Address Book dialog focus issue
 

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);



}

Address Book dialog focus issue
 

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?

--
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


"Tom" wrote in message
...
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);



}

Address Book dialog focus issue
 

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
...
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?

--
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


"Tom" wrote in message
...
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);



}

Address Book dialog focus issue
 

Since you're using Extended MAPI for opening the Address Book dialog maybe
it might be better if you posted about this in
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.messaging. The Extended MAPI specialists
hang out there so you're more likely to get an answer that you can use.

--
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


"Tom" wrote in message
...
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 -

Address Book dialog focus issue
 

How is your modal dialog that launches teh AB dialog displayed? Did tou make
the active Explorer or Inspector its parent?

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Since you're using Extended MAPI for opening the Address Book dialog maybe
it might be better if you posted about this in
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.messaging. The Extended MAPI specialists
hang out there so you're more likely to get an answer that you can use.

--
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


"Tom" wrote in message
...
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 -

Address Book dialog focus issue
 

Hi Dmityr,

I have tried using the Outlook window, and the active Explorer window as the
parent- not to mention about every other window. We are opening our custom
modeless dialog from a toolbar button command. Then from a button command I
open the address book.



"Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
...
How is your modal dialog that launches teh AB dialog displayed? Did tou
make the active Explorer or Inspector its parent?

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Since you're using Extended MAPI for opening the Address Book dialog
maybe it might be better if you posted about this in
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.messaging. The Extended MAPI
specialists hang out there so you're more likely to get an answer that
you can use.

--
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


"Tom" wrote in message
...
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 -

Address Book dialog focus issue
 

How do you retrieve the Outlook window handle and make it the parent of your
window?
Whar if you pass to Address() the handle of the Outlook window?

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"Tom" wrote in message
...
Hi Dmityr,

I have tried using the Outlook window, and the active Explorer window as
the parent- not to mention about every other window. We are opening our
custom modeless dialog from a toolbar button command. Then from a button
command I open the address book.



"Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
...
How is your modal dialog that launches teh AB dialog displayed? Did tou
make the active Explorer or Inspector its parent?

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Since you're using Extended MAPI for opening the Address Book dialog
maybe it might be better if you posted about this in
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.messaging. The Extended MAPI
specialists hang out there so you're more likely to get an answer that
you can use.

--
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


"Tom" wrote in message
...
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 -

Address Book dialog focus issue
 

Hi Dmitry,

Well I found the problem. I did the old fashion method of commenting out
code until you get the expected behavior. With our custom dialog we are
creating a custom caption (titlebar) and handling some of the Non Client
messages. As it turns out I was returning a FALSE (zero) for the
WM_NCACTIVATE message which was screwing up the activation logic. Actually I
had reviewed this code a few times and it never dawned on me that I was
returning the improper value. Once I started returing TRUE all things
started operating normal.

BTW - I did check the Visual Studio message functionality and it does put a
return value of FALSE for the default message.

Thanks for your help.

Tom -


"Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
...
How do you retrieve the Outlook window handle and make it the parent of
your window?
Whar if you pass to Address() the handle of the Outlook window?

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"Tom" wrote in message
...
Hi Dmityr,

I have tried using the Outlook window, and the active Explorer window as
the parent- not to mention about every other window. We are opening our
custom modeless dialog from a toolbar button command. Then from a button
command I open the address book.



"Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
...
How is your modal dialog that launches teh AB dialog displayed? Did tou
make the active Explorer or Inspector its parent?

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote in message
...
Since you're using Extended MAPI for opening the Address Book dialog
maybe it might be better if you posted about this in
microsoft.public.win32.programmer.messaging. The Extended MAPI
specialists hang out there so you're more likely to get an answer that
you can use.

--
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


"Tom" wrote in message
...
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 -