Spell check on custom MailItem form when replying István Becze 6/26/2007 8:44:00 PM I am developing an Outlook add-in, which uses a custom form for e-mail messages. To explain it very simply, the custom form is used every time when the user composes an e-mail message. (I.e.: The custom form is used for a new, reply or forward message.) The problem: If the setting in Outlook is set to "Ignore original message text in reply or forward" (and it is working correctly with standard Outlook forms), I cannot achieve the same affect in my custom form. (I.e.: The spell checker will check the entire message body.) Details of the implementation: 1st assumption: Since Outlook doesn't allow to change the default form for a e-mail message (i.e. for an IPM.Note MessageClass), I monitor the Inspectors.NewInspector event to catch when a new message is opened. ---- When that happens, I create a new custom form, copy over the content (i.e. recipients, subject, message body and other properties) and discard the original. All this happens behind the scene, hidden from the user's eyes. However, in the new custom form the entire message body is "new", therefore the spell checker will check the entire message. Obviously, the best programming solution would be to tell Outlook right after copying the message body, that everything what is there is "original text". (Something similar to the AcceptChanges method whe working with a DataSet.) However, I didn't find similar functionality in the spell checker. At this point I'm not sure that it is possible, and I would appreciate any thought on the issue, Istvan

Re: Spell check on custom MailItem form when replying "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <kenslovak[ at ]mvps.org> 6/27/2007 1:14:10 PM You can't control that with a custom form and there's no programmatic access to the spell checker. About all you can do is open Word and spell check whatever you want from your email pasted in a Word doc. That's not very pleasing but about your only option. -- 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 "István Becze" <IstvnBecze[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:AFDFAB24-9EA6-4A68-9926-5E0616FC861C[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] >I am developing an Outlook add-in, which uses a custom form for e-mail > messages. To explain it very simply, the custom form is used every time > when > the user composes an e-mail message. (I.e.: The custom form is used for a > new, reply or forward message.) > > The problem: > If the setting in Outlook is set to "Ignore original message text in reply > or forward" (and it is working correctly with standard Outlook forms), I > cannot achieve the same affect in my custom form. (I.e.: The spell checker > will check the entire message body.) > > Details of the implementation: > 1st assumption: Since Outlook doesn't allow to change the default form for > a > e-mail message (i.e. for an IPM.Note MessageClass), I monitor the > Inspectors.NewInspector event to catch when a new message is opened. > ---- > When that happens, I create a new custom form, copy over the content (i.e. > recipients, subject, message body and other properties) and discard the > original. All this happens behind the scene, hidden from the user's eyes. > However, in the new custom form the entire message body is "new", > therefore > the spell checker will check the entire message. > > Obviously, the best programming solution would be to tell Outlook right > after copying the message body, that everything what is there is "original > text". (Something similar to the AcceptChanges method whe working with a > DataSet.) However, I didn't find similar functionality in the spell > checker. > > At this point I'm not sure that it is possible, and I would appreciate any > thought on the issue, > > Istvan