Outlook Com Add in question.

[Alastair MacFarlane]

Dear All

Can someone advise me wether it is possible to create an Outlook Com Add-in
which is loaded on Outlook startup and has a sub that fires every 5 minutes
checking the inbox and moving email contents to a database?

My question is more to do fith the timer firing mechanisim rather than the
other steps. Do I sublass a timer sub or to I load an invisible form with a
timer? What are the likely problems and possible solutions.

Thanks again.

Alastair MacFarlane

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

I use timers all the time for scheduling things like that. I use both Win32
API timers as well as VB forms that are hidden with timer controls on them,
which method I use depends on the application. Neither method works better
than the other. Just make sure to stop your timer and release all objects
when Outlook is closing.

 

[Alastair MacFarlane]

Thanks for the reply Ken. I have used a standard timer on a form rather than
subclassing a procedure. I am not very good at subclassing anyway. I didn't
know whether atimer would fire on an invisible form.

Thanks for your comments.

Alastair