| Code level: intermediate Code area: Basic Outlook Printer Friendly Version | ||
| Title: Insert hyperlink in Outlook 2007 items | ||
| Description: Because all Outlook 2007 items other than sticky notes use Word as the editor, you can use Word objects to insert a hyperlink. | ||
| Date: 12-Nov-2007 08:34 | ||
| Code level: intermediate | ||
| Code area: Basic Outlook | ||
| Posted by: Sue Mosher | ||
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Sue Mosher
12-Nov-2007 08:39
Notes on the code: 1) This code inserts text at the insertion point, in other words, where the cursor appears in the item body. To insert it elsewhere, you would use Word methods to return a different Range object for use with the first parameter of the Hyperlinks.Add method. 2) To try it out, add the code to any Outlook VBA module, open a new email message, then execute code statement in the VBA Immediate windor or from a macro: InsertLink ActiveInspector.CurrentItem 3) You must use this method if you want to add an outlook: link to any task, calendar, journal, or contact body. 4) For more on working with Word objects in the context of Outlook item bodies, see Chapter 17 in my Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming book, from which this example is taken. |
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dave
29-Nov-2007 04:43
How can i add a hyper link to an executable file, where the path contains spaces? The code i am using creates a valid hyperlink up to the 1st space, and then the rest of the path is just plain text. Please remove nospam from email address. |
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Sue Mosher
29-Nov-2007 07:59
Use the Replace() function to spaces in the hyperlink string with "%20" which is the HTML equivalent of a space. |
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Boris Krivonog
07-Dec-2007 13:56
I'm trying to add some text into mails using Outlook 2007. Seems Word document is read-only protected, so first I have to unprotect it. doc.Unprotect( ref missing ); doc.Content.InsertBefore( "This is a test" ); This works as expected for html mail, but doesn't work for plain text mail. When accessing plain text mail, the doc.Unprotect method throws an COMException with "This command is not available." as exception's message. If I don't call the Unprotect method than the doc.InsertBefore method throws an COMException with "This method or property is not available because the document is locked for editing." Any ideas? |
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Sue Mosher
07-Dec-2007 14:09
Boris, are you working with a new unsent message or a received message? Are you returning the Word.Document using the code above? |
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Boris Krivonog
07-Dec-2007 14:52
Hi! Tnx for quick response. I'm working with received messages, when they are displayed within inspector or preview pane. I don't want to change MailItem (for example, if you have an IMAP account, I don't want to synchronize mails with my text appended with IMAP mail server) I append text within the Outlook.Explorer's SelectionChange event. Changing msg.GetInspector.WordEditor Word.Document doesn't seem to reflect changes within preview pane, so I locate the window containing the mail (that is the ligh-weight word control), call the AccessibleObjectFromWindow to get Word.Document form HWND and than do the magic :) As said before, it works perfectly with HTML mail. Tnx in advance, Boris |
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Sue Mosher
07-Dec-2007 15:34
Boris, there is no supported way to change the display of the reading pane without changing the underlying item, which means calling MailItem.Save. If you've found a hack, maybe you could share it by posting a complete code sample in the "share code" section of the site at http://www.outlookcode.com/code.aspx |
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Boris Krivonog
07-Dec-2007 16:58
That is what I was afraid of. When (and if) I find a way, I will definitely share my solution here. Thx for your help, Boris P.S. I', really appreciate your prompt responses. Hope to deal with that kind of support soon. Cheers. |
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Boris Krivonog
10-Dec-2007 03:40
Hi! I'm unable to run your sample. When I try to run the code above, I got the "Invalid selection" message box and within code, I got a COMException with "Out of memory" message and error code 0x800a1007. If I change the code to: string strLink = "http://www.outlookcode.com"; string strLinkText = "Get Outlook code samples here"; Outlook.Inspector objInsp = mi.GetInspector; Word.Document objDoc = objInsp.WordEditor as Word.Document; if ( mi.BodyFormat != Outlook.OlBodyFormat.olFormatPlain ) { object ostrLink = strLink; object oempty = string.Empty; object ostrLinkText = strLinkText; objDoc.Hyperlinks.Add( objDoc.Content, ref ostrLink, ref oempty, ref oempty, ref ostrLinkText, ref oempty ); } else objDoc.Content.InsertAfter( strLink ); I get a COMException "Command failed." But when I simplify the code to Outlook.Inspector objInsp = mi.GetInspector; Word.Document objDoc = objInsp.WordEditor as Word.Document; objDoc.Content.InsertAfter( "This is a test! " ); I get a COMException with "This method or property is not available because the document is locked for editing.". All exceptions are raised when trying to modify the Word document (insert a hyper link, AddAfter). The code is executed within the OnExplorerSelectionChange event. If I add the following snipped before modifying the mailitem, than it works for HTML mail items! object missing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value; Word.WdProtectionType protectionType = objDoc.ProtectionType; if ( protectionType != Word.WdProtectionType.wdNoProtection ) objDoc.Unprotect( ref missing ); For plain text mail, the Unprotect method throws a COMException "This command is not available". I'm working with received mail. Is there a way to around this issue??? I mean, I simply cannot find a reason why the same code works for HTML mail, but does not for plain text mail. It seems both use Word.Document, but lack the ability to unprotect the document. Any help would be greatly appreciated. |
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John
19-Jun-2008 06:07
Thanks very much for this. An excellent bit of coding and much appreciated. |
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