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OLE and OUTLOOK check mail.

Keywords:    OLE OUTLOOK inbox check mail MAPI

Question:

Do you have any OLE code that can interact with Outlook and check the inbox for new mail?

Answer:

Here is some code the can look at the inbox in Outlook to see if there is any messages....

;***************************************************************************
;** This script will check every ten seconds 
;** for mail in the outlook inbox.
;** NOTE LINES....;remove after debugging
;***************************************************************************

While 1
TimeDelay(10)
display(2,"TO SHUT DOWN SCRIPT","PRESS CTRL BREAK");remove after debugging
GoSub MAILCHEK
endwhile

:MAILCHEK
olFolderInbox=6 ;constant DO NOT CHANGE
MSapp = ObjectOpen ("Outlook.Application")
objNameSpace = MSapp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
objFolder = objNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox);  'Access the Inbox
objcount=objFolder.Items
mycount=objcount.Count;checks number of messages in inbox!
if mycount != 0
  Message("MAIL CHECKER","You have messages!!!") 
Else;remove after debugging																	 	
 Message("MAIL CHECK ","YOU DON'T HAVE MESSAGES");remove after debugging
endif																		

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Article ID:   W13670

Filename:   OLE and OUTLOOK check mail.txt
File Created: 1999:04:15:16:55:36
Last Updated: 1999:04:15:16:55:36