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Thursday, 9 August 2012

What If I Can't Drag and Drop My Outlook Shortcut in Windows XP?

If Windows XP is not allowing you to drag and drop the Outlook shortcut to the Windows Start menu, that typically means that this feature has been disabled on your system. To re-enable this feature, follow these steps:

1.	Right-click the Windows Start button and select Properties from the context menu to display the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box.
2.	Click the Start Menu tab and then click the Customize button, which displays the Customize Start Menu dialog box.
3.	If you are using the Classic Start menu, look for the Enable dragging and dropping check box in the Advanced Start menu options list and check it.
4.	If you are using the standard Windows XP Start menu, select the Advanced tab and find and check the Enable dragging and dropping check box in the Start menu items list.
5.	Click the OK button on each of the dialog boxes to close them.

After you have completed these steps, Outlook automatically starts each time you log into your Windows account. If you decide that you want to stop this, just delete the shortcut from the Startup folder.

How Can I Get Outlook to Start Automatically?

If Outlook is normally the first application you open when you start your computer, it probably makes sense to have it automatically open for you. To accomplish this, you need to place a shortcut to Outlook in your Startup folder. Exactly how you do this varies depending on the version of Windows that you are running. Therefore, we've listed instructions for accomplishing this task for both Windows 2000 and Windows XP, as follows:

Windows 2000:

1.	From the Windows Start menu, select the Settings menu and then click Taskbar & Start Menu.
2.	When the Taskbar & Start menu Properties dialog box appears, select the Advanced tab.
3.	In the Customize Start menu section, click on the Add button.
4.	When the Create Shortcut dialog box appears, click the Browse button to display the standard Browse for Folder dialog box.
5.	Browse until you locate the Outlook executable file (usually located at C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\OFFICE11\OUTLOOK.EXE) and then click the OK button. (Note that the applications are listed below the folders, so when you browse to the desired folder, scroll down until you locate the Outlook application file.)
6.	When you are returned to the Create Shortcut dialog box, click the Next button to display the Select Program Folder dialog box.
7.	From the list of folders, select Startup and click the Next button.
8.	At this point, you'll see a dialog box entitled Select a Title for the Program. Type the name that you want to appear in the Startup folder. Most people simply use the value Outlook. Click the Finish button when done.
9.	Finally, when returned to the Taskbar and Start Menu Properties dialog box, click the OK button to finalize your changes.

Windows XP:

1.	Select All Programs from the Windows Start menu and go to Microsoft Office.
2.	Using the right mouse button (instead of the left), drag the Outlook shortcut to the Startup folder. (If Windows XP will not allow you to drag the Outlook shortcut.
3.	A context menu appears with three options: Move Here, Copy Here, and Cancel. From that menu, select the Copy Here option. Windows then adds the shortcut to Outlook to the Startup folder.

How Can I Manually Start Outlook in Safe mode?

Sometimes you do need to manually start Outlook in Safe mode. Perhaps Outlook did not detect an error on startup or you think that a particular extension or add-in is making Outlook unstable. If Outlook is misbehaving, it might be worth manually starting in Safe mode to see if that resolves the issue. This process can aid you greatly in isolating various problems. Whatever your reason, starting in Safe mode manually is easily accomplished by doing the following:

1.	Locate the Outlook application. The simplest way to do this is to hold down the Ctrl key clicking the Outlook icon. (An Outlook icon is installed on the Windows taskbar.)
2.	Outlook determines that the Ctrl key was held down and displays a message confirming that you want to start in Safe mode
3.	Click the Yes button to start in Safe mode and the No button to start in normal mode.

You can also start Outlook in Safe mode using a command-line switch, as follows:

1.	Click the Windows Start button and select Run.
2.	When the Run dialog box is displayed, type outlook /safe into the Open text box and click the OK button. Outlook then starts in Safe mode.

NOTE

Outlook does not prompt you to confirm whether you want to start in safe mode, as it does when you hold down the ctrl key. You can find out more about starting outlook from the command line in the command-line switches section of this chapter.

What Is "Safe Mode"?

Outlook can be started in a special diagnostic mode that helps both you and Outlook locate and repair any problems that you might be having with Outlook. This mode is known as Safe mode. Starting Outlook in Safe mode enables you to safely use Outlook even when certain startup issues have been detected. Outlook provides two types of Safe mode:

Automated Safe mode
User-Initiated Safe mode

During startup, Outlook automatically checks for problems that could prevent it from running safely. Problems detected by these checks include things such as corrupted files, Windows Registry entries, or templates; these checks also discover whether an add-in, macros, or extensions fail to load correctly. If Outlook detects a problem, it automatically attempts to start in Safe mode and displays a message asking whether you want to disable the features that are causing the problem or (depending on the type of problem) whether Outlook should attempt to automatically repair the problem(s). This is known as Automated Safe mode.

As the name suggests, you start the other type of Safe mode, User--Initiated Safe mode (see FAQ 1.3). Note that when Outlook is started with User-Initiated Safe mode, the following restrictions apply:

The Office Assistant is not displayed automatically. If you still want to use the Office Assistant when in Safe mode, you can start it manually by selecting Office Assistant from the Help menu.
Any customizations that you have made to the Outlook toolbar or command bars are not loaded. Also, any changes to the configurations of the toolbar and command bars made while running in Safe mode will not be saved.
The list of corrections used by the AutoCorrect feature is not loaded, and any additions you make to the list will not be saved. AutoCorrect is the feature that automatically corrects simple mistakes you make when typing. For example, if you typed teh, it would automatically change it to the.
All command-line switches, except the /a and /n options, are ignored. For a list of command-line switches, see the Command-line Switches section of this chapter.
Outlook preferences are not saved.
You cannot work with documents that have restricted permissions. (You cannot open or create documents that have restricted permissions, such as mail messages and notes.)
Smart tags are not loaded, and any new smart tags that you create will not be saved.

What Happens When I Start Outlook for the First Time?

The first time you run Outlook, it presents you with the Outlook 2003 Startup Wizard, which helps you configure Outlook. The wizard guides you through the process of configuring your first e-mail account that is added to the default profile.

When the wizard appears, click the Next button to display the Account Configuration dialog box. At this point, you can choose whether you want to create an e-mail account. If you select No, the wizard creates a default profile with no e-mail accounts.

The E-mail Accounts dialog box enables you to choose what type of e-mail account you want to create. Select the account type of your choice and follow the instructions. For detailed instructions on how to configure each of these e-mail types.

Saturday, 4 August 2012

How can I call a webservice after an action on a User Control?

CheckBox chb = new CheckBox();
chb.InputAttributes.Add("value", "my_id_00");
chb.Text = "Title 00";
myPanel.Controls.Add(chb);
chb.Attributes.Add("onclick", String.Format("CallMyWebService({0});", "my_id_00");
<script type="text/javascript">
function CallMyWebService(value){
//Code to Call Web Service passing value
}
</script>
chb.CheckedChanged += new EventHandler(chkBox_CheckedChanged);