Outlook CommandBar ignores Temporay setting with Word Editor

[Joshuag]

Hi,
Integrating Outlook 2003 with an application that creates a custom
CommandBar and buttons fails to remove the CommandBar when the mailitem
closes WHEN Outlook is set to use Word as the editor. (BTW, adding an
msControlLabel fails with Word but not with Outlook VBA).

I see that the Word ignoring the Temporary Parementer has been around since
WE97 (I see KB articles on 97,98,2000).

This might be acceptable with Word as a standalone product, however,
integrated into Outlook 2003 should require consistent behavior. The notion
that we have to code for all Word exceptions with Outlook is a bug from my
POV.

What is the status of this problem? Is there a fix in works? If not, is
there documentation on all off the exceptions we need to consider when
automating Outlook?

Thanks.

 

[Peter Huang [MSFT]]

Hi

I think the MailItem is a word document when we use the Word as Mail
Editor, so the word process will control the behavior so its behavior is
consistent with the word.
So far the problem has not been fixed, I can not guarantee if it will be
fixed in the next release version office 12.
So far I think we have to use the workaround that use the additional code
to remove the button.
If you do have the request, I think you may try to post a service request
to MSPSS for a hotfix for this problem.
You may reach MSPSS via the link below.
http://support.microsoft.com

Best regards,

Perter Huang
Microsoft Online Partner Support

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