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Mel

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Apr 23, 2002, 8:18:04 PM4/23/02

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is there a way of getting infromation from MS Outlook? things like
addresses, emails etc? or am i streching it too far?

thanks for your help

Jeffrey Hobbs

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Apr 24, 2002, 1:24:56 AM4/24/02

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Mel wrote:
>
> is there a way of getting infromation from MS Outlook? things like
> addresses, emails etc? or am i streching it too far?

I'm fairly sure that you can it has OLE or COM interfaces, but I
don't know where you would find the docs on them ...

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Martin Lemburg

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Apr 24, 2002, 4:04:43 AM4/24/02

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"Mel" <m...@redolive.com> wrote in message news:<aa4tjs$g...@dispatch.concentric.net>...

> is there a way of getting infromation from MS Outlook? things like
> addresses, emails etc? or am i streching it too far?
>
> thanks for your help

Hhm - hi Mel,

I think the only way to get information from MS Outlook is to use tcom
or/and optcl to connect to MS Outlook or to create a MS Outlook
session via COM and ask for information.

But ... (there was the "Hhm" for) ... I tried myself to find
information about using MS Outlook via COM and was not satisfied with
the results!

Try to use the Object Catalog of the MS Office VBA IDE to find out
something about the COM "API". And if MS Outlook is not shown in that
Object Catalog, you need to connect the IDE with the first menu
command inside the "Extras" menu to the "Microsoft Outlook x.y Object
Library"!

Good luck!

Martin

Bruce Hartweg

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Apr 24, 2002, 5:14:52 AM4/24/02

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"Jeffrey Hobbs" <Je...@ActiveState.com> wrote in message news:3CC642B0...@ActiveState.com...

> Mel wrote:
> >
> > is there a way of getting infromation from MS Outlook? things like
> > addresses, emails etc? or am i streching it too far?
>
> I'm fairly sure that you can it has OLE or COM interfaces, but I
> don't know where you would find the docs on them ...
>

Just grab a copy of the latest worm/virus of the week - they usually
grab all the e-mails in your outlook address book.

Bruce

Rob Hegt

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Apr 24, 2002, 6:58:24 AM4/24/02

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Look for 'vbaoutl.hlp' on msdn.microsoft.com, it will give you lots of
information.
Next use tcom or optcl to use the COM interface.

Hope you are really talking abouth Outlook though, not Outlook Express, because
that doesn't have a COM interface.

Good luck,
Rob Hegt

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Bob Techentin

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Apr 24, 2002, 9:17:39 AM4/24/02

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"Jeffrey Hobbs" <Je...@ActiveState.com> wrote

> >
> > is there a way of getting infromation from MS Outlook? things like
> > addresses, emails etc? or am i streching it too far?
>
> I'm fairly sure that you can it has OLE or COM interfaces, but I
> don't know where you would find the docs on them ...

The only real advice I've seen on this is to use google to search for
"outlook object model." I tried the MS support site, and with a
little hunting found this article with a lot of references. Perhaps
they would be useful.

http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;en-us;Q230225

Bob
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