newbie question "msnews.microsoft.com" <someone[ at ]microsoft.com> 1/19/2007 10:51:06 PM i need to write two outlook COM add-ins .. plugins, whatever you call them. One for Outlook Express and the other for Outlook 2003. Could somebody please point me to some docs that describes add-in development in C++ for each client - especially Outlook Express .. can't seem to find anything. book recommendations would also be very welcome. TIA

Re: newbie question "Dmitry Streblechenko" <dmitry[ at ]dimastr.com> 1/20/2007 12:18:11 AM OE (unlike Outlook) does not have add-ins or plugins. Whatever is on the market is done using low level Windows hooks. Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP) http://www.dimastr.com/ OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO and MAPI Developer Tool "msnews.microsoft.com" <someone[ at ]microsoft.com> wrote in message news:OvB3OxBPHHA.1248[ at ]TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl... [Quoted Text] >i need to write two outlook COM add-ins .. plugins, whatever you call them. >One for Outlook Express and the other for Outlook 2003. Could somebody >please point me to some docs that describes add-in development in C++ for >each client - especially Outlook Express .. can't seem to find anything. > > book recommendations would also be very welcome. > > TIA >

Re: newbie question "msnews.microsoft.com" <someone[ at ]microsoft.com> 1/20/2007 12:52:32 AM the OE case is more interesting to me - so you are saying there is no equivalent plugin mechanism for this thing? Do you have any information at all as to how I might get OE to load some sort of custom DLL so that I can add to the toolbar, intercept buttons on the toolbar and grab the message text.. there must be *some* way to get OE to load a dll - i see aftermarket products adding toolbars and so on.. are they hacking their way into the app by subclassing the existing windows or something like that?

Re: newbie question "Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" <mb[ at ]mvps.org> 1/20/2007 6:11:43 PM This might work for you: http://www.nektra.com/products/oeapi/ -- Viele Gruesse / Best regards Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook Keep your Outlook categories organized! http://www.shareit.com/product.html?productid=300120654&languageid=1 (German: http://www.VBOffice.net/product.html?pub=6) Am Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:52:32 -0800 schrieb msnews.microsoft.com: [Quoted Text] > the OE case is more interesting to me - so you are saying there is no > equivalent plugin mechanism for this thing? Do you have any information at > all as to how I might get OE to load some sort of custom DLL so that I can > add to the toolbar, intercept buttons on the toolbar and grab the message > text.. there must be *some* way to get OE to load a dll - i see aftermarket > products adding toolbars and so on.. are they hacking their way into the app > by subclassing the existing windows or something like that?

Re: newbie question bitstream[ at ]gmail.com 1/20/2007 10:41:10 PM Nektra's system takes a little getting used to, but its the best thing out there for hooking into OE. You won't get OE to act like Outlook proper, but you can hook just about everything with it. Your other options like Michael said are using your own DLL for function hooking which I don't recommend since the Nektra folks have already done that exact thing, OR finding documentation for hooking into the encryption system which has some sort of interface for hooking some things related to sending and viewing messages. The PGP people use it for some of their stuff. Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook] wrote: [Quoted Text] > This might work for you: > http://www.nektra.com/products/oeapi/ > > -- > Viele Gruesse / Best regards > Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook > Keep your Outlook categories organized! > http://www.shareit.com/product.html?productid=300120654&languageid=1 > (German: http://www.VBOffice.net/product.html?pub=6) > > > Am Fri, 19 Jan 2007 16:52:32 -0800 schrieb msnews.microsoft.com: > > > the OE case is more interesting to me - so you are saying there is no > > equivalent plugin mechanism for this thing? Do you have any information at > > all as to how I might get OE to load some sort of custom DLL so that I can > > add to the toolbar, intercept buttons on the toolbar and grab the message > > text.. there must be *some* way to get OE to load a dll - i see > aftermarket > > products adding toolbars and so on.. are they hacking their way into the > app > > by subclassing the existing windows or something like that?

Re: newbie question "Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" <mb[ at ]mvps.org> 1/21/2007 9:57:55 AM Am 20 Jan 2007 14:41:10 -0800 schrieb bitstream[ at ]gmail.com: [Quoted Text] > Your other options like Michael said are using your own DLL for > function hooking ... No, I didn't say that :-) -- Viele Gruesse / Best regards Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook Keep your Outlook categories organized! http://www.shareit.com/product.html?productid=300120654&languageid=1 (German: http://www.VBOffice.net/product.html?pub=6)