How to get Outlook.MailItem from a new Compose window?

Question

I am trying to grab a MailItem object from my add-in. I tried looking in Globals.FormRegions but didn't get anything. Any key to access Outlook.MailItem in a new Compose window?

Answer 1

You can use ActiveInspector to access MailItem . Inspectors are windows that display individual Outlook items. Inspector.CurrentItem returns the Outlook item currently displayed in the inspector window.

 Outlook.MailItem mailItem = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.ActiveInspector().CurrentItem as Outlook.MailItem;