Outlook 2007 Add-in: How to Add Icon in msoControlButton

Question

Reference Information. I am developing an Outlook 2007 add-in in VS2010 in C #. The specific thing I'm doing is adding a menu item to the email related context menu. I am doing this with the following code:

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { Application.ItemContextMenuDisplay += Application_ItemContextMenuDisplay; } private void ThisAddIn_Shutdown(object sender, System.EventArgs e) { } private void Application_ItemContextMenuDisplay(Office.CommandBar commandBar, Outlook.Selection selection) { var cmdButtonCallContact = (Office.CommandBarButton)commandBar.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlButton, 1, System.Reflection.Missing.Value, 6, System.Reflection.Missing.Value); cmdButtonCallContact.Caption = "&Foo"; //cmdButtonCallContact.Picture = ? cmdButtonCallContact.Click += cmdButtonCopy_Click; } private void cmdButtonCopy_Click(Office.CommandBarButton ctrl, ref bool canceldefault) { System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show("Bar"); } 

Problem: Can't seem to set the image. Msdn examples rely on AxHost conversion functions that I don't have. Is there an easy way to just set an image or bitmap to an image?

Thanks.

Answer 1

If you need a custom image, you should rely on the AxHost approach ( see the MSDN link ) or the PictureDispConverter , which is another approach created by Microsoft based on OleCreatePictureIndirect .

If you want to use the built-in icons, you can simply install FaceId . Download the Office Icon Gallery to view Office 2007 FaceId .

Answer 2

The following code uses System.Drawing.Bitmap (stored as a resource) and converts to an image that is assigned to Office.CommandBarButton.Picture

 private Office.CommandBarButton buttonOne; void createbutton() { Office.CommandBar newMenuBar = Inspector.CommandBars.Add("EAD", Office.MsoBarPosition.msoBarTop, false, true); buttonOne = (Office.CommandBarButton)newMenuBar.Controls.Add(Office.MsoControlType.msoControlButton, 1, missing, missing, true);buttonOne.Caption = "Ansari"; buttonOne.Style = Office.MsoButtonStyle.msoButtonIconAndWrapCaptionBelow; buttonOne.Picture = getImage(); //Register send event handler buttonOne.Click += buttonOne_Click; newMenuBar.Visible = true; } void buttonOne_Click(Office.CommandBarButton Ctrl, ref bool CancelDefault) { MessageBox.Show("Hi"); } private stdole.IPictureDisp getImage() { stdole.IPictureDisp tempImage = null; try { System.Drawing.Bitmap newIcon = Properties.Resources.Icon1; System.Windows.Forms.ImageList newImageList = new System.Windows.Forms.ImageList(); newImageList.Images.Add(newIcon); tempImage = ConvertImage.Convert(newImageList.Images[0]); } catch (Exception ex) { System.Windows.Forms.MessageBox.Show(ex.Message); } return tempImage; } sealed public class ConvertImage : System.Windows.Forms.AxHost { private ConvertImage() : base(null) { } public static stdole.IPictureDisp Convert(System.Drawing.Image image) { return (stdole.IPictureDisp)System.Windows.Forms.AxHost.GetIPictureDispFromPicture(image); } } 

Note. Add an image named Icon1 in the resource.

Answer 3

Just FYI, if you want to apply any office embedded images to your button (see the image gallery in here ), you can just call the GetImageMso () method.

 CommandBarButton.Picture = Application.CommandBars.GetImageMso("ImageMSO", 16, 16); 

This is an alternative approach to using the FaceID property.