Disable context menu item?

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Disable context menu item?
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FTGMan




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How do I disable an item in the main menu and in the context menu in Outlook when processing Outlook Events?

REgards Richard.
Posted 19 Feb, 2007 07:06:21 Top
Sergey Grischenko


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Hi Richard.

You need to find the item using the FindControlObj method of the addinmodule and set the Enabled property of the control to 'false'.



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Posted 19 Feb, 2007 11:28:32 Top
FTGMan




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Thats what I thought initially, so I tried the following 

	private: System::Void OnCommandBarsUpdate(System::Object^  sender, System::EventArgs^  e) 
		 {
			 Office::CommandBar ^contextBar = (Office::CommandBar^)this->FindCommandBarObj("Context Menu");
			 if (contextBar)
			 {
				 //contextBar->Enabled=false;
				 Office::CommandBarControls ^controls=contextBar->Controls;
				 if (controls)
				 {
					System::Collections::IEnumerator ^Enum=controls->GetEnumerator();
					Enum->Reset();
					while (Enum->MoveNext())
					{
						Office::CommandBarControl ^Ctrl=(Office::CommandBarControl ^)Enum->Current;
						Ctrl->Enabled=false;
					}
				 }
			 }
		}

But it throws an exception when I try to disable it. The Crtl object is valid and in the debug tools I can see it has the correct name and Id.
What am I doing wrong, is this the wrong cast.
Posted 19 Feb, 2007 12:41:58 Top
Sergey Grischenko


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Richard, the exception occurs because Outlook doesn't allow you to disable some specific controls that are needed to function correctly. In this situation I would advise you to find another solution.
Posted 20 Feb, 2007 06:34:45 Top
Sergey Grischenko


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Richard, please try to set the Protection property of the control to 'msoBarNoProtection' before you change the Enabled property. Probably it will help.
Posted 20 Feb, 2007 07:03:19 Top
FTGMan




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That doesnt help either. I can set the protection, but it still causes an exception when I try to disable the item.

The same code does allow me to disable everything in the File menu though!
Posted 20 Feb, 2007 12:52:06 Top