Add-on to the "Save As" dialog box in Outlook

[A Positive Outlook]

When saving an attachment, I would like to modify the "Save As" dialog box to
include an additional option "Save to DB". This would create a link or
temporary file of the attachment. This add-on would then invoke our current
HTML page which allows the user to add some additional information before
"Submitting" and uploading the file to the DB. Ideally the file name on the
HTML page would be automatically populated from the Outlook attachment
name/link.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You can't modify that dialog, you'd have to add your own "Save to DB" menu
option in the File menu.

 

[A Positive Outlook]

Ken,

Thanks for the response. I guess my followup question would then be
assuming I create a new menu item within the File Menu, this new menu item
would I be able to invoke a module (add-in) with the necessary logic which
I'm guessing would need to be wrtten in either VB or .Net

Since I have very little experience with these 2 languages and no experience
with Outlook Add_ins, I'm just trying to determine if this is feasible.
Sounds like it's all doable?

Thanks,

Phil McMahon

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

The logic would be a COM addin that adds an entry (CommandBarButton) to the
existing File menu (CommandBarPopup) in the "Menu Bar" CommandBar
(menu/toolbar). You would handle the Click event for that CommandBarButton
and your code then can do whatever it wants.

What language you would write the addin with is up to you. I write addins
using C#, VB.NET and VB6. Other people use Delphi, C++ and various other
languages.

For lots of information on COM addins see the COM Addins section at
www.outlookcode.com