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Lokesh Sharma
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Hi
I am new to addin express.
I want to create one outlook addin where on minimized task pane I want to add buttons. On click of each button need to expand task pane and show different user interface. I have wpf controls which I want to add in task pane through element host. Please suggest how to achieve it
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Posted 16 Mar, 2020 02:14:50
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Andrei Smolin
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Posted 16 Mar, 2020 04:14:23
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Lokesh Sharma
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Hi
Thanks for your help. I am able to add task pane which is ADXOIForm. I want to add button in minimized state like https://prnt.sc/r4yo01
I need your help to know how to use ADXOlForm1.ContainerControl.ContainerItems ?
or is there any alternative ?
I have created side bar (minimized task pane) in xaml. It is working without add in express, I bought license of add in express to get rid of close and minimized button at top of task pane. I am not able to add my xaml in task pane or form manager of addin express. I can also use region if it will help.
Can I get any call support where I can show what I want to achieve and reach at correct tutorial or forum?
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Posted 16 Mar, 2020 07:21:47
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Andrei Smolin
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Hello Lokesh,
Ah, you can't customize ContainerItems in that way. We suggest that you use a WPF UserControl to shown your WPF controls on the ADXOlForm; put an ElementHost on the form, first. And, you should imitate the desired behavior by changing the form size and showing the controls corresponding to the minimized state of your application.
Andrei Smolin
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Posted 16 Mar, 2020 08:29:11
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Lokesh Sharma
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Thanks for your reply.
If I implement as you suggested, I need to remove minimize button, close button, Form icon and lock pane so user can not drag and it feel like in minimized state. is it possible with Add in Express ? please let me know if there are any tutorial to go through to achieve this.
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Posted 16 Mar, 2020 23:37:04
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Andrei Smolin
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Hello Lokesh,
http://temp.add-in-express.com/support/test/MyAddin27-LokeshSharma-forum.zip
This test project demonstrates these features:
- to hide the Minimize button, the ADXOlFormsCollectionItem.IsMinimizedStateAllowed is set to false
- the close button is hidden by default,
- the icon is hidden by setting ADXOlForm.Icon to null in the constructor of the form
- the folders in which to show the form are specified by setting ADXOlFormsCollectionItem.ExplorerItemTypes to Mail; you can specify the folder(s) explicitly - see the ADXOlFormsCollectionItem.FolderName(s) property.
- the ADXOlFormsCollectionItem.UseOfficeThemeForBackground is set to let the form show its Background; this is for better visibility only.
Andrei Smolin
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Posted 17 Mar, 2020 01:28:48
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Lokesh Sharma
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Hi Andrei,
I have tried but could not run this application. There are lot of build errors, addinexpress.mso.2005, addinexpress.ol.2005 reference are not there. I have tried to add reference addinexpress.outlook.regions but it did not work. I have tried to use addinform in my project. It did not restrict me to drag and change width of my pane.
How can I restrict changing width of task pane?
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Posted 17 Mar, 2020 05:11:08
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Andrei Smolin
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Posted 17 Mar, 2020 06:45:33
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Lokesh Sharma
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Hi Andrei,
Thanks for your help. I am able to remove minimize button, close button and Form icon.
But, I am still not able to lock add in task pane. I have tried in your given solution, I am able to drag your task pane which is with ActiveCaption back color you can check it here https://prnt.sc/rhxwfa
How can I lock task pane to resize or in other words restrict users to change width of task pane by dragging?
Thanks in advance,
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Posted 17 Mar, 2020 13:08:48
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Andrei Smolin
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Hello Lokesh,
You are resizing the pane, not dragging it.
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Posted 18 Mar, 2020 01:25:36
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