VB and Outlook Express

[Mats_Högberg]

Every article I read about sending email revolves around Outlook, but I suspect OE users outnumbers Outlook users.
I've found no docs on how to instantiate Outlook Express in VB, nor anything on OE object model (if there is one). Palms HotSync software handles mail retrieval/sending with OE quite nicely, so obviously you can persuade OE to work for you - the question is how?

[vbsquare]

Outlook Express provides a somewhat drummed down version of the Outlook Object Model. I have not done much with it, but I suggest you take a look yourself. Load VB, click Project, References and then scroll down and select Microsoft Outlook Express 5.0 Type Library.

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[jkurpias]

I've used MapiSession & MapiMessages with Netscape and Outlook Express but I couldn't get it to work with Outlook. What I like about Mapi is it opens the default email software rather than coding for one email program only.

Components -> Microsoft Mapi Controls

[Mark Sreeves]

OutLook express is an absolute pain!

It uses "simple mapi" whereas proper outlook uses Extended Mapi - The Vb mapimail ocx uses extended mapi as well.

even then Version 5 is required because Version 4 is not up to the job!

This has been giving us serious grief because mapimail ocx need windows messaging which is only supplied as an after-thought on the windows 98 cd.

One of our apps depends on the Mapimail ocx if the user then instals OE5 the whole lot falls over because OE5 replaces perfectly good Extended mapi DLLs with its crap ones!



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