Garry Lowther
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Joined: 2009-02-22
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I have downloaded the SwitchingWebViewPaneVs2005vb sample but can find no way of changing the web view caption and icon. For example, your sample shows how to load a custom form when a button is clicked in the navigation bar, but the web view form caption is inherited from what Outlook folder/view was displayed last time - this is not useful and will completely confuse end-users.
I want to be able to specify the icon and caption of this custom form programmatically ay run-time depending upon which function was selected in my navigation bar form.
Is this possible?
Your example alludes to a file called ADXOlFormGeneral.html but this file is not in the project. |
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Fedor Shihantsov
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Hello Garry,
You can change the title by the use of the ADXOlForm.Text property.
Private Sub ADXOlForm1_ADXBeforeFormShow() Handles MyBase.ADXBeforeFormShow
Me.Text = "My text"
End Sub
Private Sub Button1_Click(ByVal sender As System.Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Button1.Click
Me.Text = "My text"
End Sub
There is no possibility to change the web view icon.
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Garry Lowther
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Joined: 2009-02-22
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Hi Fedor
Thanks for your reply.
The technique you recommend works - almost!
The loaded .Net form caption now says "Inbox - My text"
using your example above i.e. Outlook insists on prefixing the text "Inbox - " to the caption.
I do think that end-users will be confused by this as well as the icon to a lesser extent.
Are there any other ways (even Outlook API) to con Outlook into showing what I want?
Regards
Garry. |
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Fedor Shihantsov
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Unfortunately, there is no way to avoid the prefix. |
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Garry Lowther
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Joined: 2009-02-22
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Hi Fedor
Is that because of limitations in Outlook or Add-In-Express?
Will the forthcoming Version 9 of Add-In-Express allow for full customisation of the Caption/Title and Icon?
Regards
Garry. |
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Fedor Shihantsov
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No, it is an Outlook limitation.
Outlook combines a folder name and the HTMLDocument Title tag.
Also Outlook does not provide a possibility to change a folder icon which is displayed in the title.
New version 5 will allow to show the icon under web view title as seen on the picture:
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