Ah!
Got it. The Lookout sample pushed me into the right direction. Thanks a lot,
Sue. Now I can at least open the form. A pity that there seems no way to
fill in thge address field of that form from the context...

Dan

"Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Dan, I think the page at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/tips/commandbarfun.htm
should give you plenty of examples.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"Dan" wrote in message
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Thanks a lot for that pointer, Michael.

I found the button with OutlookSpy:
CommandBars.Item("Desktop SMS").Controls.Item("New S&MS")

could you eventually point me to a description on how to do that execute
method? I am not quite a specialist on programming.

thanks a lot

dan


"Michael Bauer" wrote in message
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Am Fri, 28 Apr 2006 16:17:05 +0200 schrieb Dan:

Dan, you could use the CommandBars.FindControl function to get a
reference
on that button. For a CommandBarButton you can then call its Execute
method,
that´s similar to a click on that button. But that´s it. You still need
to
do a click somewhere and then enter more information, so I don´t see any
advantage.

--
Viele Gruesse / Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook
-- www.vbOffice.net --


hi there,

I do have a plugin (Red Oxygen Outlook COM Add-In) installed on Outlook
2003. That plugin adds a button to the toolbar which allows me to send
SMS
trhough my local provider. Unfortunately, there is no programmatic
(library)
access to that plugin. The functionality is very primitive. I click the
button and a form opens that allows me to enter a name for the receiver
(that one will be checked against the directory or the Outlook
contacts),
a
text to be sent and that's about it.

There is no way I can see to fire up that form except to click on that
button. I wonder if there might be a way to add some more functionality,
like adding that tool to the right click menu of a contact and initiate
a
send from there.

is there a way to use VBA to click on a button in the toolbar that does
not
expose itself in the library?

thanks

dan