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Follow the steps below to build and run the example:
1. | Start Visual C++ and create a new MFC EXE dialog-based
application. |
2. | Add a button to your dialog. |
3. | Double-click the button to add a handler for it, and add
the following code:
// Start Outlook. // If it is already running, you'll use the same instance... _Application olApp; COleException e; if(!olApp.CreateDispatch("Outlook.Application", &e)) { CString str; str.Format("CreateDispatch() failed w/error 0x%08lx", e.m_sc); AfxMessageBox(str, MB_SETFOREGROUND); return; }
// Logon. Doesn't hurt if you are already running and logged on... NameSpace olNs(olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")); COleVariant covOptional((long)DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND, VT_ERROR); olNs.Logon(covOptional, covOptional, covOptional, covOptional);
// Create and open a new contact _ContactItem olItem(olApp.CreateItem(2));
// Setup Contact information... olItem.SetFullName("James Smith"); COleDateTime bdDate; bdDate.SetDate(1975, 9, 15); olItem.SetBirthday(bdDate); olItem.SetCompanyName("Microsoft"); olItem.SetHomeTelephoneNumber("704-555-8888"); olItem.SetEmail1Address("someone@microsoft.com"); olItem.SetJobTitle("Developer"); olItem.SetHomeAddress("111 Main St.\nCharlotte, NC 28226");
// Save Contact olItem.Save();
// Create a new appointment _AppointmentItem olAppt(olApp.CreateItem(1));
// Schedule it for two minutes from now... COleDateTime apptDate = COleDateTime::GetCurrentTime(); olAppt.SetStart((DATE)apptDate + DATE(2.0/(24.0*60.0)));
// Set other appointment info... olAppt.SetDuration(60); olAppt.SetSubject("Meeting to discuss plans...");
olAppt.SetBody("Meeting with James to discuss plans."); olAppt.SetLocation("Home Office"); olAppt.SetReminderMinutesBeforeStart(1); olAppt.SetReminderSet(TRUE);
// Save Appointment olAppt.Save();
// Prepare a new mail message _MailItem olMail(olApp.CreateItem(0)); olMail.SetTo("someone@microsoft.com"); olMail.SetSubject("About our meeting..."); olMail.SetBody( "Hi James,\n\n" "\tI'll see you in two minutes for our meeting!\n\n" "Btw: I've added you to my contact list!");
// Send the message! olMail.Send();
AfxMessageBox("All done.", MB_SETFOREGROUND); olNs.Logoff();
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4. | Bring up the ClassWizard (Control-W) click the Automation
Tab, and choose "From a type library" under the Add Class menu. |
5. | In the dialog box that comes up, navigate to the directory
where Outlook is installed, and choose the Outlook type library (see table
below). Select all the items it finds, and click OK to have ClassWizard
generate MFC wrapper classes for all of them:
Outlook Version | Type Library |
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97 | msoutl8.olb | 98 | msoutl85.olb | 2000 | msoutl9.olb | 2002 | msoutl.olb | 2003 | msoutl.olb |
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6. | Add the following just before the implementation of your
button handler:
#include "msoutl85.h" // for Outlook 2000 use msoutl9.h // for Outlook 2002 & Outlook 2003 use msoutl.h
// Ole-initialization class. class OleInitClass { public: OleInitClass() { OleInitialize(NULL); } ~OleInitClass() { OleUninitialize(); } }; // This global class calls OleInitialize() at // application startup, and calls OleUninitialize() // at application exit... OleInitClass g_OleInitClass;
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7. | Compile and run the project. Once it has run, you should
have a new contact named James Smith, an appointment scheduled in two minutes
with a reminder to appear in one minute, and have sent a message to
someone@microsoft.com. Also, because you added a birthday for your contact
(9/15), a recurring event was added for your Outlook Calendar to remind you on
that day. |
Automating Microsoft Outlook 2000, 2002, and 2003
You can use the sample code previously described to automate
Outlook 2000, 2002, and 2003 with one small change. The Outlook 97 Namespace
class member has changed to _Namespace in Outlook 2000, 2002, and 2003. To use
the code above for automating Outlook 2000, 2002, and 2003 change this line:
Namespace olNS(olApp.GetNames("MAPI"));
to:
_Namespace olNS(olApp.GetNames("MAPI"));