> Yes, essentially you would need to design a custom form for a custom message
> class. If a message has the right message class (e.g. IPM.Note.MyForm) your
> form would be invoked.
> I am not an expert in Outlook forms (I did do custom MAPI forms, but it is a
> totally different beast), so you might want to post in the
> microsoft.public.office.developer.outlook.forms newsgroup
>
> Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
>
http://www.dimastr.com/> OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
> and MAPI Developer Tool
>
> "Krishna" <krishnatangirala[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message
> news:1168042161.510945.89990[ at ]38g2000cwa.googlegroups.com...
> > thanks for pointing out the security issues in my approach. i did not
> > think of them.
> > i don't know much about custom forms.
> > if i understand correctly, are you suggesting that everytime i display
> > a message, i display it in a custom form.
> > so everytime i get an open mail event, i translate the contents from
> > that mailitem to my custom form and associate the inspector with my
> > custom form. is that how it works.
> >
> >
> > Dmitry Streblechenko wrote:
> >> Doesn't sound like the most secure approach - what happens if the user
> >> hits
> >> Save when the message is displayed and then Outlook crashes or your
> >> add-in
> >> becomes disabled?
> >> Sounds like an ideal candidate for a custom form - you will never have to
> >> put unencrypted data back, but you can display pretty much anaything you
> >> want in your custom form.
> >>
> >> Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
> >>
http://www.dimastr.com/> >> OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
> >> and MAPI Developer Tool
> >>
> >> "Krishna" <krishnatangirala[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> news:1168025929.315475.27900[ at ]q40g2000cwq.googlegroups.com...
> >> >> But HTMLBody is different from the original body on the receiving
> >> >> side,
> >> >> right?
> >> > Yes. Right now I am doing everything manually in the debugger (like
> >> > copying the contents of HTMLBody bef actually modifying it and redoing
> >> > the same in open event) and can get the same behaviour programatically.
> >> >
> >> >> If I remember correctly, Outlook does not reparse the attachments
> >> >> collection when HTML body with cid's is set.
> >> >
> >> > This explains exactly what I have been looking for. Thanks a lot.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > As you suggested, I tried to modify when I receive the message, and it
> >> > works.
> >> > But my application cannot store decrypted messages in outlook and that
> >> > is why I have to place the decryption part in the mail-item open event
> >> > handler.
> >> > (While closing, I actually put-back the encoded data).
> >> > Is there any work-around for manipulating outlook reparsing the
> >> > attachments in the Open event handler.
> >> >
> >> >
> >> > Dmitry Streblechenko wrote:
> >> >> But HTMLBody is different from the original body on the receiving
> >> >> side,
> >> >> right? If I remember correctly, Outlook does not reparse the
> >> >> attachments
> >> >> collection when HTML body with cid's is set.
> >> >> Why not modify the message when it is received rather than justs
> >> >> before
> >> >> it
> >> >> is displayed?
> >> >>
> >> >> Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
> >> >>
http://www.dimastr.com/> >> >> OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
> >> >> and MAPI Developer Tool
> >> >>
> >> >> "Krishna" <krishnatangirala[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> news:1167938046.876887.208520[ at ]42g2000cwt.googlegroups.com...
> >> >> > Thanks for the reply. I checked with OutlookSpy and all the flags
> >> >> > seem
> >> >> > to be set correctly. I am pasting the tags from OutlookSpy.
> >> >> >
> >> >> > PR_ATTACH_CONTENT_ID_W PT_UNICODE image001.gif[ at ]01C72FEE.732ADFA0
> >> >> > PR_ATTACH_FILENAME PT_STRING8 image001.gif
> >> >> > PR_ATTACH_FILENAME_W PT_UNICODE image001.gif
> >> >> > PR_ATTACH_LONG_FILENAME PT_STRING8 image001.gif
> >> >> > PR_ATTACH_LONG_FILENAME_W PT_UNICODE image001.gif
> >> >> > PR_ATTACH_METHOD PT_LONG 1
> >> >> > PR_ATTACH_MIME_TAG_W PT_UNICODE image/gif
> >> >> > PR_ATTACH_NUM PT_LONG 0
> >> >> > PR_ATTACH_SIZE PT_LONG 27289
> >> >> > PR_ATTACH_TAG PT_BINARY cb:9, lpb: 2A 86 48 86 F7 14 03 0A 04
> >> >> > PR_RECORD_KEY PT_BINARY cb:4, lpb: A5 06 01 00
> >> >> > PR_RENDERING_POSITION PT_LONG -1
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > And, in the HTMLBody, I am actually setting the same data that I get
> >> >> > in
> >> >> > the send-event handler. I am doing it manually in the debugger, so
> >> >> > the
> >> >> > HTMLBody is the same. The HTMLBody segment is here:
> >> >> >
> >> >> > <body lang=EN-US link=blue vlink=purple>\r\n\r\n<div
> >> >> > class=Section1>\r\n\r\n<p class=MsoNormal><font size=2
> >> >> > face=Arial><span
> >> >> > style='font-size:10.0pt;\r\nfont-family:Arial'><img width=640
> >> >> > height=480
> >> >> > id=\"_x0000_i1025\"\r\nsrc=\"cid:image001.gif[ at ]01C72FEE.732ADFA0\">…123456…<o:p></o:p></span></font></p>\r\n\r\n</div>\r\n\r\n</body>\r\n\r\n</html>\r\n"
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Also, if i simply close the inspector window with the red-cross mark
> >> >> > and re-open, i get the image correctly. So I guess there is
> >> >> > something I
> >> >> > am missing when I set the HTMLBody manually in the mail-item open
> >> >> > event
> >> >> > handler and let outlook display it, and when compared to outlook
> >> >> > directly openning the email with email body set appropriately.
> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >> > Dmitry Streblechenko wrote:
> >> >> >> Outlook does not remove aan image from the message attachments, it
> >> >> >> is
> >> >> >> still
> >> >> >> there, Outlook simply adds an extra property (PR_ATTACH_CONTENT_ID)
> >> >> >> to
> >> >> >> correlate the <img> tag with the attachment.
> >> >> >> Is the property correctly set on teh attachment? Does your HTML
> >> >> >> body
> >> >> >> specify
> >> >> >> the right value of the cid attributes in the img tags?
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
> >> >> >>
http://www.dimastr.com/> >> >> >> OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
> >> >> >> and MAPI Developer Tool
> >> >> >>
> >> >> >> "Krishna" <krishnatangirala[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message
> >> >> >> news:1167933736.055913.95630[ at ]v33g2000cwv.googlegroups.com...
> >> >> >> >I am developing an "encryption type" plug-in to Outlook 2003 using
> >> >> >> > C# based on Outlook Object Model.
> >> >> >> > I am having trouble when the email has an inline image, i.e. when
> >> >> >> > an
> >> >> >> > image is pasted into the email message body. I understand that
> >> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> > image is referenced with a CID and it is actually transmitted as
> >> >> >> > an
> >> >> >> > attachment.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Here is my problem.
> >> >> >> > On the receiving side, when does outlook actually remove the
> >> >> >> > image
> >> >> >> > from
> >> >> >> > attachment and place it inline in the email message.
> >> >> >> > When I place my decryption code in mail-item open event-handler,
> >> >> >> > the
> >> >> >> > image is not shown and instead a red-cross mark is shown. All I
> >> >> >> > do
> >> >> >> > is
> >> >> >> > in the mail-item open event-handler; I read the received email
> >> >> >> > body,
> >> >> >> > decrypt it and set the HTMLBody to the decrypted data. But, if I
> >> >> >> > close
> >> >> >> > the inspector and let outlook open the same decrypted message; I
> >> >> >> > get
> >> >> >> > back the email with the inline image. (I am not doing any
> >> >> >> > encryption
> >> >> >> > to
> >> >> >> > the attachment.)
> >> >> >> > Are there any flags that I should set in addition to setting the
> >> >> >> > HTMLBody of the mail-item in the receiving side.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >> > Any help/suggestion is greatly appreciated.
> >> >> >> > Thanks,
> >> >> >> > Krishna.
> >> >> >> >
> >> >> >
> >> >
> >