Outlook Programming

Hi all,

Can anyone point me in the right direction here: The following code works as
far as SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem(ContactItem)

DIM olNs AS Object
 SET olNs = olApp.Namespace("MAPI")
 olNs.Logon

 ' Create and Open a new contact.
   DIM olItem AS Object
   SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem(ContactItem)


I have tried A B and C and a load of other combinations below to no avail,
but I am sure I am missing something very fundamental.

(A)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem("ContactItem")
(B)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem()
(C)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem("")

There must be syntax that works with SB to manipulating the CreatItem method
of Outlook.

Regards,

David Mullins

I tried to automate Outlook a few years ago and abandoned the attempt.
What I wanted to do would work from Visual Basic, but I could not get
some of the SBP code to work with the object.  I cannot remember the
details, but I'm fairly certain it will not work.  I would suggest
using a VB or C++ program as an intermidiary.  

-Dan


On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:59:15 -0000, "David Mullins"
<david@agridata.ie> wrote:

>Hi all,
>
>Can anyone point me in the right direction here: The following code works
as
>far as SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem(ContactItem)
>
>DIM olNs AS Object
> SET olNs = olApp.Namespace("MAPI")
> olNs.Logon
>
> ' Create and Open a new contact.
>   DIM olItem AS Object
>   SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem(ContactItem)
>
>
>I have tried A B and C and a load of other combinations below to no avail,
>but I am sure I am missing something very fundamental.
>
>(A)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem("ContactItem")
>(B)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem()
>(C)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem("")
>
>There must be syntax that works with SB to manipulating the CreatItem
method
>of Outlook.
>
>Regards,
>
>David Mullins
>

I think I recall a simple solution to this that came along a little later. Don't
know what it was though...



On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:30:24 -0500, Dan <dan@jinksNOSPAM.com> wrote:

> I tried to automate Outlook a few years ago and abandoned the attempt.
> What I wanted to do would work from Visual Basic, but I could not get
> some of the SBP code to work with the object.  I cannot remember the
> details, but I'm fairly certain it will not work.  I would suggest
> using a VB or C++ program as an intermidiary.
>
> -Dan
>
>
> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:59:15 -0000, "David Mullins"
> <david@agridata.ie> wrote:
>
>> Hi all,
>>
>> Can anyone point me in the right direction here: The following code
works as
>> far as SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem(ContactItem)
>>
>> DIM olNs AS Object
>> SET olNs = olApp.Namespace("MAPI")
>> olNs.Logon
>>
>> ' Create and Open a new contact.
>>   DIM olItem AS Object
>>   SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem(ContactItem)
>>
>>
>> I have tried A B and C and a load of other combinations below to no
avail,
>> but I am sure I am missing something very fundamental.
>>
>> (A)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem("ContactItem")
>> (B)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem()
>> (C)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem("")
>>
>> There must be syntax that works with SB to manipulating the CreatItem
method
>> of Outlook.
>>
>> Regards,
>>
>> David Mullins
>>
>
>

Easiest method is to create an Active X object in VB 6 and call that via 
OLE.  I ran into the same issues a while ago and ended up doing this. 
Now I just use the same component all over the place.

Rgds,

Dave Brown
http://www.dbws.net

Peter Barus wrote:
> I think I recall a simple solution to this that came along a little later.
Don't know what it was though...
> 
> 
> 
> On Tue, 06 Feb 2007 15:30:24 -0500, Dan <dan@jinksNOSPAM.com> wrote:
> 
>> I tried to automate Outlook a few years ago and abandoned the attempt.
>> What I wanted to do would work from Visual Basic, but I could not get
>> some of the SBP code to work with the object.  I cannot remember the
>> details, but I'm fairly certain it will not work.  I would suggest
>> using a VB or C++ program as an intermidiary.
>>
>> -Dan
>>
>>
>> On Thu, 18 Jan 2007 20:59:15 -0000, "David Mullins"
>> <david@agridata.ie> wrote:
>>
>>> Hi all,
>>>
>>> Can anyone point me in the right direction here: The following code
works as
>>> far as SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem(ContactItem)
>>>
>>> DIM olNs AS Object
>>> SET olNs = olApp.Namespace("MAPI")
>>> olNs.Logon
>>>
>>> ' Create and Open a new contact.
>>>   DIM olItem AS Object
>>>   SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem(ContactItem)
>>>
>>>
>>> I have tried A B and C and a load of other combinations below to no
avail,
>>> but I am sure I am missing something very fundamental.
>>>
>>> (A)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem("ContactItem")
>>> (B)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem()
>>> (C)  SET olItem = olApp.CreateItem("")
>>>
>>> There must be syntax that works with SB to manipulating the
CreatItem method
>>> of Outlook.
>>>
>>> Regards,
>>>
>>> David Mullins
>>>
>>