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Topic: MAPI and calendars

Posted By: Fabrice
Subject: MAPI and calendars
Date Posted: 16 February 2009 at 8:46am

Hi !

Is there a way to open a calendar of another person with the fonction "SetDataProvider" ?

If yes, what is the connection string ?

Sample :

I would find a way to open another calendar :

CalendarControl.SetDataProvider("Provider=MAPI;nickname=henry");

Thanks

Replies:

Posted By: mdoubson
Date Posted: 18 February 2009 at 9:15pm

MAPI provider is part of Outlook. How you get Outlook-protected data from another account? I am not sure that this is easy or possible!?

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Mark Doubson, Ph.D.

Posted By: Fabrice
Date Posted: 19 February 2009 at 4:12am

Today, each user can read all calendars on exchange server. Why cannot I do it with the ActiveX ?

Posted By: mdoubson
Date Posted: 20 February 2009 at 7:05pm

You right - if your users share their calendars with others

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Mark Doubson, Ph.D.

Posted By: Fabrice
Date Posted: 23 February 2009 at 4:42am

Yes, all users share their calendars with others.

So, what's the connection string to connect another calendar ?

Posted By: mdoubson
Date Posted: 23 February 2009 at 10:51am

"Provider=MAPI;Data Source=" & Path & "\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outcmd.dat"

Just specify path to other user's outlook data e.g. "C:\Documents and Settings\YourUser\Local Settings"

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Mark Doubson, Ph.D.

Posted By: Fabrice
Date Posted: 23 February 2009 at 11:35am

I'm afraid that it can't work. The connection string doesn't work with a path like file://\\server\sharefolder\... - \\server\sharefolder\...

Another idea ?

Posted By: mdoubson
Date Posted: 23 February 2009 at 12:02pm

Could you give us error code you get in this case please.

Could you browse to same url ( file://\\server\sharefolder\... - \\server\sharefolder\... )

May be this is network setup/access problem?

P.S. Looks like this is a question to your network admin

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Mark Doubson, Ph.D.

Posted By: Fabrice
Date Posted: 23 February 2009 at 12:07pm

No error in this case, but it always open my own outlook calendar ...

Posted By: mdoubson
Date Posted: 23 February 2009 at 12:48pm

Please explain: No error in this case, but it always open my own outlook calendar

Do you access network drive or local drive?

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Mark Doubson, Ph.D.

Posted By: Fabrice
Date Posted: 24 February 2009 at 4:13am

My own calendar is on a local drive. I don't have to write the path of my ressource in the connection string, simply : CalendarControl.SetDataProvider("Provider=MAPI");

Others calendars are somewhere on the network, I don't know where, and I think that's it's possible to connect to them like Outlook do.

Every connection string I've tested which starts with ("Provider=MAPI...") connect every time my own calendar. I've done a test with your sample "Provider=MAPI;Data Source=" & Path & "\Application Data\Microsoft\Outlook\outcmd.dat", where "Path" is a network path, but it doesn't work too.

Is anybody success to connect a calendar of another person with the ActiveX ?

Posted By: Fabrice
Date Posted: 27 February 2009 at 6:04am

Is there anybody ?

Posted By: mdoubson
Date Posted: 27 February 2009 at 4:37pm

I made successfull test with MAPI today. You need to make Outlook to be your default program for e-mail, contact and Calendar (check Outlook options!) and RUN Outlook while you running our MFC or VB Calendar.

Open in Outlook remote file file://\\MyServer\MyFolder\MyOutlook.pst - \\MyServer\MyFolder\MyOutlook.pst - Outlook will read it and create extra PersonalFolders tree item.

You can rename it as you wich - e.g. YourPersonalFolders

use in VB Load frmMain Private Sub Form_Load() function line:

OpenProvider cjCalendarData_MAPI, "Provider=MAPI;Data Source=\\MyServer\MyFolder\MyOutlook.pst"

Now you can see your event and modify it from MFC or VB app

Btw - I am running VPN, I am in Montreal, file://\\MyServer\MyFolder\MyOutlook.pst - \\MyServer\MyFolder\MyOutlook.pst - in USA

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Additional MAPI parameters are supported for data provider connection string:

mapiProfileName= <as string>
mapiPassword= <as string>
mapiFlags= <as hex number, like 0x001>

EXAMPLE:
strConnEx = "Provider=MAPI; mapiProfileName=Outlook2; mapiPassword =Brawn256; mapiFlags=0x00000012"

if you do not specify any parameter - default values will be used:
NULL for ProfileName and Password
and MAPI_LOGON_UI for Flags

Below are values which can be used for mapiFlags.
See also documentation for MAPILogonEx function.

MAPI_LOGON_UI   0x00000001 /* Display logon UI     */
MAPI_NEW_SESSION 0x00000002 /* Don't use shared session   */
MAPI_ALLOW_OTHERS 0x00000008 /* Make this a shared session */
MAPI_EXPLICIT_PROFILE 0x00000010 /* Don't use default profile */
MAPI_EXTENDED   0x00000020 /* Extended MAPI Logon    */
MAPI_FORCE_DOWNLOAD 0x00001000 /* Get new mail before return */
MAPI_SERVICE_UI_ALWAYS 0x00002000 /* Do logon UI in all providers */
MAPI_NO_MAIL   0x00008000 /* Do not activate transports */
MAPI_PASSWORD_UI 0x00020000 /* Display password UI only   */
MAPI_TIMEOUT_SHORT 0x00100000 /* Minimal wait for logon resources */

(this is a copy from old - 2008 - answer)

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Mark Doubson, Ph.D.