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John Luif
I have an interesting request from a client and not sure how to
approach it. Here is the scenario.
A folder will exist that when clicked the ‘items' residing on another
Server must be displayed. The Server is not on the local network.
The whole point is getting items from a location that is not your
default mail store.
And just to make it that much more confusing, each "item" will need to
have buttons or context menu items (like Appointment items) that allow
you to manipulate the item. These instructions will be sent back to
the external server for processing in addition to performing some
local action.
The solution must be supported by Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003.
Some of my Ideas up to this point
1)Use HTML folder views in Outlook using the Outlook List Active X
control. Create a view of items that live on the server that will
show up when the folder is clicked. Enable users to manipulate items
(delete, read, modify).
2)Use a Web Service to retrieve item headers and create "stub" items
in the folder that lives in the default mail store. Download full
message into stub when user opens message.
Extended MAPI and ATL/C++ can be used.
Thanks for any help you can give.
approach it. Here is the scenario.
A folder will exist that when clicked the ‘items' residing on another
Server must be displayed. The Server is not on the local network.
The whole point is getting items from a location that is not your
default mail store.
And just to make it that much more confusing, each "item" will need to
have buttons or context menu items (like Appointment items) that allow
you to manipulate the item. These instructions will be sent back to
the external server for processing in addition to performing some
local action.
The solution must be supported by Outlook 2000, 2002, 2003.
Some of my Ideas up to this point
1)Use HTML folder views in Outlook using the Outlook List Active X
control. Create a view of items that live on the server that will
show up when the folder is clicked. Enable users to manipulate items
(delete, read, modify).
2)Use a Web Service to retrieve item headers and create "stub" items
in the folder that lives in the default mail store. Download full
message into stub when user opens message.
Extended MAPI and ATL/C++ can be used.
Thanks for any help you can give.