I have a VSTO outlookin addin, where I am dynamically adding a number
of menu items (based on a dataset which is loaded from an XML file).
I have got the menu's adding correctly, but I am having trouble with
getting an event to fire for each dynamically created menu item. I
have the following code, which is called from ThisApplication.Startup:
public void addTopMenu()
{
object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;
_menuBar = currentExplorer.CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar;
_topMenu =
_menuBar.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, missing,
missing, missing, true) as Office.CommandBarPopup;
_topMenu.Caption = MENU_NAME;
_topMenu.Visible = true;
_LaunchMenu =
_topMenu.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, missing,
missing, missing, true) as Office.CommandBarPopup;
_LaunchMenu.Caption = ADD_NAME;
_LaunchMenu.Visible = true;
_LaunchMenu.Enabled = true;
dsMenu = GetDataSet();
foreach (DataRow drTemp in dsMenu.Tables[0].Select())
{
_EventType =
_LaunchMenu.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlButton,
missing, missing, missing, true) as Office.CommandBarButton;
_EventType.Tag = drTemp[0].ToString();
_EventType.Caption = drTemp[1].ToString();
_EventType.Visible = true;
_EventType.Enabled = true;
_EventType.Click += new
Microsoft.Office.Core._CommandBarButtonEvents_ClickEventHandler(_AddEvent_C-lick);
}
menu items, but not subsequently. I am a bit stuck now, so any help
would be much appreciated.
Thanks
Ian
Adding dynamic menus and events in Outlook
nomad#1
Hi Ian,
You're correct. If you use the same variable, then you're essentially assigning a new button to the variable for each iteration, and the variable can only refer to last assignment made.
Kathleen McGrath
http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto2/
Mr. Bob Dobalina
You should declare your commandbar variables at the class level, rather than within the method (in your example, the declaration should be outside of addTopMenu). If you declare variables inside of the method, they will go out of scope as soon as the method is run, and the garbage collection can reallocate the memory.
For more information on creating menus in Outlook, see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms268864(VS.80).aspx
Kathleen McGrath
http://blogs.msdn.com/vsto2/
SirSmokey
As Kathleen has noted, you need to have the proper scope for your variable declarations.
You should look at the VSTO Outlook code samples I list here:
http://blogs.msdn.com/johnrdurant/archive/2005/12/07/vsto_outlook_resourcelist.aspx
Our core samples have great examples on how to work with menus.
John.
Prasant