catch events of Ms outlook

[Rohan lotlikat]

Hi,

How can i programmatically find out when a new contact is added in Ms
Outlook .

I have written a COM Addin in VC++ for Ms Outlook. And i want to perform
some operation when a new contact is added ..is it possible to capture that
event?

Regards
Rohan

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Use the MAPIFolder.Items.Add event to monitor the Contacts folder for new items.

 

[Rohan lotlikat]

Hi,

Thanx for replying..

But how do you catch implement that event.I am little new to this. Could you
help me out in this..

Thnx

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Can you provide more details on what you're trying to do? In what version of Outlook? And with what programming tools?

 

[Rohan lotlikat]

Hi Sue

I working on VC++ and the toolbar is for MS Outlook 2003.

So i want to perform a task when a new contact is added.

I tried following:

extern _ATL_FUNC_INFO OnItemAddInfo;


typedef IDispEventSimpleImpl<10006,CZOLAddin, &__uuidof(Outlook::ItemsEvents)

ItemEvent;

class ATL_NO_VTABLE CZOLAddin :
public CComObjectRootEx<CComSingleThreadModel>,
public CComCoClass<CZOLAddin, &CLSID_ZOLAddin>,
public ISupportErrorInfo,
public IDispatchImpl<IZOLAddin, &IID_IZOLAddin, &LIBID_ZEBOTOOLBARLib>,
public IDispatchImpl<_IDTExtensibility2, &IID__IDTExtensibility2,
&LIBID_AddInDesignerObjects>,
public InviteButtonEvent,
public HomePageMenuButtonEvent,
public HomePageButtonEvent,
public AboutButtonEvent,
public SearchComboEvent,
public ItemEvent

then onConnection i do this:

pApp->GetNamespace(L"MAPI",&nameSpace);


if(nameSpace){
nameSpace->get_CurrentUser(&CurUser);
CurUser->get_Name(&m_CurUserName);

nameSpace->GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts,&mFolder);
mFolder->get_Items(&m_spItems);

m_spItems is of type _ItemsPtr.

then i advise it

ItemEvent:ispEventAdvise((IDispatch*)m_spItems,
&__uuidof(Outlook::ItemsEvents));

the event handler is defined as :

void __stdcall CZOLAddin::OnItemAdd(IDispatch * Inspector)
{

MessageBeep(1);

}

but this does not work ..i tried keeping a break point ..but no luck.

can u guide me on this.

Regards
Rohan

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[Rohan lotlikat]

Hey Sue

I figured it out.
I used
CComPtr<Outlook::_Items> m_spItems;
instead of : _ItemsPtr m_spItems;

It works fine now.

Thanks
Regards
Rohan.