my first outlook add-in, in c++... optimist 5/15/2006 10:02:02 PM And I'm apparently suffering from a common problem - how to get Outlook to shutdown after my add-in is installed. I've flailed for a couple of days, now it's time to ask for help. I've gleaned that I need to somehow close or release or free something in the OnClose event for the Explorer, but what and how is that done? I've tried doing appPtr->GetApplication()->Release()...which doesn't seem to have any effect. Here's the OnConnection() code where some of the initialization code lives, if it helps to point out my failures... STDMETHODIMP CConnect::OnConnection(IDispatch *pApplication, AddInDesignerObjects::ext_ConnectMode ConnectMode, IDispatch *pAddInInst, SAFEARRAY ** /*custom*/ ) { pApplication->QueryInterface(__uuidof(IDispatch), (LPVOID*)&m_pApplication); CComQIPtr <Outlook::_Application> spApp(pApplication); ATLASSERT(spApp); m_spApp = spApp; CComPtr<Outlook::_Explorer> spExplorer; spExplorer = spApp->ActiveExplorer(); m_spExplorer = spExplorer; ExpEvents::DispEventAdvise((IDispatch*)m_spExplorer,&__uuidof(Outlook::ExplorerEvents)); AppEvents::DispEventAdvise((IDispatch*)m_spApp,&__uuidof(Outlook::ApplicationEvents)); return S_OK; }

Re: my first outlook add-in, in c++... "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <kenslovak[ at ]mvps.org> 5/16/2006 1:26:44 PM In On_Connection you first need to check if there are any Explorers at all, Outlook can be started using automation with no UI (think ActiveSynch). You need to maintain a count or collection of Explorers and Inspectors and handle the Inspector.Close and Explorer.Close events. In those events if the counts of the collections is <= 1 you know Outlook wants to close down. At that point you need to release all objects that are being retained so the On_Disconnection event will fire. -- 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 "optimist" <optimist[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:ED5E579F-3222-4CA8-B764-8CDFE50F9DB7[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > And I'm apparently suffering from a common problem - how to get Outlook to > shutdown after my add-in is installed. I've flailed for a couple of > days, > now it's time to ask for help. I've gleaned that I need to somehow close > or > release or free something in the OnClose event for the Explorer, but what > and > how is that done? I've tried doing > appPtr->GetApplication()->Release()...which doesn't seem to have any > effect. > Here's the OnConnection() code where some of the initialization code > lives, > if it helps to point out my failures... > > STDMETHODIMP CConnect::OnConnection(IDispatch *pApplication, > AddInDesignerObjects::ext_ConnectMode ConnectMode, IDispatch *pAddInInst, > SAFEARRAY ** /*custom*/ ) > { > pApplication->QueryInterface(__uuidof(IDispatch), > (LPVOID*)&m_pApplication); > > CComQIPtr <Outlook::_Application> spApp(pApplication); > ATLASSERT(spApp); > m_spApp = spApp; > > CComPtr<Outlook::_Explorer> spExplorer; > > spExplorer = spApp->ActiveExplorer(); > m_spExplorer = spExplorer; > > ExpEvents::DispEventAdvise((IDispatch*)m_spExplorer,&__uuidof(Outlook::ExplorerEvents)); > > AppEvents::DispEventAdvise((IDispatch*)m_spApp,&__uuidof(Outlook::ApplicationEvents)); > > return S_OK; > }

Re: my first outlook add-in, in c++... optimist 5/16/2006 2:03:01 PM "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote: [Quoted Text] > In On_Connection you first need to check if there are any Explorers at all, > Outlook can be started using automation with no UI (think ActiveSynch). You > need to maintain a count or collection of Explorers and Inspectors and > handle the Inspector.Close and Explorer.Close events. In those events if the > counts of the collections is <= 1 you know Outlook wants to close down. At > that point you need to release all objects that are being retained so the > On_Disconnection event will fire. That's one of the problems I'm looking for help on - how to "release" the objects... In my OnConnection I'm saving a pointer to the Application and ActiveExplorer objects - I haven't yet figured out why my NewExplorer callback hasn't been triggered but since in my testing I only have the one instance of outlook running I figured that wasn't too surprising - anyway, in my OnClose() I'm calling Release() on the application object (m_spApp->GetApplication()->Release();) but if I try to call Release on the explorer object (m_spExplorer->Release();), I get a 'cannot access private member declared in class ... error from the compiler. I got the same error from the release of the application before I found the GetApplication() method. What's the correct way to "release" the objects?

Re: my first outlook add-in, in c++... optimist 5/16/2006 3:44:03 PM I found the problem - I created another app instance in my OnStartupComplete, once I removed that I'm now getting the OnDisconnect.