Inspectors

[Appian Brendan]

I am just trying to use some inspectors to get a feel for them, and whenever
I get an inspector, either from an exisiting item or from an item I create in
my program, and I call the Activate() method on it, it opens a new inspector
window. Is there any way to get the Inspector to stay in the main Outlook
window?

Thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Well, that's what Activate does -- it displays the window for that Inspector
object.

 

[Appian Brendan]

I also have the same question for explorers. When I call Display() on a
MAPIFolder to show it's explorer in a new explorer (which brings up an
entirely new instance of Outlook). Is there anyway to just redirect Outlook
to display the explorer that I'm retrieving?

Thanks

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Set Explorer.CurrentFolder = yourMAPIFolder

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Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

I'm not sure what you mean by "access" in either of these cases, but the
answer is generally no.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

But manipulate in what fashion? It's hard to answer vague questions with
anything but general answers.

You are correct that you cannot add a button to the navigation pane. You
can, however, add groups and shortcuts to the Shortcuts navigation pane.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

But what methods or properties are you interested in? You certainly can know
what item is being displayed and access its properties directly.