Hi Ken,

Yes I have tried setting the z-order, hook procedures and a number of other
experiments. I believe this may have something to do with Extended MAPI
login. My theory is that when Outlook logs in the Outlook window handle is
used in a way that screws up message processing. The real bazaar part of the
issue is when I click on the address book window the Outlook Window
momentarily gets focus and then reverts back to my dialog. I believe you are
correct in your assumption that the z-order is messed up - however I think
that there is a piece of the puzzle (along with hair) that I am missing.

Thanks,
Tom -


"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
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Have you tried getting the hWnd of the dialog and of the AddressBook
dialog and using SetWindowLong() to set the z-order of the forms?

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Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
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"Tom" wrote in message
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Hello,

I have an Outlook Add-in that creates a custom dialog, and within that
dialog we try to open the Address Book Dialog. The problem is that within
the custom Dialog the address dialog does not gain focus. If I open the
Address Book dialog within Outlook from a button click - lets say from a
Add-in toolbar - the Address Book dialog works fine. However if I try to
open it up from a dialog the Address Book does not gain focus. This
happens whether we create modeless or modal dialogs. The code below works
from a button click on the add-in toolbar, but will not work if I create
a dialog and then try to open the address book from the custom dialog.
Does anybody know of any work around.

Thanks,
Tom -

IUnknownPtr pUnk = spNameSpace-GetMAPIOBJECT();

CComQIPtrIMAPISession, &IID_IMAPISession spSession(pUnk);

ULONG ulUIParam = (ULONG)(void*)m_hWnd;

if(spSession)

{

CComPtrIAddrBook spAddrBook;

HRESULT h = spSession-OpenAddressBook(ulUIParam, NULL, 0, &spAddrBook);

if(SUCCEEDED(h) && spAddrBook)

{

LPADRLIST lpAddrList = NULL;

LPSTR rglpszDestTitles[1];

ULONG rgulDestComps[1];

ULONG ulFlags = DIALOG_MODAL | AB_RESOLVE;

rglpszDestTitles[0] = "To";

rgulDestComps[0] = MAPI_TO;



ADRPARM adrparm;

adrparm.cbABContEntryID = 0;

adrparm.lpABContEntryID = NULL;

adrparm.ulFlags = ulFlags;

adrparm.lpReserved = NULL;

adrparm.ulHelpContext = 0;

adrparm.lpszHelpFileName = NULL;

adrparm.lpfnABSDI = NULL;

adrparm.lpfnDismiss = NULL;

adrparm.lpvDismissContext = NULL;

adrparm.lpszCaption = "Select Recipients";

adrparm.lpszNewEntryTitle = "For this test dialog";

adrparm.lpszDestWellsTitle = "Selected Recipients:";

adrparm.cDestFields = 1;

adrparm.nDestFieldFocus = 0;

adrparm.lppszDestTitles = rglpszDestTitles;

adrparm.lpulDestComps = rgulDestComps;

adrparm.lpContRestriction = NULL;

adrparm.lpHierRestriction = NULL;

spAddrBook-Address((ULONG*)&ulUIParam, (LPADRPARM)&adrparm,
&lpAddrList);



}