Reading Outlook 2007 .msg file with VB.Net 2010

[MLarsB]

I am using the following code to get information from Outlook .msg files (created by Save As from
Outlook), such as .SenderName, etc., as shown in the code. This works on all but two of many
.msg files.

The problem is that it does not work on .msg files that are actually saved meeting notices.
I get the following error:
Unable to cast COM object of type 'System.__ComObject' to interface type
'Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.MailItem'. This operation failed because the QueryInterface
call on the COM component for the interface with IID '{00063034-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}' failed
due to the following error: No such interface supported (Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004002
(E_NOINTERFACE))

Then I have to exit Outlook to clear the error.

I have searched with Google and found another person who had this problem, but no solution was given.

Any ideas of how to process the meeting notices?

Thanks.

  Dim oOutL As New Outlook.Application
  Dim oMail As Outlook.MailItem
  Dim email As Outlook.MailItem

      oMail = CType(oOutL.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem), Outlook.MailItem)

      Dim MsgFileName As String
      MsgFileName = ChangeToSharedPath(gsDatabaseNames(iThisDatabase))

      email = oMail.Application.Session.OpenSharedItem(MsgFileName)

      With email
        AllOfMSGPreserveCase = .SenderName & .SentOn & .To & .CC & .BCC & .Subject & .Body
        AllOfMSGPreserveCase &= AttachmentsList
      End With

[dunfiddlin]

Take a look at MSDN etc. for Outlook.MeetingItem

[MLarsB]

Thanks.

From what I have looked at of that, it is not dealing with Outlook Save As files as .msg files. This is where I am having a problem. I get an error when trying to access a .msg file which is a meeting notice rather than a message.

[dunfiddlin]

I won't pretend that I'm an expert (my Outlook days are long behind me) but I think that the .msg file retains the structure of the MeetingItem which is why it freaks out when you try to to treat it as a Mail.Item. It's gotta be worth a try (literally .... you could throw it in as an exception handler just to see if it gets you anywhere). If nothing else you can eliminate it from your enquiries!

[MLarsB]

I capture it with an exception, but then I have to close Outlook to clear the error.

What I have done for now is eliminate the two meeting notices from the 1200 some .msg files I have. However, the meeting notices do have notes in them that the users would like to be able to search in addition to the other files. I have a program which lets the user entere a string to search for and then the program accesses the .msg files and searches them.