Monday, April 11, 2016

Access folders in Outlook via VFP automation



Here are various ways to access different folders in Outlook via VFP automation:


Basic #DEFINE

#DEFINE olFolderCalendar 9
#DEFINE olFolderContacts 10
#DEFINE olFolderDeletedItems 3
#DEFINE olFolderInBox 6
#DEFINE olFolderJournal 11
#DEFINE olFolderNotes 12
#DEFINE olFolderOutBox 4
#DEFINE olFolderSentMail 5
#DEFINE olFolderTask 13
#DEFINE olBusy 2
#DEFINE True .T.
#DEFINE False .F.
#DEFINE olPrivate 2
#DEFINE MAILITEM 0
#DEFINE IMPORTANCELOW 0
#DEFINE IMPORTANCENORMAL 1
#DEFINE IMPORTANCEHIGH 2

Display Outlook's calendar

*!* **Code****
LOCAL oOutlook,oNameSpace,oDefaultFolder
oOutlook = CREATEOBJECT('outlook.application')
oNameSpace = oOutlook.getnamespace('MAPI')
oDefaultFolder=oNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar) &&Calendar
oDefaultFolder.display()

Display Outlook's contact folder

*!* **Code****
LOCAL oOutlook,oNameSpace,oDefaultFolder
oOutlook = CREATEOBJECT('outlook.application')
oNameSpace = oOutlook.getnamespace('MAPI')
oDefaultFolder=oNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts) &&Contact
oDefaultFolder.display()

How to use the find method, to locate a contact with a userdefined field 'BalanceDue' set to a numeric value.

*!* **Code****
oOutlook=CREATEOBJECT('outlook.application')
oNameSpace=oOutlook.getNameSpace('mapi')
oDefaultFolder=oNameSpace.getdefaultfolder(10)
oDefaultFolder.items
oItem=odefaultFolder.Items.Find('[BalanceDue]=500')
oItem.display()

Retrieve Outlook's contact, name and email address

*!* **Code****
CREATE CURSOR myCursor (Name c(40),email c(50))
LOCAL oOutlook,oNameSpace,oDefaultFolder
oOutlook = CREATEOBJECT('outlook.application')
oNameSpace = oOutlook.getnamespace('MAPI')
oDefaultFolder=oNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)
oItems = oDefaultFolder.items
FOR EACH oItem IN oItems
 INSERT INTO myCursor (name,email) VALUES (oItem.fullname,oItem.email1address)
ENDFOR
SELECT myCursor
BROWSE

Adding a new field and a value to the Contacts

*!* **Code****
LOCAL oOutlook,oNameSpace,oDefaultFolder
oOutlook = CREATEOBJECT('outlook.application')
oNameSpace = oOutlook.getnamespace('MAPI')
oDefaultFolder=oNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(10)
loNewContact = oDefaultfolder.Items.Add()
loNewContact.Fullname = 'Mike Gagnon'
loNewContact.UserProperties.Add('Amount', 14)
loNewContact.UserProperties('Amount').Value = 100.00
loNewContact.savehttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png()
MESSAGEBOX(TRANSFORM(loNewContact.UserProperties('Amount').Value))
loNewContact.display

Check for unread messages in the Inbox

*!* **Code****
Local oOutlookObject,olNameSpace
#Define olFolderInBox 6
oOutlookObject = Createobject('Outlook.Application')
olNameSpace = oOutlookObject.GetNameSpace('MAPI')
oItems= olNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInBox).Items
For Each loItem In oItems
    If loItem.unRead
       **Do something here
        loItem.unRead = .F. && Mark it as read
    Endif
Next

Retrieve appointements in Outlook's calendar

*!* **Code****
CREATE CURSOR myCursor (start T,end T,body c(250))
LOCAL oOutlook,oNameSpace,oDefaultFolder
oOutlook = CREATEOBJECT('outlook.application')
oNameSpace = oOutlook.getnamespace('MAPI')
oDefaultFolder=oNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
oItems = oDefaultFolder.items
FOR EACH oItem IN oItems
 INSERT INTO myCursor (start,end,body) VALUES (oItem.start,oItem.end,oItem.body)
ENDFOR
SELECT myCursor
BROWSE

Delete an appointment

*!* **Code****
#DEFINE olFolderCalendar 9
LOCAL oNameSpace, oDefaultFolder,oItems
oOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
oNameSpace = oOutlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")
oDefaultFolder = oNameSpace.GetdefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
FOR EACH oItem IN oDefaultFolder.items
  IF oItem.Subject = 'All day meeting'
     lDelete = oItem.Delete
  ENDIF
ENDFOR


Send an e-mail without attachment

*!* **Code****
oOutLookObject = CreateObject('Outlook.Application')
oEmailItem = oOutLookObject.CreateItem(MAILITEM)

WITH oEmailItem
   .Recipients.Add('moe@3stooges.com') && uses the Recipients collection
   .Subject = 'Automation sample'
   .Importance = IMPORTANCENORMAL
   .Body = 'This is easy!'
   .Send
ENDWITH

RELEASE oEmailItem
RELEASE oOutLookObject


Send an e-mail with attachment

*!* **Code****
oOutLookObject = CreateObject('Outlook.Application')
oEmailItem = oOutLookObject.CreateItem(MAILITEM)

WITH oEmailItem
   .Recipients.Add('moe@3stooges.com') && uses the Recipients collection
   .Subject = 'Automation sample'
   .Importance = IMPORTANCENORMAL
   .Body = 'This is easy!'
   .Attachments.Add('c:\mydir\sample.txt') && Note that the fully qualified path and file is required.
   .Send
ENDWITH

RELEASE oEmailItem
RELEASE oOutLookObject

Note this is also found in FAQ184-2838

Retrieve attachements for all e-mail in the inbox

*!* **Code****
Local lcFilename,lcPath
lcPath='c:\savedattachments\'
If  !Directory('c:\savedAttachments')
    Md 'c:\savedAttachments' && Create the directory if it doesn't exist.
Endif
oOutLookObject = Createobject('Outlook.Application')
olNameSpace = oOutLookObject.GetNameSpace('MAPI')
myAtts=olNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Items
For Each loItem In myAtts
    If loItem.attachments.Count >0 && Make sure there is an actual attachment.
        For i = 1 To loItem.attachments.Count
            lcFilename='
            lcFilename = loItem.attachments.Item(i).filename
            lcFilename = Alltrim(lcPath)+lcFilename
            loItem.attachments.Item(i).SaveAsFile(lcFilename)
           *loItem.Delete() && The option to delete the message once the attachment has been saved.
        Next
    Endif
Next

How to change (edit) information in the Contacts folder

*!* **Code****
LOCAL oOutlook,oNameSpace,oDefaultFolder,oItems
oOutlook = CREATEOBJECT('outlook.application')
oNameSpace = oOutlook.GetNameSpace('mapi')
oDefaultFolder = oNameSpace.GetDefaultfolder(olFolderContacts)
oItems=oDefaultFolder.items
FOR EACH loItem IN oItems
   IF loItem.FULLNAME = 'Mis'
      loItem.Email1Address = 'mis@suntel.ca'
      loItem.Save()
   ENDIF
ENDFOR

Adding a folder in Outlook

*!* **Code****
Local oOutlook,oNameSpace,oNewFolder
oOutlook=CREATEOBJECT('outlook.application')
oNameSpace=oOutlook.GetNamespace('mapi')
oNewFolder=oNameSpace.Folders(2).Folders.Add('myNewFolder')      && This will create a folder in the Personal folders' directory of Outlook.

How to find the names of the folders within the inbox folder

*!* **Code****
#DEFINE olFolderInBox 6
Local oOutlook,oNameSpace,oDefaultFolder
oOutlook=CREATEOBJECT('outlook.application')
oNameSpace=oOutlook.GetNamespace('mapi')
oDefaultFolder =oNameSpace.Getdefaultfolder(olFolderInBox)
oFolders=oDefaultFolder.folders
FOR EACH oFolder IN oFolders
 ?oFolder.name
ENDFOR


Moving messages from the Inbox to another folder

The trick is to determine the folder ID number of your 'Seen' folder, once you have determined that (Typically the folder ID number is in order of creation, for example I just created a folder called 'seen' and determined that the folder was the 12th folder to be created) , that following will do it for you, it will move all Read messages to the folder number 12.
*!* **Code****
Local oOutlookObject,olNameSpace
#Define olFolderInBox 6
oOutlookObject = Createobject('Outlook.Application')
olNameSpace = oOutlookObject.GetNameSpace('MAPI')
oItems= olNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInBox).Items
For Each loItem In oItems
    If !loItem.unRead
            loitem.Move(olNameSpace.Folders(1).Folders(12))
    Endif
Next

How to determine when new mail has arrived using BindEvents

You can use the following code to create a COM serverhttp://images.intellitxt.com/ast/adTypes/icon1.png DLL and take action when a new e-mail arrives in Outlook. Please note that only the NewMail procedure is functional, but you can add your own code to make the others functional.
Note: this code is based on http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/dnfoxtk00/html/ft00j1.asp
Note2 : This code requires that VFPCOM Utility be installed in the target computer (http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?displaylang=en&FamilyID=1529819C-2CE8-4E89-895E-15209FCF4B2A)
Note3 : This will work in VFP7.0 and up

*!* **Code****
#Define VFPCOM_CLSID  'VFPCOM.COMUTIL'
#Define OUTLOOK_CLSID  'OUTLOOK.APPLICATION'
Public goVFPCOM, goOutlook, goLink
goVFPCOM = Create(VFPCOM_CLSID)
goOutlook = Create(OUTLOOK_CLSID)
goLink = Create('OutlookApplicationEvents')
goVFPCOM.BindEvents(goOutlook, goLink)
Define Class OutlookApplicationEvents As Custom
     Procedure ItemSend(Item,Cancel)
     Endproc
     Procedure NewMail
         Messagebox('New Mail Has Arrived')
     Endproc
     Procedure OptionsPagesAdd(Pages)
     Endproc
     Procedure Quit
     Endproc
     Procedure Reminder(Item)
     Endproc
         Procedure Startup
     Endproc
Enddefine


 

[i]Mike Gagnon[/i]


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