Outlook Synchronisation Addin

[Alison Debreceny]

I have created a .NET outlook com addin that synchronises tasks and contacts
between Outlook and an online database. The addin uses a timer to
periodically synchronise. The addin works perfectly except when a user has a
mobile phone synchronisation com addin installed also. As soon as Outlook
opens, it immediatley closes - unless they disable the mobile phone
synchronistion software. Does anyone know what causes this and how to get
around it?

Thanks,

Alison Debreceny

 

[Alison Debreceny]

I am not sure if I'm on the right track here - could this issue be resolved
using the MicroEye AddInMon software?

Any suggestions or ideas would be greatly appreciated.

Regards,

Alison Debreceny

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You can't use AddInMon because it won't work correctly with .NET addins. You
could implement something similar using the concept that AddInMon uses. But
I think you're on the right track.

The latest versions of ActiveSynch and possibly other synch software are
doing something however that causes problems with AddInMon and that leaves
your addin with a LoadBehavior registry value of 2, which means it won't be
initialized on Outlook startup.

We're working on an inline replacement for AddInMon which seems to be very
promising for COM code but we're having problems getting things to work in
..NET code.

 

[Alison Debreceny]

Thanks for your help Ken,

Is there a discussion group or forum where progress/news on this inline
replacement for AddInMon is posted?

Regards,

Alison Debreceny

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

No, there's no forum for that.