How to get Outlook Appointment from ContextMenu

Question

I have added a ContextMenuItem to the ContextMenu for Outlook appointments.

The problem is that I cannot figure out how to get the Appointment object. In the event I get an IRibbonControl, and its Context property should contain the Appointment, but it contains a Selection instead. I can't use the Selection to get to the Appointment as far as I can see.

This page is where I'm coming from: https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/ff863278%28v=office.14%29.aspx

Anyone knows of how to get the Appointment?

Answer 1

The Selection object contains the AppointmentItem object selected on the picture. For example:

                Object selObject = Selection[1];
                if (selObject is Outlook.MailItem)
                {
                    Outlook.MailItem mailItem =
                        (selObject as Outlook.MailItem);
                    itemMessage = "The item is an e-mail message." +
                        " The subject is " + mailItem.Subject + ".";
                    mailItem.Display(false);
                }
                else if (selObject is Outlook.ContactItem)
                {
                    Outlook.ContactItem contactItem =
                        (selObject as Outlook.ContactItem);
                    itemMessage = "The item is a contact." +
                        " The full name is " + contactItem.Subject + ".";
                    contactItem.Display(false);
                }
                else if (selObject is Outlook.AppointmentItem)
                {
                    Outlook.AppointmentItem apptItem =
                        (selObject as Outlook.AppointmentItem);
                    itemMessage = "The item is an appointment." +
                        " The subject is " + apptItem.Subject + ".";
                }
                else if (selObject is Outlook.TaskItem)
                {
                    Outlook.TaskItem taskItem =
                        (selObject as Outlook.TaskItem);
                    itemMessage = "The item is a task. The body is "
                        + taskItem.Body + ".";
                }
                else if (selObject is Outlook.MeetingItem)
                {
                    Outlook.MeetingItem meetingItem =
                        (selObject as Outlook.MeetingItem);
                    itemMessage = "The item is a meeting item. " +
                         "The subject is " + meetingItem.Subject + ".";
                }

See How to: Programmatically Determine the Current Outlook Item for more information.