Registering custom url protocl handler that Outlook recognizes?

[Jörg Battermann]

Good morning,

I've successfully created a little app that registers itself under a
custom uri protocol ('irma:') following the msdn entry at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767914(VS.85).aspx

This works perfectly fine when opening such a link manually via the
shell/cmd etc, but when sending out links like that, outlook does not
recognize those 'automatically' on the clients that registry key is
set. Do I have to do something extra to let outlook handle such custom
uri's or is it possible at all?

Cheers and thanks, -j

 

[Diane Poremsky [MVP]]

check with the experts in the program_vba group, but I think outlook only
recognizes a predefined list of protocols (security reasons).

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[Jörg Battermann]

Diane,

thanks! I've asked in that group.. but now that you're saying it, I've
read about the security limitations a while back myself.

-J

check with the experts in the program_vba group, but I think outlook only
recognizes a predefined list of protocols (security reasons).

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Good morning,

I've successfully created a little app that registers itself under a
custom uri protocol ('irma:') following the msdn entry at
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767914(VS.85).aspx

This works perfectly fine when opening such a link manually via the
shell/cmd etc, but when sending out links like that, outlook does not
recognize those 'automatically' on the clients that registry key is
set. Do I have to do something extra to let outlook handle such custom
uri's or is it possible at all?

Cheers and thanks, -j