get opened folder in Outlook

[Stephan Wright]

Hy everyone! I know it is possible to access any folder in Outlook via MAPI but I do want to check if the opend folder is lets say the Inbox folder. Or is it possible to check if an item (e.g. a contact item) was selected? Because I do want my button to be only selectable/clickable when one of those match. Meaning when any other folder is open then the button should appear grayed out. Thanks! Stephan.

[Michael P Butler]

I'm not sure what method of MAPI you are using but Stephan Wright wrote: I know it is possible to access any folder in Outlook via MAPI but I do want to check if the opend folder is lets say the Inbox folder. This is stored in the PR_CONTAINER_CLASS property. Stephan Wright wrote: Or is it possible to check if an item (e.g. a contact item) was selected? PR_MESSAGE_CLASS property identifies the type. A contact is IPM.Contact or occasionally IPM.Contact.SBE Michael CP Blog [^]

[Stephan Wright]

thanks for the hint but I do still have two questions: 1) Where is this PR_CONTAINER_CLASS located in? Because I can't find it 2) Together with this class: Is it possible to send the data to an application via argument that way or am I just able to check if it is this type. Or is it possible to assign it somewhere? meaning is it something like if(item.type==IPM.contact.SBE) ..... or do I get access (a pointer?) to the object to use it for something else? Thanks! Stephan.

[Michael P Butler]

What method are you using to access the MAPI data? I'm only familiar with using Extended MAPI via C++. PR_CONTAINER_CLASS is a property of the MapiFolder data. It isn't a class, its a defintion for the mapi property id. Michael CP Blog [^]

[Stephan Wright]

the way I get there is new application of Outlook then namespace of MAPI By the way: My programminglanguage is C# in Visual Studio, but well it should be all the same in Visual Studio! :-) Stephan.

[Michael P Butler]

Ok. You are using the Outlook object model. Sorry, for leading you down the wrong path. If you have a MapiFolder object then you can use GetDefaultItemType() method to get the type of items in the folder. I can't remember all the values but a google for Outlook GetDefaultItemType should return some more details. Michael CP Blog [^]