Cómo: Agregar menús y elementos de menú personalizados a Outlook

Artículo
08/10/2011

En este ejemplo se crea un menú en Microsoft Office Outlook. El menú, que contiene un elemento, aparece en la parte superior de la aplicación. Cuando hace clic en el elemento de menú, el código muestra un mensaje que indica el título del elemento de menú.

Se aplica a: la información de este tema se aplica a los proyectos de nivel de aplicación para Outlook 2007. Para obtener más información, vea Características disponibles por aplicación y tipo de proyecto de Office.

vínculo a vídeo Dispone de una demostración en vídeo relacionada en How Do I: Customize Outlook Item Context Menus?.

Ejemplo

Private menuBar As Office.CommandBar
Private newMenuBar As Office.CommandBarPopup
Private buttonOne As Office.CommandBarButton
Private menuTag As String = "A unique tag"

Private Sub ThisApplication_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e _
    As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Startup
    RemoveMenubar()
    AddMenuBar()
End Sub

Private Sub AddMenuBar()
    Try
        menuBar = Me.Application.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar
        newMenuBar = menuBar.Controls.Add( _
            Office.MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, _
            Temporary:=False)
        If newMenuBar IsNot Nothing Then
            newMenuBar.Caption = "New Menu"
            newMenuBar.Tag = menuTag
            buttonOne = newMenuBar.Controls.Add( _
                Office.MsoControlType.msoControlButton, _
                Before:=1, Temporary:=True)

            With buttonOne
                .Style = Office.MsoButtonStyle.msoButtonIconAndCaption
                .Caption = "Button One"
                .FaceId = 65
                .Tag = "c123"
            End With

            AddHandler buttonOne.Click, AddressOf ButtonOne_Click
            newMenuBar.Visible = True
        End If
    Catch Ex As Exception
        MsgBox(Ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub

Public Sub ButtonOne_Click(ByVal buttonControl As Office. _
CommandBarButton, ByRef Cancel As Boolean)
    MsgBox("You clicked: " & buttonControl.Caption, _
        "Custom Menu", vbOK)
End Sub

Private Sub RemoveMenubar()
    Try
        ' If the menu already exists, remove it.
        Dim foundMenu As Office.CommandBarPopup = _
            Me.Application.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar. _
            FindControl(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, _
            System.Type.Missing, menuTag, True, True)
        If foundMenu IsNot Nothing Then
            foundMenu.Delete(True)
        End If
    Catch Ex As Exception
        MsgBox(Ex.Message)
    End Try
End Sub

private Office.CommandBar menuBar;
private Office.CommandBarPopup newMenuBar;
private Office.CommandBarButton buttonOne;
private string menuTag = "A unique tag";

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    RemoveMenubar();
    AddMenuBar();
}

private void AddMenuBar()
{
    try
    {
        menuBar = this.Application.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar;
        newMenuBar = (Office.CommandBarPopup)menuBar.Controls.Add(
            Office.MsoControlType.msoControlPopup, missing,
            missing, missing, false);
        if (newMenuBar != null)
        {
            newMenuBar.Caption = "New Menu";
            newMenuBar.Tag = menuTag;
            buttonOne = (Office.CommandBarButton)newMenuBar.Controls.
            Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlButton, missing,
                missing, 1, true);
            buttonOne.Style = Office.MsoButtonStyle.
                msoButtonIconAndCaption;
            buttonOne.Caption = "Button One";
            buttonOne.FaceId = 65;
            buttonOne.Tag = "c123";
            buttonOne.Click += new
                Office._CommandBarButtonEvents_ClickEventHandler(
                buttonOne_Click);
            newMenuBar.Visible = true;
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

private void buttonOne_Click(Office.CommandBarButton ctrl,
    ref bool cancel)
{
    MessageBox.Show("You clicked: " + ctrl.Caption,
        "Custom Menu", MessageBoxButtons.OK);
}
private void RemoveMenubar()
{
    // If the menu already exists, remove it.
    try
    {
        Office.CommandBarPopup foundMenu = (Office.CommandBarPopup)
            this.Application.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.
            FindControl(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlPopup,
            missing, menuTag, true, true);
        if (foundMenu != null)
        {
            foundMenu.Delete(true);
        }
    }
    catch (Exception ex)
    {
        MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
    }
}

Programación eficaz

Declare las variables de la barra de comandos en el nivel de clase. Si las declara dentro de un método, saldrán del ámbito en cuanto el método termine de ejecutarse y el recolector de elementos no utilizados sea capaz de reasignar la memoria.