CODEWITHSUNDEEP
c#outlookvsto
Benoit Dion
Benoit Dion

Reputation: 163

mail received/moved/deleted/created/sent event in Outlook vsto

What is the best way to detect if an email is received/moved/deleted/created/sent in Outlook?

I know of NewMail/NewMailEx on the Application and BeforeItemMove on a Folder.

NewMail/NewMailEx covers the mail received case but I need to handle all scenarios where something happens to a message.

BeforeItemMove is helpful but I need an application wide event, not a folder specific one. I could walk the folder tree and add event handlers for every folder but it doesn't seem right.

Any pointer?

Upvotes: 2

Views: 3488

Answers (2)

GrimR7529
GrimR7529

Reputation: 619

I disagree with drventure. I have used the actions in outlook within my own application to do events. I.e. on moving an email it comes up with a dialog, with sending it does something else.

Here is a link that got me started:

http://easyvsto.wordpress.com/2010/07/27/how-to-save-mail-content-when-a-mail-is-sent-from-outlook/

Further to the send action in the link above, there is a move action as well.

Upvotes: 1

DarinH
DarinH

Reputation: 4889

I don't believe there is such an event. What I've done in the past is monitor the app object for when the "active" folder changes. In that event, I connect up to whatever the active folder is and start monitoring IT for changes to it's contained email items, under the notion that for a user to do anything to the items in a folder, that have to first have navigated to that folder.

Upvotes: 0

Related Questions