Recommended approach for interception ?

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Recommended approach for interception ?
 
Nilesh Padbidri




Posts: 11
 Joined: 2006-12-08
Hi EB,

I need to intercept "File -> Save" functionality and in the intercepted code do some pre processing & conditionally decide whether to invoke the actual functionality & also do post processing.

One way to do it would be to capture the "Ctrl + S" keyboard shortcut & also capture "Save" menu command selection.

Is there another way to intercept "Save" functionality where in we hook into the MS Office events or something to that effect ?

Thanks in advance,
- Nilesh Padbidri.
Posted 11 Dec, 2006 14:06:44 Top
Sergey Grischenko


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Hi Nilesh.

What Office application do you want to intercept the shortcut for?


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Posted 11 Dec, 2006 18:41:25 Top
Nilesh Padbidri




Posts: 11
 Joined: 2006-12-08
Hi Sergey,

I am targetting Word, Excel, PowerPoint & Outlook.

The reason I want to know if interception at Office Object model level is possible or not is because, lets say I intercept the "Send To -> Mail Recepient" menu item.

However someone can still write a macro like the one mentioned below, that sends an email and my entire effort goes for a toss.

Sub SendTo()
Selection.TypeText Text:="This is a Test."
ActiveDocument.SendMail
End Sub

So I would want to disable the send mail functionality wholistically, not just through the user interface. Any gives ?

Thanks,
- Nilesh Padbidri.
Posted 12 Dec, 2006 20:33:23 Top
Sergey Grischenko


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 Joined: 2004-07-05
Hi Nilesh.

To intercept the shortcut and menu commands you can use the ADXkeyboardShortcut and ADXBuiltInControl components. But not all shortcuts can be intercepted. It also depends on the application.
I think you need to try this in all applications mentioned above to realize if it is possible or not.
Posted 13 Dec, 2006 13:21:34 Top