Reset/Change signature of existing mail item

Question

Hi,

Outlook does not support changing the signature of existing (unsent) mail items by simple code like MailItem.SetSignature("mysigtemplate") or sth like that..

Up to Outlook 2010 you can use a trick by executing the signatures list item in the "message" ribbon or context menu (using Inspector.CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.FindControl(...)). A code sample is shown at this link: Change signature using a macro.

For Outlook 2013 the Commandbars object is not longer supported (see article Compatibility issues in Outlook 2013 ), so the solution above cannot be used for resetting/changing the signature.

MS recommend to substitute Commandbar functions by using the IRibbonExtensibility interface but this supports only controls with static IdMso. Runtime defined Controls (like signature list control) cannot be accessed/executed.

Does anybody know if there is another way to do the job by code?

Many thanks,

Andreas

Answer 1

Hi Andreas,

Thank you for posting in the MSDN Forum.

The page Change signature using a macro is not accessible to non subscription user. It will be nice if you can post it here.

I'll do some research over this issue, and will reply back if there's any discovery.

Thank you for your patient.

Best regards,

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Answer 2

Hi Quist,

oops, sorry...

Please see the code example below.

    Dim colCBControls As Office.CommandBarControls
    Dim objCBP, objCBP2 As Office.CommandBarPopup
    Dim objCBB As Office.CommandBarButton
    'Find "Insert" menu popop
    Set objCBP = ActiveInspector.CommandBars.ActiveMenuBar.FindControl(, 30005)
    'Find "Signatures" list popup
    Set objCBP2 = objCBP.CommandBar.FindControl(, 5608)
    If Not objCBP2 Is Nothing Then
        'Find "mysigtemplate" item
        Set colCBControls = objCBP2.Controls
        For Each objCBB In colCBControls
            If objCBB.Caption = "mysigtemplate" Then
                objCBB.Execute
                Exit For
            End If
        Next
    End If

Andreas

Answer 3

Hi Quist,

have you found out anything helpful?

Andreas

Answer 4

Hi Andreas,

Sorry I haven't found any solution to this issue yet.

Best Regards,

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