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Delphi Webservice Exchange 2007 Example

Asked by: west-com

I am wanting to develop a delphi (2009) application that will manage and update calendar items on an Exchange 2007 server. I've come to the conclusion that SOAP WebServices is the way to go as this will enable the application to be used in and outside the company nextwork. I am struggling to get started.

Has anyone got a delphi 2009 example to create a Calendar Item? Once I have this I can diversify to the other tasks I need.

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by: EddieShipmanPosted on 2009-07-29 at 10:45:13ID: 24972632

Creating a CalendarItem is very simple using straight COM:
I just threw this together so it may contain some error but should get you started.

uses ..., Outlook2000;
 
var
  AppointmentItem: OLEVariant;
  Namespace:   OleVariant;
  Folder:      OleVariant;
  OLApp:       _Application;
begin
  try
    OLApp := GetActiveOleObject(scxOutlookApp) as _Application;
  except
    OLApp := CreateOleObject(scxOutlookApp) as _Application;
  end;
  try  
    Namespace                           := OLApp.GetNamespace('MAPI');
    Folder                              := Namespace.GetDefaultFolder( olFolderCalendar );
    AppointmentItem                     := OLApp.CreateItem( olAppointmentItem );
    AppointmentItem.Subject             := Caption;
    AppointmentItem.Body                := Message;
    AppointmentItem.Location            := Location;
    AppointmentItem.Start               := Start;
    AppointmentItem.Duration            := Finish - Start;
    if SendNotification then
    begin
      // If you want to send notification of the appointment to 
      // attendees, send a string with all the attendees emails
      // formatted like this: 
      // attendee1@company.com; attendee2@company.com;
      // or
      // MyCompanyEmailAddress; YourCompanyEmailAddress
      //
      // Then set the MeetingStatus to Meeting and use the Send 
      // method .vs Save
      AppointmentItem.RequiredAttendees := strEmails;
      AppointmentItem.MeetingStatus     := olMeeting;
      AppointmentItem.Send;
    end
    else
      AppointmentItem.Save;
  finally
    AppointmentItem := Unassigned;
    Namespace       := Unassigned;
    Folder          := Unassigned;
    OLApp.Quit;
    OLApp	    := nil;
  end;
end;
                                              
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by: west-comPosted on 2009-07-31 at 05:38:12ID: 24988165

Many thanks. This will get me going, but I would still like to understand the WebServices solution as this should/will work even if outlook is not on the PC. Outlook is nolonger shipped as a client with Exchange 2007

 

by: west-comPosted on 2009-07-31 at 06:13:30ID: 24988439

I've setup the code above and interpreted what I can. I'm missing a link or understanding of scxOutlookApp. Can you point me in the right direction

unit Unit1;
 
Interface
uses Variants, ComObj, Outlook2000, classes;
 
procedure CreateCalendar(Caption, Message, Location : String;
                         Start, Finish: TDateTime;
                         SendNotification : Boolean;
                         Attendees : TStrings);
 
implementation
 
procedure CreateCalendar(Caption, Message, Location : String;
                         Start, Finish: TDateTime;
                         SendNotification : Boolean;
                         Attendees : TStrings);
var
  AppointmentItem: OLEVariant;
  Namespace:   OleVariant;
  Folder:      OleVariant;
  OLApp:       _Application;
begin
  try
    OLApp := GetActiveOleObject(scxOutlookApp) as _Application;
  except
    OLApp := CreateOleObject(scxOutlookApp) as _Application;
  end;
  try
    Namespace                           := OLApp.GetNamespace('MAPI');
    Folder                              := Namespace.GetDefaultFolder( olFolderCalendar );
    AppointmentItem                     := OLApp.CreateItem( olAppointmentItem );
    AppointmentItem.Subject             := Caption;
    AppointmentItem.Body                := Message;
    AppointmentItem.Location            := Location;
    AppointmentItem.Start               := Start;
    AppointmentItem.Duration            := Finish - Start;
    if SendNotification then
    begin
      // If you want to send notification of the appointment to
      // attendees, send a string with all the attendees emails
      // formatted like this:
      // attendee1@company.com; attendee2@company.com;
      // or
      // MyCompanyEmailAddress; YourCompanyEmailAddress
      //
      // Then set the MeetingStatus to Meeting and use the Send
      // method .vs Save
      AppointmentItem.RequiredAttendees := Attendees.ToString;
      AppointmentItem.MeetingStatus     := olMeeting;
      AppointmentItem.Send;
    end
    else
      AppointmentItem.Save;
  finally
    AppointmentItem := Unassigned;
    Namespace       := Unassigned;
    Folder          := Unassigned;
    OLApp.Quit;
    OLApp	    := nil;
  end;
end;
 
 
end.
                                              
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by: EddieShipmanPosted on 2009-07-31 at 07:05:29ID: 24988866

Oh, I forgot that...
it's just:

  const
    scxOutlookApp = 'Outlook.Application';

An update to your function to make it slightly better would  be:

procedure CreateCalendar(Caption, Message, Location : String;
                         Start, Finish: TDateTime;
                         Attendees : TStrings);
var
  AppointmentItem: OLEVariant;
  Namespace:   OleVariant;
  Folder:      OleVariant;
  OLApp:       _Application;
begin
  try
    OLApp := GetActiveOleObject(scxOutlookApp) as _Application;
  except
    OLApp := CreateOleObject(scxOutlookApp) as _Application;
  end;
  try
    Namespace                           := OLApp.GetNamespace('MAPI');
    Folder                              := Namespace.GetDefaultFolder( olFolderCalendar );
    AppointmentItem                     := OLApp.CreateItem( olAppointmentItem );
    AppointmentItem.Subject             := Caption;
    AppointmentItem.Body                := Message;
    AppointmentItem.Location            := Location;
    AppointmentItem.Start               := Start;
    AppointmentItem.Duration            := Finish - Start;
    if Attendees.Count > 0 then
    begin
      // If you want to send notification of the appointment to
      // attendees, send a string with all the attendees emails
      // formatted like this:
      // attendee1@company.com; attendee2@company.com;
      // or
      // MyCompanyEmailAddress; YourCompanyEmailAddress
      //
      // Then set the MeetingStatus to Meeting and use the Send
      // method .vs Save
      AppointmentItem.RequiredAttendees := Attendees.ToString;
      AppointmentItem.MeetingStatus     := olMeeting;
      AppointmentItem.Send;
    end
    else
      AppointmentItem.Save;
  finally
    AppointmentItem := Unassigned;
    Namespace       := Unassigned;
    Folder          := Unassigned;
    OLApp.Quit;
    OLApp           := nil;
  end;
end;
                                              
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by: west-comPosted on 2009-08-10 at 08:55:40ID: 25061126

Still looking for a WSDL method of integrating with Exchange 2007 without using Outlook.

 

by: EddieShipmanPosted on 2009-08-10 at 09:29:38ID: 25061446

Do you have links to any other sources for this info?

 

by: west-comPosted on 2009-08-17 at 04:07:50ID: 25113107

Introduction to Exchange Web Services in Exchange 2007
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb408417.aspx

was my starting point. But I'm unable to get of first base.

 

by: west-comPosted on 2009-09-02 at 08:21:03ID: 25242000

Having worried at this problem for some time and reading other articles refering to C#, I have converted a C# example into Delphi Prism DOT.NET. Not quite what I intended but a starting point.

I created a new Windows Forms application in Delphi Prism.
I then added a Web Reference to my exchange server's Web Services file -'https://www.myserver.co.uk/EWS/Exchange.asmx'

Added a button to trigger the code and an OnLoad event to link to exchange when the form first loads

and translated the C# code as below.

It works and seems to work well. This code is just a starting point and does no checking or anything.



namespace Exchange;
 
interface
 
uses
  System.Drawing,
  System.Collections,
  System.Collections.Generic,
  System.Linq,
  System.Windows.Forms,
  System.ComponentModel,
  exchange.uk.co.myserver.www;
 
type
  /// <summary>
  /// Summary description for MainForm.
  /// </summary>
  MainForm = partial class(System.Windows.Forms.Form)
  private
      ebs : ExchangeServiceBinding;
      method button2_Click(sender: System.Object; e: System.EventArgs);
      method MainForm_Load(sender: System.Object; e: System.EventArgs);
  protected
    method Dispose(disposing: Boolean); override;
  public
    constructor;
  end;
 
implementation
 
{$REGION Construction and Disposition}
constructor MainForm;
begin
  //
  // Required for Windows Form Designer support
  //
  InitializeComponent();
 
  //
  // TODO: Add any constructor code after InitializeComponent call
  //
end;
 
method MainForm.Dispose(disposing: Boolean);
begin
  if disposing then begin
    if assigned(components) then
      components.Dispose();
 
    //
    // TODO: Add custom disposition code here
    //
  end;
  inherited Dispose(disposing);
end;
{$ENDREGION}
 
method MainForm.button2_Click(sender: System.Object; e: System.EventArgs);
var
        appointment : CalendarItemType;
        arrayOfItems : NonEmptyArrayOfAllItemsType;
        CreateRequest : CreateItemType;
        createResponse : CreateItemResponseType;
        folder : DistinguishedFolderIdType;
begin
    appointment := new CalendarItemType();
    // Set the properties of the appointment.
    appointment.Start := system.DateTime.Parse('4/9/2009 12:30:00PM');
    appointment.StartSpecified := true;
    appointment.End := system.DateTime.Parse('4/9/2009 1:30:00PM');
    appointment.EndSpecified := true;
    appointment.Subject := 'Meeting';
    appointment.Location := 'Building 3, Room 311';
    appointment.Body := new BodyType();
    appointment.Body.BodyType1 := BodyTypeType.Text;
    appointment.Body.Value := 'Meeting Made using Delphi.';
 
    // Add required attendees.
    appointment.RequiredAttendees := new AttendeeType[2];
    appointment.RequiredAttendees[0] := new AttendeeType();
    appointment.RequiredAttendees[0].Mailbox := new EmailAddressType();
    appointment.RequiredAttendees[0].Mailbox.EmailAddress := 'alastair@myserver.co.uk';
    appointment.RequiredAttendees[1] := new AttendeeType();
    appointment.RequiredAttendees[1].Mailbox := new EmailAddressType();
    appointment.RequiredAttendees[1].Mailbox.EmailAddress := 'ben@myserver.co.uk';
 
    // Create the array of items that will contain the appointment.
    arrayOfItems := new NonEmptyArrayOfAllItemsType();
    arrayOfItems.Items := new ItemType[1];
 
    // Add the appointment to the array of items.
    arrayOfItems.Items[0] := appointment;
 
    // Create the CreateItem request.
    createRequest := new CreateItemType();
 
    // The SendMeetingInvitations attribute is required for calendar items.
    createRequest.SendMeetingInvitations := CalendarItemCreateOrDeleteOperationType.SendToAllAndSaveCopy;
    createRequest.SendMeetingInvitationsSpecified := true;
 
    // Add the destination folder to the CreateItem request.
    createRequest.SavedItemFolderId := new TargetFolderIdType();
    folder := new DistinguishedFolderIdType();
    folder.Id := DistinguishedFolderIdNameType.calendar;
 
    createRequest.SavedItemFolderId.Item := folder;
 
    // Add the items to the CreateItem request.
    createRequest.Items := arrayOfItems;
 
    // Create the appointment by calling the CreateItem method, which has
    // the side effect of sending invitations to attendees.
    createResponse := ebs.CreateItem(createRequest);
 
    // Check the result.
    if (createResponse.ResponseMessages.Items[0].ResponseClass <> ResponseClassType.Success) then
    
          MessageBox.show ('EWSWrap.SendAppointment failed.')
    else
        MessageBox.show ('EWSWrap.SendAppointment Created.');
    
end;
 
method MainForm.MainForm_Load(sender: System.Object; e: System.EventArgs);
begin
  ebs := new ExchangeServiceBinding();
  ebs.Url := 'https://www.myserver.co.uk/EWS/Exchange.asmx';
  ebs.Credentials := new System.Net.NetworkCredential('Username','Password','DOMAIN');
end;
 
end.

                                              
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by: west-comPosted on 2009-09-02 at 08:26:56ID: 31609195

The solution was partial as it used Outlook rather than WebServices which is what I will need to use. Other people may find your solution enough for them

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