Microsoft KB Archive/313796

= HOW TO: List the File Menu Commands by Using Outlook Object Model in Visual Basic .NET =

Article ID: 313796

Article Last Modified on 6/29/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic .NET 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Outlook 2002 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft .NET Framework Software Development Kit 1.0 Service Pack 2

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This article was previously published under Q313796



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 * Create Sample to List the File Menu Commands

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SUMMARY
This article describes how to use Outlook 10.0 Object Library to list the commands on the File menu in Visual Basic .NET.

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Create Sample to List the File Menu Commands
 Start Microsoft Visual Studio .NET. On the File menu, point to New, and then click Project. Click Visual Basic Projects under Project Types, and then click Console Application under Templates. By default, Module1.vb is created. Add a reference to the Microsoft Outlook 10.0 Object Library and the Microsoft Office 10.0 Object Library. To do this, follow these steps:  On the Project menu, click Add Reference. Click the COM tab. Click Microsoft Outlook 10.0 Object Library, and then click Select</li> Click Microsoft Office 10.0 Object Library, and then click Select</li> Click OK. If you are prompted to generate wrappers for the libraries that you selected, click Yes.</li></ol> </li>  In the Code window, replace the default code with the following code: Imports System.Reflection Imports Office = Microsoft.Office.Core

Module Module1

Sub Main ' Create Outlook application. Dim oApp As Outlook.Application = New Outlook.Application

' Get Mapi NameSpace and Logon. Dim oNS As Outlook.NameSpace = oApp.GetNamespace(&quot;mapi&quot;) oNS.Logon(&quot;YourValidProfile&quot;, Missing.Value, False, True) ' TODO:

' Get ActiveExplorer. Dim oExp As Outlook.Explorer = oApp.ActiveExplorer 'oExp.Display

' Get menu bar. Dim oCmdBars As Office._CommandBars = oExp.CommandBars Dim oCmdBar As Office.CommandBar = oCmdBars(&quot;Menu Bar&quot;) Console.WriteLine(oCmdBar.Name)

Dim oBarCrls As Office.CommandBarControls = oCmdBar.Controls

'Dim oBP As Office.CommandBarPopup 'For Each oBP In oBarCrls '   Console.WriteLine(oBP.Caption) 'Next

' Get File menu. Dim oBPop As Office.CommandBarPopup = oBarCrls(&quot;File&quot;) Console.WriteLine(oBPop.Caption)

oBarCrls = oBPop.Controls

' Loop each menu. Dim oBn As Office.CommandBarControl For Each oBn In oBarCrls Console.WriteLine(oBn.Caption) Next

' Log off. oNS.Logoff

' Clean up. oApp = Nothing oNS = Nothing oExp = Nothing End Sub

End Module </li> Modify the code where you see the TODO comments.</li> Press F5 to build and to run the application.</li> Verify that the commands on the File menu are displayed.</li></ol>

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