Creating Windows mail(outlook expr) account on Vista
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Hi I want to create windows mail account on Vista, For that I came to know that it can be possible trough IImnAccountManager. But to get the pointer of this interface need "imnact.h" file. and I think also need proper dll to be registered for this. that i don't have. Can any body help me on this..? Or If any body have idea to create outlook express account trough any type of C++/VC++ code then please provide me information on this. Thanks, Prakash.
sonani prakash
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Hi I want to create windows mail account on Vista, For that I came to know that it can be possible trough IImnAccountManager. But to get the pointer of this interface need "imnact.h" file. and I think also need proper dll to be registered for this. that i don't have. Can any body help me on this..? Or If any body have idea to create outlook express account trough any type of C++/VC++ code then please provide me information on this. Thanks, Prakash.
sonani prakash
I don't have details related to your problem, but I tried looking the interface detail in MSDN http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms712735.aspx[^] to read and possibly help you. But I found the MSDN description as follows IImnAccountManager Deprecated. This object allows a client to create, open, delete, and enumerate accounts. Considering that MSDN documentation for this interface is latest, this interface is deprecated so do you still want to use it? You will need msoeacct.dll version 6.0 or later for this interface. From MSDN, I got this link - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms715237.aspx[^] This might help you.
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I don't have details related to your problem, but I tried looking the interface detail in MSDN http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms712735.aspx[^] to read and possibly help you. But I found the MSDN description as follows IImnAccountManager Deprecated. This object allows a client to create, open, delete, and enumerate accounts. Considering that MSDN documentation for this interface is latest, this interface is deprecated so do you still want to use it? You will need msoeacct.dll version 6.0 or later for this interface. From MSDN, I got this link - http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms715237.aspx[^] This might help you.
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To Err Is Human; to Debug, DivineDear Sohail, Thanks for your reply. You are right they are mentioning it's deprecated so what I understood is It has support on XP but not on Vista.Is it ? For using this interface also I need "imnact.h" file.that i don't get any where in visual studio setup or any where else. and the link you have suggested that I have already read it. What I come to know is,for creating account on windows mail they are creating one .oeaccount file into some specific folder of windows mail, which will contain account information in the form of xml data. Now I have problem here about password tag in this file,how to generate encrypted password. so I thought there should be some way to create this account through some API. I am stuggling since long time but not getting any clue on this... could you suggest any other site or help on this...? Thanks, Prakash
sonani prakash
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Dear Sohail, Thanks for your reply. You are right they are mentioning it's deprecated so what I understood is It has support on XP but not on Vista.Is it ? For using this interface also I need "imnact.h" file.that i don't get any where in visual studio setup or any where else. and the link you have suggested that I have already read it. What I come to know is,for creating account on windows mail they are creating one .oeaccount file into some specific folder of windows mail, which will contain account information in the form of xml data. Now I have problem here about password tag in this file,how to generate encrypted password. so I thought there should be some way to create this account through some API. I am stuggling since long time but not getting any clue on this... could you suggest any other site or help on this...? Thanks, Prakash
sonani prakash
Sonani Prakash wrote:
what I understood is It has support on XP but not on Vista.Is it ?
From what I read and understood, it seems they were unsure about whether it this API will exist on XP in future or not. Since the documentation mentions it to be Deprecated and a Note says - The IImnAccountManager interface is available for use in Microsoft Windows XP. It might be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions., I would not continue using this interface.
Sonani Prakash wrote:
For using this interface also I need "imnact.h" file.that i don't get any where in visual studio setup or any where else.
In such cases, you may need the latest Platform SDK from Microsoft.
Sonani Prakash wrote:
creating account on windows mail they are creating one .oeaccount file into some specific folder of windows mail, which will contain account information in the form of xml data.
Yes, they talk about some XML configuration files and entries to be created for Windows mail account.
Sonani Prakash wrote:
Now I have problem here about password tag in this file,how to generate encrypted password. so I thought there should be some way to create this account through some API.
Can't help, as I said earlier, I don't know or haven't worked on this yet. Just read MSDN to help you. Try this forum and post your query there as well - http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=24&SiteID=1[^]
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Sonani Prakash wrote:
what I understood is It has support on XP but not on Vista.Is it ?
From what I read and understood, it seems they were unsure about whether it this API will exist on XP in future or not. Since the documentation mentions it to be Deprecated and a Note says - The IImnAccountManager interface is available for use in Microsoft Windows XP. It might be altered or unavailable in subsequent versions., I would not continue using this interface.
Sonani Prakash wrote:
For using this interface also I need "imnact.h" file.that i don't get any where in visual studio setup or any where else.
In such cases, you may need the latest Platform SDK from Microsoft.
Sonani Prakash wrote:
creating account on windows mail they are creating one .oeaccount file into some specific folder of windows mail, which will contain account information in the form of xml data.
Yes, they talk about some XML configuration files and entries to be created for Windows mail account.
Sonani Prakash wrote:
Now I have problem here about password tag in this file,how to generate encrypted password. so I thought there should be some way to create this account through some API.
Can't help, as I said earlier, I don't know or haven't worked on this yet. Just read MSDN to help you. Try this forum and post your query there as well - http://forums.microsoft.com/MSDN/default.aspx?ForumGroupID=24&SiteID=1[^]
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To Err Is Human; to Debug, DivineThanks dear, For your suggestions. Prakash.
sonani prakash
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Thanks dear, For your suggestions. Prakash.
sonani prakash