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Selection of items in Outlook ActiveExplorer object.

Hello Experts,
I need a way to select some item(s) in the Outlook ActiveExplorer using the Outlook objects.

thanx.

darkloser

listening...

jeurk

hi,
I think I can help but I need more infos on what you want to do...
Do you want to use com addin for that ? is this for you com addin ?
Tell me :)

John

dyancer

ASKER

Hi,
I do capturing of outlook messages to some knowledge managment database....the user can ask to go-back-to-source, so i need to open outlook and to browse to the same view when i captured it... focusing in the message itself in outlook.

i'm using Outlook objects.

thanx.

jeurk

You mean the components provided by delphi ???
What is the reference you have on the message ? Do you have
something more then the title ?

Will you have enough if I show you how to open outlook and I select a message ?
What is the reference about the mail ?
Is the mail stored in a local pst, or is it on the exchange server ?

dyancer

ASKER

jeurk,

its Will be enough if u show how to open outlook and Select a message if given the Message unique ID

thanx

jeurk

Hi,
It's ok. I think that this will be easy...
But because of the short amouth of time I have you will probably only get a sample from me by the end of the week.
I try to make it earlier... but I prefer to tell you.

John.

jeurk

Hi,
Here is the sample I promissed. It took me exactly one
hour (ok I was also on the phone)...
If it's what you want, give me an A please. If it's not that, give me more details. I'll help you until you are satisfied enought to give me an A :)
Thank you.
John.

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works with D5 and outlook 2k sp1a
first click on button 1, then on btn 2 ;)
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unit Unit1;

interface

uses
Windows, Messages, SysUtils, Classes, Graphics, Controls, Forms, Dialogs,
StdCtrls,
ComObj, ActiveX,
Outlook2000;

type
TForm1 = class(TForm)
Button1: TButton;
Button2: TButton;
procedure Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
procedure Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
private
{ Declarations privees }
public
{ Declarations publiques }
end;

var
Form1: TForm1;
MailID: Widestring;
Outlook: _Application; // OutlookApplication; for D5 users
NmSpace: NameSpace;
Folder: MAPIFolder;

implementation

{$R *.DFM}

procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
var
Unknown: IUnknown;
Result: HResult;
Mail: MailItem;
begin
{$IFDEF VER120} // Delphi 4
Outlook := CoApplication_.Create;
{$ELSE} // Delphi 5
Outlook := CoOutlookApplication.Create;
{$ENDIF}

NmSpace := Outlook.GetNamespace('MAPI');
NmSpace.Logon('', '', False, False);
//get the folder that holds the input mail
//Folder := NmSpace.Folders.Item(2); //1 based
Folder := NmSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox);
//show it
Folder.Display;
//get the third email, just for the purpose of the demo
//the 3 mail is maybe not at the 3 slot in the mailbox...
mail := Folder.Items.Item(3) as MailItem; //1 based
MailID := Mail.Get_EntryID;
end;

procedure TForm1.Button2Click(Sender: TObject);
var
Mail: MailItem;
begin
//get the item corresponding to the id you have stored
Mail := NmSpace.GetItemFromID(MailID, EmptyParam) as MailItem;
//display the mail...
Mail.Display(EmptyParam);
end;

end.

dyancer

ASKER

hi John,

Indeed this does not answer my question at all...
what u have done is displaying a message in the Inspector,
what i need to do is open the outlook in the normal state which mean, the folder tree and the email item list in the above and the preview of the email...
again, what im trying to do is when given an message ID to open outlook and SELECT this message in the email list and preview this email. not opening the message in the inspector.

jeurk

I don't understand...

You mean:
1 - open outlook
2 - select the mail (in outlook)...

That's all... by select you just mean the mail gets highlighted in the mail list in outlook ??
and if the preview pane is visible the mail shows up...

Is this it ? If not maybe you can send me a screenshot that shows what you want... knipjo@hotmail.com

thanks...

dyancer

ASKER

jeurk...
That's exactly what im after.

thanx for your help.

dyancer

ASKER

Increasing points to 300... Any takers?

jeurk

Here I am ;)

In fact I think you have a pretty good level in outlook
stuff, don't you?

I looked at this a couple of hours yesterday...
The problem seems unsolvable...

The selection is readonly... the mailitem has no activate method.
The explorer currentitem cannot be changed...

So I don't see what can be done.

The find method can be used to find your item but the selection is not changed...

Maybe we could filter the view to only show the item you want but the problem is that your user may already have filter or the view is configured to show by sender for exmeple... that way your items don't show at all at first.

What have you tryed ???

All the exemple I can find, microsoft or not don't change the selection...

dyancer

ASKER

Jeurk....
The way you describe it, what u done is the top level i get to for no avail... it seems unsolvable problem using the Outlook Objects...
but, i never guve up.. and u experts guys should do the same, the problem is somehow solvable... i don't get a clue how to, but i believe there is someway to do it!

PLUS :
im increasing the points to 400 points... it worth trying to solve it...

Thanx in advance..
Dyancer

p.s : answers stating and proving in any way that this is a unsolvable problem will be rejected, Sorry.

dyancer

ASKER

Again....+100

it's already 400 Points, The Max that i can give for this Question.
hope it will be worth thinking for answer...

jeurk

Could you explain me why you just want the mail to get selected ?
Why don't you like it to do a display ??
I know it's intrusive...

Or even show the mail somewhere else, this would all be much easier...at least it can be done...

jeurk

Have you noticed that not even outlook is able to do it...
When you get a mail notification, you can double click on the systray to jump right to your mail, and the best outlook can do is to open the right folder...

dyancer

ASKER

Jeurk...
i find a solution, it's not nice and sophisticated one, and im not going to adopt it only if the boss insists :-(
it's about sendin g KeyStrokes to outlook email-list...

See this URL for full explanation
http://groups.google.com/groups?q=outlook+AND+change+AND+selection&safe=off&rnum=1&selm=8gjr62$kqc$1@nnrp1.deja.com

dyancer

ASKER

jeurk

Good luck :)

dyancer

ASKER

Pointe Adjusted to 400
Im still interested

jeurk

I know :) I'm too.
I actually asked Microsoft what I can do ;)
Really, I should get the answer pretty soon.
But I imagine the answer will be that it cannot be done :(
I'll let you know.

dyancer

ASKER

Thanx Buddy,
it's kind of you :-)

Hassan.

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dyancer

ASKER

thanks every one..

i need to know what to do in this case.
should i give the points... and to whom....

any suggestions

jeurk

except darkloser, I was the only one talking to you ;)
I think you should ask the support to let you accept that question without giving the points because they was no solution, just to let people know that there is no solution for that...

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