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Posted on 2016-10-12
Is it possible to turn an object to an array in VB.net?
I have a object from outlook which is a mailitem, and I want to turn all the variables into an array to store in a file.
I know Ill loose the functionality of the object (such as move, copy etc) however i only want to store all the information in the object (in this case mailID, recipents etc).
Usually I could just count the elements and then copy the values one at a time, however the mailitem is a nested array inside a nested array inside a nested array so could be quite confusing.
Any ideas?
I have a object from outlook which is a mailitem, and I want to turn all the variables into an array to store in a file.
I know Ill loose the functionality of the object (such as move, copy etc) however i only want to store all the information in the object (in this case mailID, recipents etc).
Usually I could just count the elements and then copy the values one at a time, however the mailitem is a nested array inside a nested array inside a nested array so could be quite confusing.
Any ideas?
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Active 3 days ago
I have a object from outlook which is a mailitem, and I want to turn all the variables into an array to store in a file.
yes, that's possible. you may want to consider to store it in a List(Of T) or look into the ToArray() method
List(Of T) Class
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/6sh2ey19(v=vs.110).aspx
(look for the possible constructors and click on it to see the examples)
List<T>.ToArray Method ()
https://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/x303t819(v=vs.110).aspx?cs-save-lang=1&cs-lang=vb#code-snippet-1
Couldnt get these to work :-(
So my code at the moment is:-
Any ideas what Im doing wrong?
So my code at the moment is:-
Dim mail As Outlook.MailItem = item
Dim output() As String = mail.toarray()
Dim serializer As New JavaScriptSerializer()
Dim arrayJson As String = serializer.Serialize(output)
MsgBox(arrayJson)
Any ideas what Im doing wrong?
Problem is, I dont know yet :-S
The data to store in the database (to search) keeps changing, so my plan was to store all the information in a JSON text file, then when a request comes along to add xxx to the search I can simply write some code to look at the JSON file and pull the requested field into the database and build the indexes for searching.
Initially they only wanted the `Date Received` and the `Subject`. Now its the `recipient` and `sender`, and already I've heard rumours they want the `conversationID` and Ive had requests to add `attachments` into the search. Hence store everything in a JSON text file and pull as needed, instead of trying to upload from the PST files again (which takes ages).
The data to store in the database (to search) keeps changing, so my plan was to store all the information in a JSON text file, then when a request comes along to add xxx to the search I can simply write some code to look at the JSON file and pull the requested field into the database and build the indexes for searching.
Initially they only wanted the `Date Received` and the `Subject`. Now its the `recipient` and `sender`, and already I've heard rumours they want the `conversationID` and Ive had requests to add `attachments` into the search. Hence store everything in a JSON text file and pull as needed, instead of trying to upload from the PST files again (which takes ages).
So looking at the element for mail (which is a mailtem from outlook) I get the following elements:-
I did think I could loop through each element and store in an array via:-
But I cant figure a way of reading all the elements inside mail.
I did think I could loop through each element and store in an array via:-
Dim objElement As Object
For Each objElement in mail
Next
But I cant figure a way of reading all the elements inside mail.
Active 3 days ago
perhaps it doesn't make sense if we are looping through all the elements in mailtem since it's quite complex to read through all its content, as back to the basic, we only store useful info into database, and hence we only extract useful info from the source.
Active 3 days ago
I come out with something like this, not too sure if this is useful for you.
Private Sub Test()
Dim tempApp As Outlook.Application
Dim tempInbox As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim InboxItems As Outlook.Items
tempApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
tempInbox = tempApp.GetNamespace("Mapi").GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox)
InboxItems = tempInbox.Items
Dim MailList As New List(Of MyMailItem)
'Dim newMail As Outlook.MailItem
For Each newMail In InboxItems
If TypeOf newMail Is Outlook.MailItem Then
'You may want to put some conditions here?
If newMail.Subject.IndexOf("whatever") > 0 Then
Dim itm As New MyMailItem
itm.Subject = newMail.Subject
itm.ReceivedTime = newMail.ReceivedTime
itm.SenderName = newMail.SenderName
itm.SenderEmailAddress = newMail.SenderEmailAddress
For Each x As Outlook.Recipient In newMail.Recipients
Dim y As New MyRecipient()
y.Name = x.Name
y.EmailAddress = x.Address
itm.Recipient.Add(y)
Next
MailList.Add(itm)
End If
End If
Next
Dim serializer As New JavaScriptSerializer()
Dim arrayJson As String = serializer.Serialize(MailList)
MsgBox(arrayJson)
End Sub
Class MyRecipient
Public Name As String
Public EmailAddress As String
End Class
Class MyMailItem
Public Subject As String
Public ReceivedTime As String
Public SenderName As String
Public SenderEmailAddress As String
Public Recipient As New List(Of MyRecipient)
End Class
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