email dialog locked

[mcsh]

when i use

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VpeControl.MailDoc();

or

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VpeControl.SendKey(KeyFunction.Mail);

from C#, the compose new mail dialog from outlook 2003 is shown, i can use the keyboard to input text in the fields, tab between the fields, but the mouse-cursor stays at HourGlass/WaitCursor and i can't click in the email-dialog.
i have to click on the desktop or any other application and then back to the email to get the mouse working

vpe version is 4.0.4.5427

[IDEAL Software Support]

Sounds like the same problem with your own toolbar like in the previous post.

[mcsh]

I found a workaround: instead of using

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vpeControl.SendKey(KeyFunction.Mail);

i now use

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System.Windows.Forms.SendKeys.Send("{F3"}");

this works for Print (F2) as well

what puzzles me: as SendKeys.Send works, it seems like vpeControl actually has the focus because it recieves the keystroke

[IDEAL Software Support]

No one knows the depths of events which are sent between your app, your toolbar and VPE. In addition I remember a comment in our source code that there are very weird things going on, when calling Outlook via Simple MAPI.

[mcsh]

it seems to be related how dotnet handles ToolStrips - when i use a MenuStrip, it works without trouble.
when using the ToolStrip decoupling the events asyncronously helps:

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private void tsb_ItemClicked(object sender, ToolStripItemClickedEventArgs e)
{
    new MethodInvoker(delegate()
    {
        tsb_ItemClickedHandler(sender, e);
    }).BeginInvoke(null, null);
}

private void tsb_ItemClickedHandler(object sender, ToolStripItemClickedEventArgs e)
{
    if(this.InvokeRequired)
    {
        this.Invoke(new MethodInvoker(delegate()
        {
            tsb_ItemClickedHandler(sender, e);
        }));
        return;
    }

    if(e.ClickedItem == tsbPrint)
    {
        vpeControl.SendKey(KeyFunction.Print);
    }
}

ugly, but works.

[IDEAL Software Support]

This seems to be basically the same like using the PostMessage() WIN-API.