Hi Andrei,
I haven't tried out the VSTO addin test code yet, but I did test equivalent code in the Outlook VBA project. I was not able to repro the bug.
I set automatic send/receive in File, Options, Advanced to 5 minutes and then put the following code in ThisOutlookSession:
Private WithEvents sync As Outlook.SyncObject
Sub InitSyncTest()
Dim oNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim syncs As Outlook.SyncObjects
Set sync = Nothing
Set oNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set syncs = oNS.SyncObjects
If (syncs.Count > 0) Then
Set sync = syncs.Item(1)
End If
Set syncs = Nothing
Set oNS = Nothing
End Sub
Private Sub sync_SyncStart()
MsgBox "sync_SyncStart() fired"
End Sub
Private Sub sync_SyncEnd()
MsgBox "sync_SyncEnd() fired"
End Sub
I ran InitSyncTest() after restarting Outlook and enabling macros , the sync events fired both with manual and automatic send/receives.
I tested on Outlook 15.0.4420.1017, MSO 15.0.4420.1017, x86.
Please test the VBA code so I can try to figure out if this is an Outlook or VSTO bug.
I'll be able to test the addin code using VS 2010 tomorrow. I don't have VS 2012 installed on my Office 2013 VM's yet, so I can't test that combination at this time.
Hello,
Our customer reported about this problem: intercepting SyncStart/SyncStop events prevents automatic send/receive in Outlook 2013 RTM 32bit and 64bit from working. Below is a simple VSTO add-in demonstrating this problem:
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook;
using Office = Microsoft.Office.Core;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;
namespace Outlook2013SyncObjectEvents
{
public partial class ThisAddIn
{
private Outlook.SyncObject sync = null;
private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
Outlook.NameSpace ns = this.Application.GetNamespace("MAPI");
if (ns != null)
try
{
Outlook.SyncObjects syncs = ns.SyncObjects;
if (syncs != null)
try
{
if (syncs.Count > 0)
{
sync = syncs[1];
sync.SyncStart += sync_SyncStart;
sync.SyncEnd += sync_SyncEnd;
}
}
finally { Marshal.ReleaseComObject(syncs); }
}
finally { Marshal.ReleaseComObject(ns); }
}
private void ThisAddIn_Shutdown(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
if (sync != null)
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(sync);
}
private void sync_SyncStart()
{
//
}
private void sync_SyncEnd()
{
//
}
#region VSTO generated code
/// <summary>
/// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
/// the contents of this method with the code editor.
/// </summary>
private void InternalStartup()
{
this.Startup += new System.EventHandler(ThisAddIn_Startup);
this.Shutdown += new System.EventHandler(ThisAddIn_Shutdown);
}
#endregion
}
}
The test add-in project (VS 2012) can be also downloaded at
http://www.add-in-express.com/files/support/Outlook2013SendReceiveBug.zip.
If the add-in above is registered, the "Schedule an automatic send/receive every XXXX minutes" is regarded as unchecked. To find this option, click the Send/Receive... button (see File | Options | Advanced).
Regards from Belarus (GMT + 3),
Andrei Smolin
Add-in Express Team Leader
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Outlook 2013 automatic send/receive doesn't work with the sample add-in below
