Workaround for outlook bug involving appointment subject?

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Workaround for outlook bug involving appointment subject?
 
Joeri Sebrechts




Posts: 7
 Joined: 2007-07-31
I'm running up against a bug in Outlook 2003 / Outlook 2007 (not 2010), and am wondering if anyone knows a solution.

I have an add-in that embeds a form region as inspector region into the appointment inspector. In this inspector region I need to fetch and show the subject from the appointment.

The bug:
1. Launch the appointment window for a new appointment
2. Activate the inspector region, it fetches the subject and shows it (empty subject)
3. Activate the standard appointment view again (showing subject, description, ...)
4. Place the focus in the subject field and enter a subject, leave the focus in this field
5. Activate the inspector region, it fetches the old subject, not the new subject --> bug

I can solve this by clicking outside of the subject field after typing, and only then activating the inspector region, but I would like a solution in code.

Any ideas?
Posted 27 Sep, 2011 04:31:46 Top
Andrei Smolin


Add-in Express team


Posts: 18825
 Joined: 2006-05-11
Hello Joeri,

The issue occurs because Outlook sets Inspector.CurrentItem.Subject AFTER you move the focus off the Subject field.

Try to save the appointment when the region gets focused.


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 27 Sep, 2011 04:52:41 Top