Getting close event of outlook.

Question

Hi

     I am writing a shared addin. I am using a thread in it. That thread runs infinite times. The problem which I am facing now is that even after closing the outlook the thread runs continuously. How can I get the Outlook close event so that I can stop the thread.

I am using outlook 2007 and vs 2005.

Thanks,
Sanjay.

Answer 1

Hi Sanjay,

 

All threads will be terminated if its parent process runs over. The fact is that when clicking "X" option to close Outlook, the Explorer will be closed immediately, but Outlook Instance will remain for some time to do cleaning up work.

I think you are justing trying to find event that will be fired when Explorer is closed, right?

Try Explorer's Close event

Code works in my side:

Code Snippet

        Outlook.Explorer explorer = null;

 

              public void OnConnection(object application, Extensibility.ext_ConnectMode connectMode, object addInInst, ref System.Array custom)

              {

                     applicationObject = application as Outlook.Application;

                     addInInstance = addInInst;

 

            explorer = applicationObject.ActiveExplorer();

            ((Outlook.ExplorerEvents_10_Event)explorer).Close += new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.ExplorerEvents_10_CloseEventHandler(Connect_Close);

              }

 

        void Connect_Close()

        {

            MessageBox.Show("Terminate your thread here");

        }

 

 

Thanks,

Ji

Answer 2

Hello Ji

I am new to C#. Can you please send me code to capture the outlook close event (Click on 'X'). I need to send message to application after outlook close event get triggered.

Answer 3

there is 'Quit' event on outlook's Application object.

Answer 4

Damian

Thanks for prompt reply. Would you please send me sample code for the same.

 

Answer 5

in your main class for Addin, locate event handler for startup event (where you have code for initialization of your add-in) and add following lone there:

Application.Quit += <your function for handling Quit event>

Answer 6

Damian

Below the code for outlook code event but it's not get triggered.

OutlookApplication = app

asoutlook.Application;

                OutlookInspectors = OutlookApplication.Inspectors;

               

                OutlookInspectors.NewInspector +=

newoutlook.InspectorsEvents_NewInspectorEventHandler(OutlookInspectors_NewInspector);

                OutlookApplication.ItemSend +=

newoutlook.ApplicationEvents_11_ItemSendEventHandler(OutlookApplication_ItemSend);

               

((outlook.ItemEvents_10_Event)OutlookMailItem).Close += new outlook.ItemEvents_10_CloseEventHandler(CRMOutlook2010_Close);

public

voidCRMOutlook2010_Close(refboolCancel)

       {

          

Console.WriteLine("Close Event");

           System.Windows.Forms.

MessageBox.Show("Outlook Close!!!!");

           System.Windows.Forms.

DialogResultResult1;

           Result1 = System.Windows.Forms.

MessageBox.Show("Do you want to exit?", "Microsoft Outlook", System.Windows.Forms.MessageBoxButtons.YesNo);

          

if(Result1 == System.Windows.Forms.DialogResult.Yes)

           {

               Cancel =

true;

               OutlookMailItem.Display(

true);

           }

          

else

           {

               Cancel =

false;

              

if(string.IsNullOrEmpty(outputfiledetail))

               {

                   filename =

"outlmail.txt";

                   outputfiledetail = attachmentfilepath1 + filename;

               }

              

stringCancelline1 = "\" OM \" ,  \"Cancel\"";

              

string[] Canceloutitem = { Cancelline1 };

               System.IO.

File.WriteAllLines(outputfiledetail, Canceloutitem);

           }

　

       }

Answer 7

where in your code do you subscribe to Quit event on Application? i only see MailItem.Close event which is not the same.

Answer 8

Damian

C# code for  How to capture the outlook "X" click button event

Answer 9

You can't trap that click, but you can handle the Quit() event, as Damian mentioned. To handle that event where _outlook is a class level Outlook.Application object you'd use code something like this:

((Outlook.ApplicationEvents_11_Event)_outlook).Quit += new Outlook.ApplicationEvents_11_QuitEventHandler(Outlook_Quit);

private void Outlook_Quit()The Quit()event cannot be canceled.

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Ken Slovak MVP - Outlook

Answer 10

Hi

Please see my code below, the quit event didn't get trigered......?

OutlookApplication = app

asoutlook.Application;

                OutlookInspectors = OutlookApplication.Inspectors;

                OutlookInspectors.NewInspector +=

newoutlook.InspectorsEvents_NewInspectorEventHandler(OutlookInspectors_NewInspector);

                OutlookApplication.ItemSend +=

newoutlook.ApplicationEvents_11_ItemSendEventHandler(OutlookApplication_ItemSend);

                ((outlook.

ApplicationEvents_11_Event)OutlookApplication).Quit += newoutlook.ApplicationEvents_11_QuitEventHandler(CRMOutlook2010_quit);

publicvoidCRMOutlook2010_quit()

       {

           System.Windows.Forms.

MessageBox.Show("Close Event Triggered");

          

Console.WriteLine("Testing Outlook Event");

      

       }

Answer 11

Where is the variable OutlookApplication declared? Is it at class level or somewhere where it could go out of scope and be garbage collected?

You shouldn't use any sort of code in a quit event that could hang Outlook, such as modally displayed dialogs. Your addin will end up disabled by Outlook. Use Debug.WriteLine() if you're in debug mode, if not use an error log entry.

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Ken Slovak MVP - Outlook