IE popup in Outlook 12.0 malar 12/18/2008 5:10:01 PM We have created an outlook addin, in which clicking a button an IE window is popped up. We use the InternetExplorer.Navigate2() method to popup the new window which is present in the Interop.SHDocVw dll. The window opens "always on top" with Outlook 2003 and IE6 or 7 provided the Microsoft Outlook 11.0 object library (9.2) . We are in the process of migration to Outlook 2007 and we included Microsoft Outlook 12.0 object library 12.0.4518.1014 to build the solution. No code change on the Navigation part. But we see a different behaviour. Its always displayed as minimized blinking window in the taskbar. The end users have to explicitly click the minimized tab to bring the window to the foreground. Here is the code sample Private Sub btnAttachToDIAMSXe_Click(ByVal ctrl As CommandBarButton, ByRef cancel As Boolean) .................... Dim ieCtrl As New InternetExplorer .................... .................... .................... ieCtrl.Navigate2("http://localhost/....", 1, "DIAMSXe External Interface", postData, postHeader) ieCtrl.Visible = True .................... End Sub Does anyone have any idea why the popup window appears minimized with the Office 2007 and IE7 combination ? or is there a better way of popping up a window through outlook addins.

Re: IE popup in Outlook 12.0 "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <kenslovak[ at ]mvps.org> 12/18/2008 6:47:06 PM I usually don't limit things to IE, I try to use the default browser if there is one. I get that using the following C# code, then I start the browser with the URL: RegistryKey key = Registry.ClassesRoot.OpenSubKey([ at ]"HTTP\shell\open\command", false); string browser = key.GetValue(null).ToString().ToLower().Replace("\"", ""); if ((!browser.EndsWith("exe") { browser = browser.Substring(0, browser.LastIndexOf(".exe") + 4); } Process p = new Process(); p.StartInfo.FileName = browser; p.StartInfo.Arguments = url; // url is where we want to go p.Start(); This snippet of course has no exception handling, which should be added. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007. Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options. http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "malar" <malar[ at ]discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message news:FE054FD9-8705-46A1-B384-DC0AF868B783[ at ]microsoft.com... [Quoted Text] > We have created an outlook addin, in which clicking a button an IE window > is > popped up. We use the InternetExplorer.Navigate2() method to popup the new > window which is present in the Interop.SHDocVw dll. The window opens > "always > on top" with Outlook 2003 and IE6 or 7 provided the Microsoft Outlook 11.0 > object library (9.2) . > > We are in the process of migration to Outlook 2007 and we included > Microsoft > Outlook 12.0 object library 12.0.4518.1014 to build the solution. No code > change on the Navigation part. But we see a different behaviour. Its > always > displayed as minimized blinking window in the taskbar. The end users have > to > explicitly click the minimized tab to bring the window to the foreground. > > > > Here is the code sample > > > > Private Sub btnAttachToDIAMSXe_Click(ByVal ctrl As CommandBarButton, ByRef > cancel As Boolean) > > .................... > > Dim ieCtrl As New InternetExplorer > > .................... > > .................... > > .................... > > ieCtrl.Navigate2("http://localhost/....", 1, "DIAMSXe External > Interface", postData, postHeader) > > ieCtrl.Visible = True > > .................... > > End Sub > > > > Does anyone have any idea why the popup window appears minimized with the > Office 2007 and IE7 combination ? or is there a better way of > > popping up a window through outlook addins. >

Re: IE popup in Outlook 12.0 TMJNSK <malarjothi[ at ]gmail.com> 12/22/2008 1:41:54 PM Thanks for the response. Our product purely support IE, No other browser. If we use eCtrl.Navigate2, it opens IE and the current process will not wait for anything and it will be free. If we use Process(), will current process be free after calling p.start()?

Re: IE popup in Outlook 12.0 "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <kenslovak[ at ]mvps.org> 12/22/2008 2:12:05 PM If I understand what you're asking the browser window opens non-modally and your code continues as does the user interface. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007. Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options. http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "TMJNSK" <malarjothi[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:122ad673-1041-46ff-aa62-f31bcb086f63[ at ]r10g2000prf.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > Thanks for the response. > > Our product purely support IE, No other browser. > > If we use eCtrl.Navigate2, it opens IE and the current process will > not wait for anything and it will be free. If we use Process(), will > current process be free after calling p.start()? >

Re: IE popup in Outlook 12.0 TMJNSK <malarjothi[ at ]gmail.com> 12/22/2008 4:10:25 PM We are passing lot of form variable which cannot be passed by query string (special char) on the URL. How can i do the same process ( ). Thanks

Re: IE popup in Outlook 12.0 "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" <kenslovak[ at ]mvps.org> 12/22/2008 7:09:29 PM That you'd have to ask in an IE group. -- Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007. Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options. http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm "TMJNSK" <malarjothi[ at ]gmail.com> wrote in message news:2bf09d33-75ce-4526-9d20-5ce21944ac3f[ at ]n10g2000vbl.googlegroups.com... [Quoted Text] > We are passing lot of form variable which cannot be passed by query > string (special char) on the URL. How can i do the same process > ( ). > > Thanks