Run .dll programatically

[hlock]

Outlook 2007 - Our document management system has an Outlook exchange client
extension that allows us to import an email directly to the document
management system. We click on an email, click on the command button and the
import dialogue box launches. After searching, I found that the ECE points
to a .dll in regedit. Ultimately, we want to create a macro that asks the
user to import attachments. If the user chooses Yes, that ece above runs.
If the user chooses No, another macro runs. How do I write the code to
invoke the .dll when the user chooses Yes. Not being very literate in
programming, I would appreciate any help. Thanks.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Any mechanism to invoke the .dll programmatically would have to be exposed
by the original programmer of that .dll. In other words, it's not something
we can help you with. You'll need to ask the creator of the document
management system.

 

[hlock]

Oh boy - it seemed too easy. All we wanted to do was "click" on the toolbar
button through visual basic rather than actually clicking on it with the
mouse.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Clicking on the button might be possible, but that's not the way I read your
request. If that's all you want to do, tell us the name of the toolbar and
the caption the button uses, including any accelerator keys.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[hlock]

We'll take what we can get. The addin is being very difficult. The button
is on the Standard Toolbar and is captioned "Save to Vignette IDM". The
addin is also under the File menu captioned "Save to Vignette IDM". No other
key strokes. Other info - the registry key has a value name of TOWER E-MAIL
CAPTURE and a value data of 4.0;C:\Program
Files\Tower\ttoutext.dll;1;01000010000000;1100000100. Is there anything else
you need?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

This VBA macro should execute that button on the Standard toolbar in an
Explorer window:

Sub RunIt()
Dim cb As Office.CommandBar
Dim cbb As Office.CommandBarButton
Dim ctrl As Office.CommandBarControl
Dim exp As Outlook.Explorer

Set exp = Application.ActiveExplorer
Set cb = exp.CommandBars("Standard")
For Each ctrl In cb.Controls
If ctrl.Caption = "Save to Vignette IDM" Then
Set cbb = ctrl
cbb.Execute
Exit For
End If
Next

Set cb = Nothing
Set cbb = Nothing
Set ctrl = Nothing
Set exp = Nothing
End Sub

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54

 

[hlock]

Works like a charm! Now how would I do this if the email was open. The same
"Save to Vignette IDM" is located on the Ribbon on the Add-Ins tab in the
Toolbar Commands group. Thank you so much.

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP]]

Commands on the Ribbon can't be executed programmatically from VBA, AFAIK.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54