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Outlook2007BlogThisAddin code

//***************************************************************************
//
// Copyright (c) 2006/2007 Iggy Mwangi. All rights reserved.
// Contact me at iggy.mw@gmail.com with questions, suggestions
// This code is provided “AS IS” without warranty of any kind.
//***************************************************************************
using System;
using System.Windows.Forms;
using Microsoft.VisualStudio.Tools.Applications.Runtime;
using Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook;
using Office = Microsoft.Office.Core;
using Word = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;
using System.Text.RegularExpressions;

namespace BlogThisOutlookAddin
{
public partial class ThisApplication
{
// User interface elements.
Outlook.Explorer _currentExplorer = null;
Office.CommandBar _blogThisToolBar;
Office.CommandBarButton _blogThisButton;
Office.CommandBarButton _rssStatsButton;
Outlook.Explorers _selectExplorers;
Outlook.PostItem _rssItem ; // the selected item

///

/// Called when the add-in is loaded by Outlook.
///

/// /// private void ThisApplication_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
_currentExplorer = this.ActiveExplorer();
_currentExplorer.SelectionChange += new Outlook
.ExplorerEvents_10_SelectionChangeEventHandler
(CurrentExplorer_Event);

_selectExplorers = this.Explorers;
_selectExplorers.NewExplorer += new Outlook
.ExplorersEvents_NewExplorerEventHandler(newExplorer_Event);
AddToolbar();

}

private void ThisApplication_Shutdown(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
}

#region VSTO generated code

///

/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
///

private void InternalStartup()
{
this.Startup += new System.EventHandler(ThisApplication_Startup);
this.Shutdown += new System.EventHandler(ThisApplication_Shutdown);
}

#endregion

# region CurrentExplorer_Event handler
private void CurrentExplorer_Event()
{
_blogThisButton.Enabled = true;
Outlook.MAPIFolder selectedFolder =
this.ActiveExplorer().CurrentFolder;
String expMessage = “Your current folder is ”
+ selectedFolder.Name + “.\n”;
String itemMessage = “Item is unknown.”;
try
{
if (this.ActiveExplorer().Selection.Count > 0)
{
Object selObject = this.ActiveExplorer().Selection[1];
if (selObject is Outlook.PostItem)
{
Outlook.PostItem postItem =
(selObject as Outlook.PostItem);
itemMessage = “The item subject is ” + postItem.Subject;
// mailItem.Display(false);
_rssItem = postItem;
// MessageBox.Show(mailItem.Body);
}
else _blogThisButton.Enabled = false;

}
expMessage = expMessage + itemMessage;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
expMessage = ex.Message;
}
// MessageBox.Show(expMessage);
}

# endregion

#region
private void newExplorer_Event(Outlook.Explorer new_Explorer)
{
((Outlook._Explorer)new_Explorer).Activate();
_blogThisToolBar = null;
AddToolbar();
}
#endregion

#region add the toolbar
private void AddToolbar()
{

if (_blogThisToolBar == null)
{
Office.CommandBars cmdBars =
this.ActiveExplorer().CommandBars;
_blogThisToolBar = cmdBars.Add(”BlogThis ToolBar”,
Office.MsoBarPosition.msoBarTop, false, true);
}
try
{
Office.CommandBarButton button_1 =
(Office.CommandBarButton)_blogThisToolBar.Controls
.Add(1, missing, missing, missing, missing);
button_1.Style = Office
.MsoButtonStyle.msoButtonCaption;
button_1.Caption = “Blog This!”;
button_1.Tag = “_blogThisButton”;
button_1.Style = Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoButtonStyle.
msoButtonIconAndCaption;
button_1.FaceId = 162;
button_1.Enabled = false;
if (this._blogThisButton == null)
{
this._blogThisButton = button_1;
_blogThisButton.Click += new Office.
_CommandBarButtonEvents_ClickEventHandler
(ButtonClickBlogThis);
}

Office.CommandBarButton button_2 = (Office
.CommandBarButton)_blogThisToolBar.Controls.Add
(1, missing, missing, missing, missing);
button_2.Style = Office
.MsoButtonStyle.msoButtonCaption;
button_2.Caption = “RSS Stats”;
button_2.Tag = “_rssStatsButton”;
button_2.Style = Microsoft.Office.Core.MsoButtonStyle.
msoButtonIconAndCaption;
button_2.FaceId = 107;
button_2.Enabled = true;
_blogThisToolBar.Visible = true;
if (this._rssStatsButton == null)
{
this._rssStatsButton = button_2;
_rssStatsButton.Click += new Office.
_CommandBarButtonEvents_ClickEventHandler
(ButtonClickRSSStats);
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
#endregion

#region event handlers for the buttons
private void ButtonClickRSSStats(Office.CommandBarButton ctrl,
ref bool cancel)
{
GetRssStats();
}

private void ButtonClickBlogThis(Office.CommandBarButton ctrl,
ref bool cancel)
{
object oMissing = System.Reflection.Missing.Value;

//Start Word and create a new document.
Word._Application oWord;
Word._Document oDoc;
oWord = new Word.Application();
oWord.Visible = true;

// using the blogTemplate custom template
object oTemplate = “blogTemplate.docx”;
oDoc = oWord.Documents.Add(ref oTemplate, ref oMissing,
ref oMissing, ref oMissing);

//Insert a paragraph at the beginning of the document.
Word.Paragraph inAnArticlePhrase;
inAnArticlePhrase = oDoc.Content.Paragraphs.Add(ref oMissing);
inAnArticlePhrase.Range.Text = GetPostHeader();

//Insert a paragraph for the footer.
Word.Paragraph footerPhrase;
footerPhrase = oDoc.Content.Paragraphs.Add(ref oMissing);
footerPhrase.Range.Text = GetPostItemFooter();
footerPhrase.Range.Font.Bold = 1;

}

private string GetPostHeader()
{
string content = _rssItem.SenderName + ” , in an article titled ”
+ _rssItem.Subject + ” ……….\n ” + GetPostItemBody();
return content;
}

private string GetPostItemBody()
{
string content = _rssItem.Body.Replace(”HYPERLINK”, ” “);
content = content.Replace(”View article…”, ” “);
return content;

}
private string GetPostItemFooter()
{
string content = ” from ” + _rssItem.Subject + ” by ” + _rssItem.
SenderName
+ ” published on ” + _rssItem.SentOn;
return content;

}
#endregion

#region
private void GetRssStats()
{
// Find an existing folder.
Outlook.NameSpace mapiNamespace = this.GetNamespace(”MAPI”);
Outlook.MAPIFolder inboxFolder = mapiNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(
Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
Outlook.MAPIFolder targetFolder = null;
Outlook.MAPIFolder rootFolder = inboxFolder.Parent as Outlook.
MAPIFolder;
if (rootFolder != null)
{
foreach (Outlook.MAPIFolder folder in rootFolder.Folders)
{
//the name of the folder to Find
if (folder.Name.Equals(”RSS Feeds”))
{

targetFolder = folder;
string caption = “Subscriptions” ;
string msg = “Subscribed to ” + targetFolder.Folders.
Count + ” feeds. “;
MessageBox.Show(msg, caption, MessageBoxButtons.OK);
;
break;
}
}
}
}
#endregion

}
}
//code reading guidlines:
//based on conventions from http://iggybill.blogspot.com/2006/04/coding-
guidelines.html
//
//For this code file
// 1. Prefix private member variables with _underscore”.
// 2. I Always place an open curly brack ({) on a new line.”, unless … see
guidlines
// 3. I use #regions to break down the code into related sections,
// 4. My single goal in using conventions is to make it easy to read the code ..
etc
// 5. If this code file is not readable, email me at iggy.mw@gmail.com

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