Outlook2007 missing finder.exe

[Koen Piller]

Hi,

I noticed Outlook2007 is missing the handy finder.exe which is part of Outlook2003. Anybody around to tell me which is the new version and if not availabl anymore is there a workaround could I still make use of this functionality?
Thanks for replying,
Jockey(2)

 

[Mike Lewis]

Are you trying to use Finder programmatically from VFP? I didn't think that was possible.

If you are just interested in using Finder interactively, you might try posting your question in a forum devoted to Outlook or Office.

Mike

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[Koen Piller]

Mike,
my coding for using finder:

LOCAL lcFile, lcAction
Declare Integer ShellExecute ;
	IN SHELL32.Dll ;
	INTEGER nWinHandle,;
	STRING cAction,;
	STRING cFile_Name,;
	STRING cParameters,;
	STRING cDirectory,;
	INTEGER nShowWindow
If !File("C:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Finder.exe")
	lcFile = Getfile("exe","Finder.exe","OK",1,"Locate for Finder.exe" )
ELSE
	lcFile = "C:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Finder.exe"
endif

lcAction = "open"

ShellExecute(0,lcAction,lcFile ,"","",1)

Since this is using ShellExecute, I believed this is the appropriate section to post. Anyhow this thing obviously does not work when Office2007 is installed since there is no finder anymore. Remains my question do we know of the same utility for Office2007 and so what is it called?

Regards,
Jockey(2)

 

[Olaf Doschke]

perhaps C:\program files\Microsoft Office\Office12\Finder.exe ?

Sorry, could not resist, but that would be the obvious new location of Finder.exe.

The find functionality still exists in Office 2007. I wonder if they would have changed finder.exe to some dll or included it in Outlook.exe.

You may try

o = createobject("Outlook.Application")
o.AdvancedSearch(...)

see

http://support.microsoft.com/kb/326244/en-us

Bye, Olaf.

 

[KoenPiller]

Olaf,

Seems I have installed a thrifty version of Outlook2007 on my laptop, No Finder. Will try the createobject and reinstall my Outlook and report back DayAfterTomorrow. Thanks for replying,

Jockey(2)

 

[Koen Piller]

Olaf,

finder is not with Outlook2007 anymore - I have reinstalled everything: no Finder.exe. To create an object and use advancedSearch would be an option, however in order to avoid a lot of coding(reinvert the wheel), I prefer to use an inbuilt option from Outlook, however havent found the solution yet. Will keep looking around and eventually report back in case I found the answer.
Thanks sofar,
Jockey(2)