Retrieve information from OutLook..

[cnguyen]

I'm looking for away to get these information from Outlook via VFP...
User/Login information - Username, Email address, password
Server Information - Incoming server and outgoing server setting...

Any information would be appreciate.
Thank You;
Cuong.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Hi Cuong,

Basically, you need to use Automation. It's too big a subject to give full details here, but the following code should get you started. This retrieves a few fields from the Contacts folder. Similar techniques can be used for getting information from email messages, calendar items, etc.

* Get an object reference to the Contacts folder
oOut = CREATEOBJECT("outlook.application&quot
oNS = oOut.GetNamespace("MAPI&quot
oAdBook = oNS.GetDefaultFolder(10)

* How many contacts?
? oAdBook.Items.Count

* Look at info for the first contact
? oAdBook.Items(1).FirstName
? oAdBook.Items(1).LastName
? oAdBook.Items(1).BusinessFaxNumber

* Loop through the contacts
FOR EACH oContact in oAdBook.Items
? oContact.LastName
? oContact.Birthday
ENDFOR

The various properties and methods of the Outlook object model are all documented in a Help file. Another way to explore the object model is to use Intellisense (in VFP 7 and 8) or the object browser in the Visual Basic Editor in Office.

Hope this will get you started. Come back if you have more questions.
Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk

 

[cnguyen]

Thanks for your response Mike;
I'm not looking for the information in the contact list.. the information I'm looking for is the Account information user setup in Outlook under Tools - Options - EmailSetup - EmailAccount.

Cuong.

 

[Mike Lewis]

Sorry, Cuong. I should have read your message more carefully.

I'm afraid I can't help you with that one. Hope someone else can.
Mike Lewis
Edinburgh, Scotland

http://www.ml-consult.demon.co.uk

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Cuong.

I'm looking for away to get these information from Outlook via VFP...
User/Login information - Username, Email address, password
Server Information - Incoming server and outgoing server setting...

These values a stored in the registry. There is been a few samples on how to access the registry in the recent past on this forum. Although you most likely can retreive the account name, the password itself is encrypted.
Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.

 

[Mike Gagnon]

Cuong

Although partial information is available this way:

ow=CREATEOBJECT("outlook.application")
ns=ow.GetNamespace("mapi")
?ns.CurrentUser.Name
?ns.CurrentUser.Address
?ns.CurrentUser.AddressEntry.Type

Mike Gagnon

If you want to get the best response to a question, please check out FAQ184-2483 first.