Retrieving Mail Information

Hi Ken,
I'm having problem following the suggestion you offer. I'm converting an
Outlook 2003 add-in that I prototyped in vb using VS2005. The problem is
identifying the currently selected mail item.

in vb I was using :
Dim selItem As Outlook.MailItem = _Explorer.Selection(1)

I converted to C# as:
Outlook.MailItem selItem = _Explorer.Selection(1);

But it will not compile -
I'd really like to iterate through all selected emails but right now I just
need to get the currently selected one.

Thanks
--
Tom Hamilton
Hamilton & Hamilton
Database Consulting Services
Sacramento, CA


"Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:

> Use ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Items to get the collection of items in the
> folder (if the Inbox is currently being displayed). Otherwise use
> NameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Items to get that collection.
>
> Iterate the collection and retrieve whatever properties you want from each
> item. Make sure to test for item.Class = olMail if you are only interested
> in mail items.
>
> --
> Ken Slovak
> [MVP - Outlook]
> http://www.slovaktech.com
> Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
> Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
> http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm
>
>
> "DMc2004" <DMc2004 DeleteThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> news:99C9778E-D7BB-44FA-8532-A556DF5D5AAC@microsoft.com...
> > How can I retrieve information such as Sender, Recipient, Subject, Sent
> > Date,
> > Mail Size from the Inbox of Microsoft Office Outlook 2003?
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > D
> >
>
>

Never mind - C# indexes with [] which is why () didn't work....

What's the best way to Loop thru Selection?
--
Tom Hamilton
Hamilton & Hamilton
Database Consulting Services
Sacramento, CA


"Tom Hamilton" wrote:

> Hi Ken,
> I'm having problem following the suggestion you offer. I'm converting an
> Outlook 2003 add-in that I prototyped in vb using VS2005. The problem is
> identifying the currently selected mail item.
>
> in vb I was using :
> Dim selItem As Outlook.MailItem = _Explorer.Selection(1)
>
> I converted to C# as:
> Outlook.MailItem selItem = _Explorer.Selection(1);
>
> But it will not compile -
> I'd really like to iterate through all selected emails but right now I just
> need to get the currently selected one.
>
> Thanks
> --
> Tom Hamilton
> Hamilton & Hamilton
> Database Consulting Services
> Sacramento, CA
>
>
> "Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:
>
> > Use ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Items to get the collection of items in the
> > folder (if the Inbox is currently being displayed). Otherwise use
> > NameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Items to get that collection.
> >
> > Iterate the collection and retrieve whatever properties you want from each
> > item. Make sure to test for item.Class = olMail if you are only interested
> > in mail items.
> >
> > --
> > Ken Slovak
> > [MVP - Outlook]
> > http://www.slovaktech.com
> > Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
> > Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
> > http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm
> >
> >
> > "DMc2004" <DMc2004 RemoveThis @discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
> > news:99C9778E-D7BB-44FA-8532-A556DF5D5AAC@microsoft.com...
> > > How can I retrieve information such as Sender, Recipient, Subject, Sent
> > > Date,
> > > Mail Size from the Inbox of Microsoft Office Outlook 2003?
> > >
> > > Regards
> > >
> > > D
> > >
> >
> >

It depends on what you're doing inside the loop and what sort of objects
you're dealing with.

For deleting or moving items in a loop you should use a down counting loop
so changes to the collection's count don't mess with the loop indexing. So a
for loop that starts at Selection.Count (use an int variable to pick that up
and don't use Selection.Count in the loop) and works down to 1 would work. A
do loop can also be used that checks for a Selection.Count of 0.

For anything else you can use any sort of loop construct you're most
comfortable with. That can be a for loop, do loop, foreach loop or whatever.

--
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007.
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options.
http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm


"Tom Hamilton" <Tom.TakeThisOut@rcsda.org> wrote in message
news:F1760ECC-5C4A-4585-B61C-E614A7A62461@microsoft.com...
> Never mind - C# indexes with [] which is why () didn't work....
>
> What's the best way to Loop thru Selection?
> --
> Tom Hamilton
> Hamilton & Hamilton
> Database Consulting Services
> Sacramento, CA