C# outlook contextmenu & getting info from selected contact

Question

Hello I'm creating a [CTI] application in C# that connects with an asterisk server and dials numbers. I want this application to be built-in into Outlook 2010 as an Addin. What's my question/problem: 1. How can I create a contextmenu when I rightclick a (individual)contact in the contactslist? 2. How do I get the phone information of the selected contact and add this information as an child/submenu into the contextmenu (like this: [IMAGE]) I've spent 2 days on finding solutions but I've made no progress at all. What did I manage to do: create a context menu in Outlook but not specific in the contactslist. I've managed to get phone information when I opened a (individual) contact but not getting the information while it was only selected. Please help me! All help is appreciated. includes: [CTI] - http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Computer_telephony_integration [IMAGE] - http://www.compendiumdev.co.uk/compendium-ta/casestudies/webandrss/contextMenu.gif

Adi · Answer

Hi I've also integrated an external CTI Application into Outlook using the standard dial contact CommandBarButtons. The solution is to capture the Click Event from a dial menu button. Use FindControl in the Standard CommandBar. The ID for the button is 32768 Recursive:=true. This is an ID for dynamic CommandBarButtons in Outlook. Other menu entries can have the same ID and will call the same Click Event. Therefore you must test the given ctrl in the Click Event if its caption has a dialable number. I'm using this regular expression ^.{1}:([\s\+]{0})([/\s\-0-9]{0})$ to test the caption. For sure you should set CancelDefault to true when you call your CTI Application to avoid standard behaviour of Outlook. Regards Adi

Suthish Nair · Answer

Hi query got resolved? If you got the solution please share am also working on Outlook integration. Might helps in future.

furb duustah · Answer

Hi thanks for the links but sadly they gave me no new information. I've also found the same links myself and this problem is really getting to anoy me xD

Suthish Nair · Answer

Welcome.... Outlook integration with c# is one tough job i facing recently. Less support. If you are lucky then will get a reply from msdn forums. Also post this same thread to msdn outlook forums. Same time refer links: http://www.packtpub.com/article/microsoft-office-outlook-programming-vsto-c-sharp-part1 http://www.add-in-express.com/forum/read.php?FID=5&TID=212 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee909466.aspx http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/outlookdev/thread/8e60581f-7a10-47c5-9dd5-7205c7628537 http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ee692172.aspx

C# outlook, contextmenu & getting info from selected contact