Outlook 2003 Beta 2 ItemAdd_Event not triggered properly

[Fei Yuan]

Hi Sue,

Here's the information I collected:

Environment: Windows XP with Service Pack 1, Outlook 2003 Beta with
Technical Refresh patched
IDE: Visual Studio .NET 2003 C#
Language: C#, Shared Add-in for Outlook
Event handler: private void OlSentItems_ItemAdd(object Item)
On Items: default "Sent Items" folder's items

Issue: first time I send an email, the event is triggered, but returns me an
item of the following:

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Item: {System.__ComObject} System.Object
- [System.__ComObject] {System.__ComObject} System.__ComObject
- System.MarshalByRefObject {System.__ComObject}
System.MarshalByRefObject
- System.Object {System.__ComObject} System.Object
- __identity <undefined value> System.__ComObject
- m_ObjectToDataMap <undefined value>
System.Collections.Hashtable
- m_wrap 255269088 int
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second time I send an identical email, the event is triggered and returnes
me the correct object:

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Item: {Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.MailItemClass} System.Object
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Please have a look at this issue with the same environment as me since I
believe it is quite an important event in Outlook Object Model. Thanks.


Regards,
- Fei -





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I don't know the answer to either of your questions. I am trying to find out
more information, so that we can understand this issue better. Knowing the
value of the Class property would help.

Hi Sue,

I'm not concerned with its class property. What I know is that by sending
the first email, itemAdd event from "Sent Items" returns me a __ComObject
that I cannot cast it to a MailItemClass object. Then for subsequent
emails, "Sent Items" returns me regular MailItemClass objects that are fine.

So my questions are: 1. why did the event returns me a __ComObject at the
first time? 2. if i do check its class property, how do I cast it or
convert it to a MailItemClass?


Regards,
- Fei -



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I did read your question carefully. I would check the Class property of the
item, not just TypeName to try to understand better what might be happening.
AFAIK, this is not a known issue with 2003.
--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Outlook and Exchange solutions at http://www.slipstick.com
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming: Jumpstart
for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.slipstick.com/books/jumpstart.htm

I'm not talking about meeting request or a task request. I know that I sent
a mail item, but the event wasn't triggered properly. Please read my
question carefully. Thanks.
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