Run code on another apps event!

[tonyf]

Im pretty sure that this is possible.

What Im trying to do is write a vb.net app (probably a service) which monitors another application process, like MIcrosoft Outlook.

What I then want my app to do is when certain events happen in outlook, for code in my vb.net app to run.

e.g. If a user clicks on the SEND mail button then a function in my vb.net app runs.

 

[techmanbd]

Sounds like someone is trying to make a virus or trojan of somesort

 

[tonyf]

A Virus?

Not at all. This is for the company I work for.

What I am actually trying to do is dynamically add some data to an outgoing email.

e.g. If the user sends an outgoing email then I need the app to read info from a database and write this into the body of the email to be sent.

This is like a disclaimer at the bottom of the message but I actually need the content to be dynamically written?

Any ideas?

 

[iebidan]

Try Win32 APIs, never done that before, but I know you can do it using Windows APIs

 

[PlausiblyDamp]

Never done it myself but wouldnt writting an Outlook add-in be an easier way?

 

[techmanbd]

I would think something like that to. The IT guys here put a disclaimer on our outgoing mail through the server