previous versions of outlook

[Steve]

Hi

We are a Microsoft Certified Partner and our company are developing an
extension to our product that reads in .PST files and iterates through the
emails looking for attachments that may contain inappropriate images.

We have come across a couple of issues that I was wondering if anybody could
shed a light on.

First we need to test against all previous versions of Outlook primarily
Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2002 and 2003. We can download 2003 and 2002 (XP) from
our subscriber area but is there anyway we can get hold of previous versions?

Secondly our application is using COM and the Outlook interop libraries to
access the PST files using a version of Outlook 2003 installed locally on the
same machine. We have noticed that these files must be read/write and we are
concerned that even though we are not writing anything back into the PST
files that they may be converted by Outlook 2003 when it reads in an older
version of PST.

Many thanks in advance

Steve

[Gordon]

"Steve" <St...@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in message
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> First we need to test against all previous versions of Outlook primarily
> Outlook 97, 98, 2000, 2002 and 2003. We can download 2003 and 2002 (XP)
from
> our subscriber area but is there anyway we can get hold of previous
versions?

The pst file was the same format from 97 to 2002, so if it works on a 2002
pst file, it'll work on a 97 and 2000 pst file. Presumably.

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Unless you have MSDN subscription CDs going back far enough to the earlier versions or have the original installation disks, I know of no source. (Hmm, maybe we should set up a testing company for such projects?)

Outlook 2003 does not perform any conversion of .pst files to its new format.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

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[Roady [MVP]]

Some distributors still have a stack of old CD's. Combined with some Office
2003 licenses you can downgrade.
Or otherwise use eBay to buy licenses/CD's from someone else? But be sure
it's legal!

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
www.howto-outlook.com

Tips of the month:
-FREE tool; QuickMail. Create new Outlook items anywhere from within Windows
-Properly back-up and restore your Outlook data

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