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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Programming Forms / January 2004Moving a custom post item
I am attempting to move a custom post item from one folder to another. I have tried to do this programmatically and manually without success. When I attempt it via code (VB- COM addin, see code below) it moves the item to the deleted folder. When I try manually, it creates a new default form (contact in this case) in the destination folder and embeds the post. Both the source and destination folders have the same forms published to them and the same default forms (ipm.contact). Also, I can create a new custom post on both folders without a problem. Any ideas, please..... VB Code: Set oOl = gobjOutlook For i = 1 To Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Count Set oItem = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection(i) oItem.Move oOl.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts) Next > Both the source and > destination folders have the same forms published to them > and the same default forms (ipm.contact). You should not have a form published in two places. This will really confuse the cache system. If you need it in two folders, then publish it to a forms library. You need to learn how to walk the folders. You need to set a NameSpace object from the Application object, then set a folder object from the name of your pst. From there you walk the folder hierarchy, setting folder objects as you go. (Actually, you only need two folder objects, for the current one, and the next one down.) Then you would move the selected object to the that folder. Finally, you open the new object, change the messageclass field to the name of your custom form, and save it. Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook] Hollis@outhousebythesound.com Using Virtual Access 4.52 build 277 (32-bit), Windows 2000 build 2195 http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?FR=0&SD=TECH&LN=EN-US Mukilteo, WA USA I am able to get the folders the object resides in, I use Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection(i) since it is selected when this code fires. The destination folder is the contact folder so I get that one with oOl.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts). The problem is that once I have these folders I call the move method it is not working properly. The post gets moved to the deleted folder, yet if I call this same code with other itesm (e.g., custom contact forms) it works fine. Jack >-----Original Message----- >> Both the source and [quoted text clipped - 22 lines] > >. > The problem is that once I have these folders I call the > move method it is not working properly. The post gets > moved to the deleted folder, yet if I call this same code > with other itesm (e.g., custom contact forms) it works > fine. A move involves a copy to the desired folder and a deletion in the original folder. You should see a copy appear in the target folder as well as in the deleted items folder. Check the number of items in folder before you try the operation. It is likely that it is getting there, but you aren't seeing it because you are looking for the custom form item. Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook] Hollis@outhousebythesound.com Using Virtual Access 4.52 build 277 (32-bit), Windows 2000 build 2195 http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?FR=0&SD=TECH&LN=EN-US Mukilteo, WA USA OK, so now I see the additional item in the destiniation folder, however, it is not a post, it is a contact (the folder's default form) with the post as an attachment. Is there a way to simply move the item and have it show you as the original item (custom Post) in the destiniation folder? Jack >-----Original Message----- >> The problem is that once I have these folders I call the [quoted text clipped - 18 lines] > >. > Is there a way to simply move the item and have it show > you as the original item (custom Post) in the destiniation > folder? Did you reset the messageclass field of the item? The whole business about which icon is showing is one I have ignored. So I can't really help you on this detail. But one if the reasons it doesn't show right is that the icon isn't in the directory in which it is looking. So you should check, in the item's properties, to see where it thinks the icon image is to be found. Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook] Hollis@outhousebythesound.com Using Virtual Access 4.52 build 277 (32-bit), Windows 2000 build 2195 http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?FR=0&SD=TECH&LN=EN-US Mukilteo, WA USA I inspected the message class in debug mode ans it is the correct messageclass. However, if I open the item after moving it, its messageclass is that of the default form in the folder. Are there special considerations in moving post items amoung folders? >-----Original Message----- >> Is there a way to simply move the item and have it show [quoted text clipped - 16 lines] > >. > Are there special considerations in moving post items > amoung folders? Well, I suppose there are. When you use the AddItem method to a folder objects Items collection set, you can specify which form to use. The code you are using does not specify a form to use. You are assuming that the process is one of copying the original item byte by byte. But this is not the way it is done. The new item is created as an empty, blank form, and field values are copied from one to another. Unfortunately, the MessageClass field is not one that is copied, as the new item was created with the default form name. So you have to experiment with it. You might try adding a custom action to your form, so that you can use the autoloading function of fields, rather than using the Move method. Hollis D. Paul [MVP - Outlook] Hollis@outhousebythesound.com Using Virtual Access 4.52 build 277 (32-bit), Windows 2000 build 2195 http://search.support.microsoft.com/kb/c.asp?FR=0&SD=TECH&LN=EN-US Mukilteo, WA USA |
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