Access word document in ReadingPane

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Access word document in ReadingPane
 
Martin Schetat


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Hi,

I would like to modify an email reply in a reading pane using the word editor. This works fine when the reply mail is shown in a separate window but I don't know how to access the word editor of the mail item shown in the reading pane.

I tried the following in the click event handler of my ribbon button (error handling omitted): 

Outlook._Explorer explorer = context as Outlook._Explorer;

object currentItem = explorer.Selection[1];

Outlook._MailItem mailItem = currentItem as Outlook._MailItem;

Outlook._Inspector inspector = mailItem.GetInspector;

Word._Document mailDocument = inspector.WordEditor as Word._Document;


But the mailDocument returned is the one of the initial mail not the reply.

Thank you and best regards,

Martin Schetat
Posted 06 Mar, 2017 02:50:21 Top
Andrei Smolin


Add-in Express team


Posts: 18823
 Joined: 2006-05-11
Hello Martin,

This is called inline response. You get the item which is being edited in the inline response via Explorer.ActiveInlineResponse (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj231535(v=office.15).aspx). You get the WordEditor via Explorer.ActiveInlineResponseWordEditor (https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/jj230742(v=office.15).aspx).


Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
Posted 06 Mar, 2017 05:30:52 Top