Question

In visual studio I am creating an addin, in the addin_startup I am setting an Outlook application to

app = (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.ApplicationClass)(Marshal.GetActiveObject("Outlook.Application"));

then I am calling a runMacro function which I got from msdn

private void RunMacro(object oApp, object[] oRunArgs)
{
   try
   {

        oApp.GetType().InvokeMember("Run", System.Reflection.BindingFlags.InvokeMethod, null, oApp, oRunArgs);
   }
   catch (Exception e)
   {
        MessageBox.Show(e.GetType().ToString());

    }
}

I pass this function, my Outlook app object and the name of the macro to run in an array, as so…

RunMacro(app, new Object[] { "showFormDisplay" });

I get the following exception

Unknown name. (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80020006 (DISP_E_UNKNOWNNAME))

Answer 1

I don’t know why you have your exact issue, I’d assume one or more parameters is incorrect but not sure since I’ve never done it the way you’re trying to do it.

I’d suggest looking at the following article for a complete sample using somewhat different code, that you might be able to reuse in your code: HOW TO: Run Office Macros by Using Automation from Visual C# .NET