OL98: Cannot Customize or Disable Context Menus (294220)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Outlook 98
This article was previously published under Q294220

SUMMARY

Microsoft Outlook does not provide functionality to customize the context menus that appear when you right-click various parts of the program.

MORE INFORMATION

The Outlook user interface does not provide any means to customize the context menus, although you can customize other menus and toolbars. The Outlook object model contains a CommandBars object that allows you to manipulate menus and toolbars programmatically, but the context menus are not exposed as a menu like other menus and toolbars are. In addition, you cannot develop a Microsoft Exchange Client Extension using the C/C++ programming language to manipulate Outlook context menus.

Unlike some other Microsoft Office programs, Outlook generates the context menus dynamically and immediately before they are displayed. This behavior is different than that of Microsoft Word or Microsoft Excel, which support fully customizable menus and toolbars.

REFERENCES

For additional information about creating solutions with Microsoft Outlook, click the article numbers below to view the articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

180826 OL98: Resources for Custom Forms and Programming

182349 OL98: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:2/27/2004
Keywords:kbinfo KB294220
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