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MS Office Forum / Outlook / Programming VBA / January 2006Scope of StoreID and EntryID
Where is the StoreID and EntryID stored? My real question and concern is that if I use them for referencing a folder, will they exist for multiple users on mutiple computers and always be the same? I understand that the EntryID can change if a folder is moved, so I'll be sure the folder doesn't move. What I'm trying to do is reference a Search Folder. Since the search folder doesn't exist in the mailbox folders collection, I figured my only option to reference it is by StoreID/EntryID. I have multiple users sharing a mailbox, so I want to make sure that using the StoreID/Entry is a permenant option. Thanks, Scott A search folder is hidden, but it exists in a mailbox or PST file (never in an Exchange public folders store). You can see all your search folders using a MAPI tool such as OutlookSpy or MFCMAPI. I've never had a problem using EntryID, StoreID (given the known things of ID changing when moving/deleting).  SignatureKen Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm > Where is the StoreID and EntryID stored? My real question and concern > is that if I use them for referencing a folder, will they exist for [quoted text clipped - 11 lines] > > Scott Cool, I'll use the EntryID and StoreID as a long term solution then. I can see the search folders using Exchange Explorer and OutlookSpy but the GetMAPIFolder routine (that I snagged off the Internet) locates the folder by getting the root folder for a mailbox and then loops the sub-folders. There are 12 subfolders off of the root but Search Folders isn't in the Folders collection from what I can tell. Thanks, Scott You can't get there from here :) The OOM only allows you to get to folders starting with Top of Information Store (Personal Folders, Outlook Today, Mailbox), not above that. The search folders are under the search root at Finder so you can't get there directly from the Outlook object model. You'd have to use CDO 1.21 or Extended MAPI or Redemption to get there. Once there if you get the EntryID and StoreID and use NameSpace.GetItemFromID then Outlook is happy as a clam and will gladly work with the search folder and its exposed properties/methods/events. However, things like the search criteria for the search folder are still not exposed using the OOM, not even to CDO 1.21. For the search criteria you have to use Extended MAPI or Redemption. SignatureKen Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003 Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm > Cool, I'll use the EntryID and StoreID as a long term solution then. > [quoted text clipped - 7 lines] > > Scott Ah ha. I'm back to this topic and dug up this thread. Thanks for the reply. That's exactly what I needed. It turns out that the StoreID is the same for a mailbox, but the EntryIDs for the folders change if you switch from cached move to non-cached move and between different users sharing the same mailbox. So I can't rely on a permenant EntryID for all users all the time. But RDO exposes all of that easily so I have a good handle on it now. Thanks! Scott |
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