name 'application' does not exist in the current context

Question

Hi I'm working to develop a solution to creating a toolbar in Outlook 2010 using VSTO 2012 and the microsoft outlook 2010 addin. In a nutshell I am able to create the Outlook ribbon and a button but I am unable to get the button to open an .oft file. In Visual Studio I get the following error "The name 'application' does not exist in the current context". I have added a reference to the Microsoft Office 14.0 Object Library also. Below is the code...

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using System.Xml.Linq;
using Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook;
using Office = Microsoft.Office.Core;
using Microsoft.Office.Tools.Ribbon;

namespace OutlookAddIn8
{
public partial class Ribbon1
{
    private void Ribbon1_Load(object sender, RibbonUIEventArgs e)
    {

    }
    private void CreateItemFromTemplate()
    {
        Outlook.Folder folder =
            Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(
            Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderDrafts) as Outlook.Folder;
        Outlook.MailItem mail =
            Application.CreateItemFromTemplate(
            @"c:\ivy.oft", folder) as Outlook.MailItem;
        mail.Subject = "Congratulations";
        mail.Save();
    }

    private void button1_Click(object sender, RibbonControlEventArgs e)
    {

    }
}

}

Thanks any help is appreciated it is probably something simple thats been missed.

Answer 1

An instance of Application can be accessed using Globals.ThisAddIn.Application. If you renamed your AddIn class to something different e.g. MyAddIn then the command will be: Globals.MyAddIn.Application.

Here is a link with more details: http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/bb157876(v=vs.100).aspx

Answer 2

Finally got there in the end, heres the code.....

using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using System.Linq;
using System.Text;
using Microsoft.Office.Tools.Ribbon;
using Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook;


namespace OutlookAddIn3
{
public partial class Ribbon1
{
    private void Ribbon1_Load(object sender, RibbonUIEventArgs e)
    {

    }
    private void button1_Click(object sender, RibbonControlEventArgs e)
    {
        Outlook.Application Application = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application;
        Outlook.MailItem mail =
            Application.CreateItemFromTemplate(
            @"Z:\Transfer\Outlook 2010 Templates\testsubject.oft") as Outlook.MailItem;
        mail.Display(true);
    }