BorlandTalk.com Borland discussion newsgroups   Archives   FAQ   Search   Memberlist   Usergroups   Register   Profile   Log in to check your private messages   Log in  outlook 2003 ContactItem vs. AddressEntry          BorlandTalk.com Forum Index -> Delphi OLE Automation View previous topic :: View next topic   Author Message Fritz Franz Guest Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 9:53 pm    Post subject: outlook 2003 ContactItem vs. AddressEntry Hello there! We have an exchange server and office 2003. At the server there are various addresslists, some of them have addresses and distribution lists mixed. I try to get in contact with all that contacts. The goal is to be able to update, delete and insert all of these entries (addresses and DL) according client information in our database. With outlook I comunicate via OLE (TLB_outlook.pas). So: how to get access to the contacts? I found two ways: via addresslists objects which delivers the structure of various addresslists stored on the server. But finally I get an AddressEntry item which has not all the information about a contact stored on the exchange-server. The other way is via Folders where i get finally the ContactItem, which has all the fields I expect. But here I miss the addresslist-structure which is fundamential for us. I tried to retrieve the ContactItem by ID of addressentry, but this unfortunately does not work. Anybody some ideas for me? Thx in advance! Fritz Back to top Dmitry Streblechenko Guest Posted: Mon Apr 16, 2007 10:58 pm    Post subject: Re: outlook 2003 ContactItem vs. AddressEntry In Outlook 2007, you can use AddressEnry.GetContact method. In the previous versions of Outlook, you can parse the AB entry id to extract the corresponding IPM.Contact message entry id <plug>Redempion (URL below) exposes this through RDOAddressEntry.GetContact method http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/rdo/RDOAddressEntry.htm) in all versions of Outlook</plug> Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP) http://www.dimastr.com/ OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO and MAPI Developer Tool "Fritz Franz" <fritzfranz24 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4623aa04$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Hello there! We have an exchange server and office 2003. At the server there are various addresslists, some of them have addresses and distribution lists mixed. I try to get in contact with all that contacts. The goal is to be able to update, delete and insert all of these entries (addresses and DL) according client information in our database. With outlook I comunicate via OLE (TLB_outlook.pas). So: how to get access to the contacts? I found two ways: via addresslists objects which delivers the structure of various addresslists stored on the server. But finally I get an AddressEntry item which has not all the information about a contact stored on the exchange-server. The other way is via Folders where i get finally the ContactItem, which has all the fields I expect. But here I miss the addresslist-structure which is fundamential for us. I tried to retrieve the ContactItem by ID of addressentry, but this unfortunately does not work. Anybody some ideas for me? Thx in advance! Fritz Back to top Fritz Franz Guest Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 5:33 pm    Post subject: Re: outlook 2003 ContactItem vs. AddressEntry Thanks for your reply, Dimitry! Quote: In Outlook 2007, you can use AddressEnry.GetContact method. In the previous versions of Outlook, you can parse the AB entry id to extract the corresponding IPM.Contact message entry id How to do that? I tried the following; Outlook := CreateOleObject('Outlook.Application'); NameSpace := outlook.GetNameSpace('MAPI'); Folder := NameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts); myEntry := NameSpace.GetItemFromID( NameSpace.AddressLists.Item[i].AddressEntries[j].ID, Folder.StoreID ); But then I get the errormessage "Operation not succeded" (or similar in english, I have an italian Windows and Outlook). If I try myEntry := NameSpace.GetItemFromID( NameSpace.AddressLists.Item[i].AddressEntries[j].MAPIOBJECT.EntryID, Folder.StoreID ); then I geht the message: "interface not registered". Quote: plug>Redempion (URL below) exposes this through RDOAddressEntry.GetContact method http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/rdo/RDOAddressEntry.htm) in all versions of Outlook</plug I have tried to do this too, but: after succesful registering the Redemption.dll, I can't find its OLE-Server at ActiveX import of delphi. Any further hints? Thx in advance, Fritz Back to top Dmitry Streblechenko Guest Posted: Tue Apr 17, 2007 10:35 pm    Post subject: Re: outlook 2003 ContactItem vs. AddressEntry 1. You cannot use an AddressEntry.EntryID to call GetItemFromID. If you compare the entry ids of the address entry (AddressEntry.EntryID)and the corresponding IPM.Contact message (ContactItem.EntryID) you will see that the ContactItem entry id embedded inside the AddressEntry entry id. 2. To use Redemption in Delphi, you need to either import its type library first (Project | Import Type Library) if you want to use early binding, or you can use late binding: var Session, AdrEntry, Contact : OleVariant; .... Session := CreateOleObject('Redemption.RDOSession'); Session.MAPIOBJECT := OutlookNamespace.MAPIOBJECT; //to make sure Redemption uses the same session AdrEntry := session.GetAddressEntryFromId(YourOutlookAddressEntry.EntryID); Contact := AdrEntry.GetContact; ShowMessage(Contact.FileAs); Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP) http://www.dimastr.com/ OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO and MAPI Developer Tool "Fritz Franz" <fritzfranz24 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:4624bea0$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: Thanks for your reply, Dimitry! In Outlook 2007, you can use AddressEnry.GetContact method. In the previous versions of Outlook, you can parse the AB entry id to extract the corresponding IPM.Contact message entry id How to do that? I tried the following; Outlook := CreateOleObject('Outlook.Application'); NameSpace := outlook.GetNameSpace('MAPI'); Folder := NameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts); myEntry := NameSpace.GetItemFromID( NameSpace.AddressLists.Item[i].AddressEntries[j].ID, Folder.StoreID ); But then I get the errormessage "Operation not succeded" (or similar in english, I have an italian Windows and Outlook). If I try myEntry := NameSpace.GetItemFromID( NameSpace.AddressLists.Item[i].AddressEntries[j].MAPIOBJECT.EntryID, Folder.StoreID ); then I geht the message: "interface not registered". plug>Redempion (URL below) exposes this through RDOAddressEntry.GetContact method http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/rdo/RDOAddressEntry.htm) in all versions of Outlook</plug I have tried to do this too, but: after succesful registering the Redemption.dll, I can't find its OLE-Server at ActiveX import of delphi. Any further hints? Thx in advance, Fritz Back to top Fritz Franz Guest Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 5:59 am    Post subject: Re: outlook 2003 ContactItem vs. AddressEntry One more time ciao Dmitry and thx for your answer! Quote: 1. You cannot use an AddressEntry.EntryID to call GetItemFromID. If you compare the entry ids of the address entry (AddressEntry.EntryID)and the corresponding IPM.Contact message (ContactItem.EntryID) you will see that the ContactItem entry id embedded inside the AddressEntry entry id. I tried this because of your hint to "parse the AB entry ID...". But yes it seemd also to me that this would not work. But what did you intend in your hint? Quote: 2. To use Redemption in Delphi, you need to either import its type library first (Project | Import Type Library) if you want to use early binding, I tried out this way and it woked for me. Many thanks. Just one more question: your way works fine for all my address lists except one: in my outlook there is a "global address list" ("elenco indirizzi globale") which I can not find in any folder (even recursing). Also your shown way to retrieve the contact item fails bringing an AV "read error from address 00000000". This AddressList is returend by Namespace.AddressLists but in Outlook it does not appear (in window of addresses - "rubrica") under "All address lists" (the only english term in my outlook) but above. In the properties dialog of this list it appears as "provider of the list of Microsoft Exchange" ("provider della rubrica di Microsoft Exchange"), "current server" ("server corrente") points to "C:\Documents and Settings\<myusername>\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Microsoft\Outlook\" (<username> is a placeholder only in this message you are reading) the "path in the hirarchy of directory" ("percorso della gerarchia di directory") is "\Elenco indirizzi globale". The other Addresslists are located in "public folders" ("cartelle pubbliche") in a proper folder each. So why can't the contacts of global adress list be accessed? Or: how to access them? Thx and regards, Fritz Back to top Dmitry Streblechenko Guest Posted: Wed Apr 18, 2007 8:12 am    Post subject: Re: outlook 2003 ContactItem vs. AddressEntry GetContact *only* works for the OAB provider address entries which happen to use messages in one of the contacts folders. GAL does not use any messages in the mailbox (it is built on top of Active Directory), hence GetContact will always return nil. Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP) http://www.dimastr.com/ OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO and MAPI Developer Tool "Fritz Franz" <fritzfranz24 (AT) hotmail (DOT) com> wrote in message news:46256d80$1 (AT) newsgroups (DOT) borland.com... Quote: One more time ciao Dmitry and thx for your answer! 1. You cannot use an AddressEntry.EntryID to call GetItemFromID. If you compare the entry ids of the address entry (AddressEntry.EntryID)and the corresponding IPM.Contact message (ContactItem.EntryID) you will see that the ContactItem entry id embedded inside the AddressEntry entry id. I tried this because of your hint to "parse the AB entry ID...". But yes it seemd also to me that this would not work. But what did you intend in your hint? 2. To use Redemption in Delphi, you need to either import its type library first (Project | Import Type Library) if you want to use early binding, I tried out this way and it woked for me. Many thanks. Just one more question: your way works fine for all my address lists except one: in my outlook there is a "global address list" ("elenco indirizzi globale") which I can not find in any folder (even recursing). Also your shown way to retrieve the contact item fails bringing an AV "read error from address 00000000". This AddressList is returend by Namespace.AddressLists but in Outlook it does not appear (in window of addresses - "rubrica") under "All address lists" (the only english term in my outlook) but above. In the properties dialog of this list it appears as "provider of the list of Microsoft Exchange" ("provider della rubrica di Microsoft Exchange"), "current server" ("server corrente") points to "C:\Documents and Settings\<myusername>\Impostazioni locali\Dati applicazioni\Microsoft\Outlook\" (<username> is a placeholder only in this message you are reading) the "path in the hirarchy of directory" ("percorso della gerarchia di directory") is "\Elenco indirizzi globale". The other Addresslists are located in "public folders" ("cartelle pubbliche") in a proper folder each. So why can't the contacts of global adress list be accessed? Or: how to access them? 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