi I have done this in excel. 1- you have to make sure that you application is visible by com. 2- create an instance of your application 3- create an instance of your addin 4- using invoke method you can have access to your public property. step 2 app = new Excel.Application(); step 3 object sAddInName = "SimulationSmartClientAddIN.Connect"; object objApp_addin = app.COMAddIns.Item(ref sAddInName).Object; step 4 to set a property:SetProperty(objApp_addin, "<PropertyName>", <Value>); to get a property:SetProperty(objApp_addin, "<PropertyName>"); private void SetProperty(object obj, string sProperty, object oValue) { object[] oParam = new object[1]; oParam[0] = oValue; obj.GetType().InvokeMember(sProperty, System.Reflection.BindingFlags.SetProperty, null, obj, oParam); } private static object GetProperty(object obj, string sProperty) { return obj.GetType().InvokeMember(sProperty, System.Reflection.BindingFlags.GetProperty, null, obj, null); }