how to access current text selection

Hi Ken,

What do you mean?
"If it's plain text or RTF in the Outlook editor you cannot"
I cannot get the selection?

This is the scenario..

The user selects a part of the mail message/body and I should be able to
copy the selected items and store it as pdf.

Outlook.Selection selection = myActiveExplorer.Selection;

if (selection is Outlook.MailItem)
{
Outlook.MailItem mailItem =
(selection as Outlook.MailItem);

mailItem.Copy();

}

I believe that this would copy the entire mail right?

I only need to copy the selected objects..
and what would be the possible solution of converting a mail into pdf?

Thanks

"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> If it's plain text or RTF in the Outlook editor you cannot. For HTML you
> would get the HTML.Document and use the HTML Document object model. For
> WordMail you get the Word.Document and use that object model.
>
> --
> Ken Slovak
> [MVP - Outlook]
> http://www.slovaktech.com
> Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
> Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
> http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm
>
>
> "DavidH&P" <david-mH&P@H&P.com> wrote in message
> news:4BC7A7E5-FAEE-498C-9F4E-C73F21B620BE@microsoft.com...
> > Hi,
> >
> > I'm using vsto2005SE,
> > I would like to access to the current text selection of the current
> > MailItem
> > selection,
> > How to do that ?
> >
> > thanks,
> >
> > David
>
>

I think you're confusing two different selections. Outlook.Selection is the
collection of items that are selected. That you can get. As far as getting
what text is selected in a specific email item what I said before goes.
Using the Outlook object model you can't get what text is selected.

If you are using the 3rd party library Redemption
(www.dimastr.com/redemption) you can get the appropriate editor for the type
of item (HTML, plain text, RTF) and that will let you get the selected text.
Otherwise, as I said before, for HTML you would get the HTML.Document and
use the HTML Document object model. For WordMail you get the Word.Document
and use that object model.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"xiahmi" <xiahmi.TakeThisOut@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
news:FA507C9C-87D5-4BB6-81CB-1926C2063663@microsoft.com...
> Hi Ken,
>
> What do you mean?
> "If it's plain text or RTF in the Outlook editor you cannot"
> I cannot get the selection?
>
> This is the scenario..
>
> The user selects a part of the mail message/body and I should be able to
> copy the selected items and store it as pdf.
>
> Outlook.Selection selection = myActiveExplorer.Selection;
>
> if (selection is Outlook.MailItem)
> {
> Outlook.MailItem mailItem =
> (selection as Outlook.MailItem);
>
> mailItem.Copy();
>
> }
>
> I believe that this would copy the entire mail right?
>
> I only need to copy the selected objects..
> and what would be the possible solution of converting a mail into pdf?
>
> Thanks