Open Outlook Custom Form (OFT) and read

[myteam]

WOW!!! you really are something!! It work!!

Now need to figure out how to check whether the address is label or textbox and execute the command depend on the type.

Then skip the "State: " and only capture the value after that which the character can increase depend on the address. (I think I will go with StringStripWS + StringSplit , ":")

Really need to know how to check whether the textbox/label exist in the form.

i think it something like this

I try with this code but got error since "= Nothing" is wrong syntax for Autoit

$Findlabel = $oNewItem.GetInspector.ModifiedFormPages("Message").Controls("Label5")
            If NOT $Findlabel = Nothing Then
                MsgBox(0, "", "Got Label!")
            Else
                MsgBox(0, "", "No Label!")
            Endif

Edited July 10, 2010 by myteam

[myteam]

I think I need to use loop + autoit error handling for this thing.

But don't understand the example in help file nor in outlook udf to code them.

[water]

This code snippet should handle the problem with non existing controls:

Global $oMyError = ObjEvent("AutoIt.Error", "_MyErrorHandler") ; Install a custom error handler
Global $iCOMError = 0

$oOutlook = ObjCreate("Outlook.Application")
$oNewItem = $oOutlook.CreateItemFromTemplate("H:\tools\AutoIt3\SADMG\SADMG AID Project\SADMG.oft")
$sLabelCaption = $oNewItem.GetInspector.ModifiedFormPages("Message" ).Controls("Label28" ).caption
If $iCOMError = 1 Then
    MsgBox(0,"","Element could not be found")
Else
    MsgBox(0,"","Element was found")
EndIf

Func _MyErrorHandler()

    $iCOMError = 0
    Local $bHexNumber = Hex($oMyError.number, 8)
    Local $sError = "COM Error Encountered in " & @ScriptName & @CRLF & _
            "Scriptline = " & $oMyError.scriptline & @CRLF & _
            "NumberHex = " & $bHexNumber & @CRLF & _
            "Number = " & $oMyError.number & @CRLF & _
            "WinDescription = " & StringStripWS($oMyError.WinDescription, 2) & @CRLF & _
            "Description = " & StringStripWS($oMyError.description, 2) & @CRLF & _
            "Source = " & $oMyError.Source & @CRLF & _
            "HelpFile = " & $oMyError.HelpFile & @CRLF & _
            "HelpContext = " & $oMyError.HelpContext & @CRLF & _
            "LastDllError = " & $oMyError.LastDllError
    Switch $bHexNumber
        Case "80020009"
            $iCOMError = 1
        Case Else
            MsgBox(262144, "My COM Error handler", $sError)
    EndSwitch

EndFunc ;==>_MyErrorHandler

If a control does not exist error "80020009" is raised. All COM errors are handled function _MyErrorHandler. For error "80020009" the error handler sets the variable $iCOMError = 1 and returns to the calling script line. You now can check for the absence of a control.

All other COM errors are displayed in a MSGBox.

[myteam]

It work great!!!

Thank you very much for your kind guidance.

[water]

Or even better:

$oOutlook = ObjCreate("Outlook.Application")
$oNewItem = $oOutlook.CreateItemFromTemplate("H:\tools\AutoIt3\SADMG\SADMG AID Project\SADMG.oft")
$oControl = $oNewItem.GetInspector.ModifiedFormPages("Message").Controls("Label28")
If IsObj($oControl) Then
    MsgBox(0,"","Exists. Caption is " & $oControl.caption) 
Else
    MsgBox(0,"","Does not exist")
EndIf

Based on this Newsgroup.

Edited July 11, 2010 by water

[myteam]

$oControl = $oNewItem.GetInspector.ModifiedFormPages("Message").Controls("Label28")

Nope, it not working since the program will crash in this line because it point to non-existence control.

By the way, I seem to have problem with stringsplit.

If the code is like this:

$aMail = StringSplit("water@google.com;myteam@yahoo.com",";")

I can have the result to show = water@google.com

But, sometimes there is only 1 email without the ";". That's when my script crash.

Example:

$aMail = StringSplit("water@google.com",";")

= CRASH

How can I check if the email contain ";"?

Do I need to use Autoit error handling just like checking the label?

p/s: I feel bad using error handling to make my buggy script work

Edited July 11, 2010 by myteam

[water]

Nope, it not working since the program will crash in this line because it point to non-existence control.

You are right. You need the Errorhandler stuff to check for the existance of a control.

By the way, I seem to have problem with stringsplit.

Stringsplit, like any other AutoIt function, sets @error in case of a problem.

So please check the helpfile and you'll find a returncode for "no ; in the string". In this case simply use the original string as mail address.

[myteam]

@error trick work!! Thank you very much Water!!

I'm planning to do next automation project later using excel as the source after

finish fixing up all the bug in my script. Hope you will be there!!

Autoit is awesome!!!

p/s: You maybe not Outlook Guru but you are Master!

[water]

I'm planning to do next automation project later using excel as the source after

finish fixing up all the bug in my script. Hope you will be there!!

Excel is quite easy. You can use the builtin Excel UDF or - if you need more functions - use the ExcelCOM UDF or code everything yourself.

p/s: You maybe not Outlook Guru but you are Master!

Thanks! I'm glad it works!