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Rebekah - 28 Sep 2006 15:31 GMT

I have two questions regarding programming with MAPI and Outlook. First of
all - when using MAPI, how does it determine which outlook profile to use?
And, can you use MAPI controls when you do not have Exchange Server running?

I have a program that is putting out the email message through MAPI - but it
is not putting in a "from" name/address. It works fine with Outlook Express.

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Dmitry Streblechenko - 28 Sep 2006 18:13 GMT

Do you mean MAPI controls (which use Simple MAPI)? No. Extended MAPI
(C++/Delphi only) - yes.

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool

>I have two questions regarding programming with MAPI and Outlook. First of
> all - when using MAPI, how does it determine which outlook profile to use?
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> is not putting in a "from" name/address. It works fine with Outlook
> Express.

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Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook] - 28 Sep 2006 18:18 GMT

You can either rely on the user's default (automatic profile or select a
profile) or logon yourself:

Specifying a Profile During Simple MAPI Logon:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/mapi/html/c61f6b4c-e1ea-484e-bc64-11b905
92ce1c.asp?frame=true

You don't need Exchange to use Simple MAPI. I can't explain why the From
header is blank though.

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> I have two questions regarding programming with MAPI and Outlook. First of
> all - when using MAPI, how does it determine which outlook profile to use?
> And, can you use MAPI controls when you do not have Exchange Server running?
>
> I have a program that is putting out the email message through MAPI - but it
> is not putting in a "from" name/address. It works fine with Outlook Express.

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Rebekah - 29 Sep 2006 21:27 GMT

I am wondering if there is a security option that might be affecting this
since I am accessing Outlook from another application. Is there a security
setting or option that might be affecting this that I can change?

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Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook] - 29 Sep 2006 22:26 GMT

Are you using the Microsoft MAPI Controls (MAPISession and MAPIMessages)? If
so, why aren't you using the Outlook Object Model directly (unless you are
building a MAPI client independant application)?

Regardless, please show your code so we can better assist.

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Try Picture Attachments Wizard for Outlook:
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> I am wondering if there is a security option that might be affecting this
> since I am accessing Outlook from another application. Is there a security
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> > I have a program that is putting out the email message through MAPI - but it
> > is not putting in a "from" name/address. It works fine with Outlook Express.

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