Is it possible to find out if a MAPIFolder is in the olDefaultFolders constant list?

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Hi

I would like to know if there is anyway of finding out if a folder is in the

OlDefaultFolder constants.

I can see the method GetDefaultFolder(FolderTypeEnum) and return a

MAPIFolder is there any way to then get from that returned folder if it is a

olFolderInbox for example?

daryl
 
What exactly are you trying to do?

You can find out the default item type of a folder using

MAPIFolder.DefaultItemType.

If you want to know if a specific folder is a default folder, for example

Inbox, as opposed to being a user-created email folder, how you do that

depends on what version of Outlook you are using and what API's you are

using.

Probably the simplest way to find if a folder is one of the default ones

without comparing folder EntryID's is to get the FolderPath property, which

is a string, of the folder and the Inbox folder (or other default folder)

and compare the FolderPath strings.

"Daryl" <developer@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Hi
> I would like to know if there is anyway of finding out if a folder is in
> the OlDefaultFolder constants.

> I can see the method GetDefaultFolder(FolderTypeEnum) and return a
> MAPIFolder is there any way to then get from that returned folder if it is
> a olFolderInbox for example?

> daryl
 
Thanks for the reply and the information.

What am I trying to do.

I would like to iterate through all the folders in the name space and while

looping through them I would like to see if the folder is one in the

olDefaultFolder constants. It would be nice if a folder had as a property

this constant, then it would be simple to see if it was a folder of

particular interest.

thanks

daryl
<kenslovak@mvps.org> wrote in message

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> What exactly are you trying to do?

> You can find out the default item type of a folder using
> MAPIFolder.DefaultItemType.

> If you want to know if a specific folder is a default folder, for example
> Inbox, as opposed to being a user-created email folder, how you do that
> depends on what version of Outlook you are using and what API's you are
> using.

> Probably the simplest way to find if a folder is one of the default ones
> without comparing folder EntryID's is to get the FolderPath property,
> which is a string, of the folder and the Inbox folder (or other default
> folder) and compare the FolderPath strings.

> >

>

> "Daryl" <developer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e2Tbn4rNKHA.3992@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Hi
> > I would like to know if there is anyway of finding out if a folder is in
> > the OlDefaultFolder constants.
>

>> I can see the method GetDefaultFolder(FolderTypeEnum) and return a
> > MAPIFolder is there any way to then get from that returned folder if it
> > is a olFolderInbox for example?
>

>> daryl
>
 
Thanks for the reply and the information.

What am I trying to do.

I would like to iterate through all the folders in the name space and while

looping through them I would like to see if the folder is one in the

olDefaultFolder constants. It would be nice if a folder had as a property

this constant, then it would be simple to see if it was a folder of

particular interest.

thanks

daryl
<kenslovak@mvps.org> wrote in message

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> What exactly are you trying to do?

> You can find out the default item type of a folder using
> MAPIFolder.DefaultItemType.

> If you want to know if a specific folder is a default folder, for example
> Inbox, as opposed to being a user-created email folder, how you do that
> depends on what version of Outlook you are using and what API's you are
> using.

> Probably the simplest way to find if a folder is one of the default ones
> without comparing folder EntryID's is to get the FolderPath property,
> which is a string, of the folder and the Inbox folder (or other default
> folder) and compare the FolderPath strings.

> >

>

> "Daryl" <developer@hotmail.com> wrote in message
> news:e2Tbn4rNKHA.3992@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
> > Hi
> > I would like to know if there is anyway of finding out if a folder is in
> > the OlDefaultFolder constants.
>

>> I can see the method GetDefaultFolder(FolderTypeEnum) and return a
> > MAPIFolder is there any way to then get from that returned folder if it
> > is a olFolderInbox for example?
>

>> daryl
>
 
At the Outlook object model level comparing the folder paths is probably the

easiest way to go.

At a lower level you can get the EntryID's of the default folders directly

or from properties on the Store and Inbox objects and use a method to

compare the EntryId's. Those should not be directly compared as they can be

short or long term id's that are equivalent but not equal.

But the lower level methods use either deprecated API's such as CDO 1.21 or

3rd party API's such as Redemption (www.dimastr.com/redemption) or Extended

MAPI (C++ or Delphi only).

"Daryl" <developer@hotmail.com> wrote in message

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> Thanks for the reply and the information.

> What am I trying to do.

> I would like to iterate through all the folders in the name space and
> while
> looping through them I would like to see if the folder is one in the
> olDefaultFolder constants. It would be nice if a folder had as a property
> this constant, then it would be simple to see if it was a folder of
> particular interest.

> thanks
> daryl
 
Re: Is it possible to find out if a MAPIFolder is in theolDefaultFolders constant list?

See http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/03/20/outlook-default-folders/

--JP

On Sep 16, 7:09 am, "Daryl" <develo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I would like to know if there is anyway of finding out if a folder is in the
> OlDefaultFolder constants.

> I can see the method GetDefaultFolder(FolderTypeEnum) and return a
> MAPIFolder is there any way to then get from that returned folder if it is a
> olFolderInbox for example?

> daryl
 
I don't know that I'd recommend using a string equality comparison for

EntryID's though. It might work some of the time but it's not guaranteed to

work like a true CompareID's method would.

"JP" <jp2112@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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See

http://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/03/20/outlook-default-folders/

--JP

On Sep 16, 7:09 am, "Daryl" <develo...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> Hi
> I would like to know if there is anyway of finding out if a folder is in
> the
> OlDefaultFolder constants.

> I can see the method GetDefaultFolder(FolderTypeEnum) and return a
> MAPIFolder is there any way to then get from that returned folder if it is
> a
> olFolderInbox for example?

> daryl
 
Re: Is it possible to find out if a MAPIFolder is in theolDefaultFolders constant list?

Perhaps a combination of EntryID and FolderPath comparisons?

--JP

On Sep 18, 10:11 am, "
<kenslo...@mvps.org> wrote:
> I don't know that I'd recommend using a string equality comparison for
> EntryID's though. It might work some of the time but it's not guaranteed to
> work like a true CompareID's method would.

> >

> http://www.slovaktech.com

> "JP" <jp2...@earthlink.net> wrote in message

> news:df5dc4c7-79d8-4044-ae2e-209f15f44a5e@p15g2000vbl.googlegroups.com...
> Seehttp://www.dailydoseofexcel.com/archives/2009/03/20/outlook-default-f....

> --JP

> On Sep 16, 7:09 am, "Daryl" <develo...@hotmail.com> wrote:

>
 
Well, normally I'd be using Redemption or some other lower level API where

I'd have access to a CompareID() type method, and there is the case that in

general the OOM returns the long-term EntryID so you don't have to worry

about long or short term id's, but I'm always leery about trusting a direct

string comparison there. (Nice run on sentence there)

FolderPath should be pretty much a slam dunk for that as long as nothing is

hard-coded, and of course assuming an OOM version that has that property is

being used. NameSpace.GetDefaiultFolder() followed by string equality for

the path of the folder being tested I'd guarantee (as Justin Wilson used to

say with that wonderful Cajun accent <g>).

"JP" <jp2112@earthlink.net> wrote in message

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Perhaps a combination of EntryID and FolderPath comparisons?

--JP
 
Re: Is it possible to find out if a MAPIFolder is in theolDefaultFolders constant list?

I'd forgotten about that guy, and I watched his cooking show. :-P

--JP

On Sep 18, 11:06 am, "
<kenslo...@mvps.org> wrote:
> Well, normally I'd be using Redemption or some other lower level API where
> I'd have access to a CompareID() type method, and there is the case that in
> general the OOM returns the long-term EntryID so you don't have to worry
> about long or short term id's, but I'm always leery about trusting a direct
> string comparison there. (Nice run on sentence there)

> FolderPath should be pretty much a slam dunk for that as long as nothing is
> hard-coded, and of course assuming an OOM version that has that property is
> being used. NameSpace.GetDefaiultFolder() followed by string equality for
> the path of the folder being tested I'd guarantee (as Justin Wilson used to
> say with that wonderful Cajun accent <g>).

> >

> http://www.slovaktech.com

>
 
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