OutlookEX UDF (Question, not error)

[Reizvoller]

Howdy!

I've been reading through the OutLookEX documentation and examples for the past two days ( VERY well documented, very clear! ) 

https://www.autoitscript.com/wiki/OutlookEX_UDF_-_General

 

But I've had trouble locating information on specifying what user to use. My outlook is linked to two email accounts and I can only manipulate the main account's stuff. A simple script I've been playing with is this 

; Include Functions
#include <OutlookEX.au3>

; Connect to Outlook
Global $oOutlook = _OL_Open()
If @error <> 0 Then Exit MsgBox(16, "Connect to Outlook", "Error connecting to Outlook. @error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)

;List the folders
Global $aResult = _OL_FolderTree($oOutlook, "*")
If @error <> 0 Then Exit MsgBox(16, "OutlookEX UDF: _OL_FolderTree Example Script", "Error accessing root folder. @error = " & @error)
_ArrayDisplay($aResult, "OutlookEX UDF: _OL_FolderTree Example Script - All folders")

It works like a charm but it only returns my main account's folders. 

I really hope I didn't overlook a wiki page or help file... 

Any assistance would be greatly appreciated!

-Reiz

[Reizvoller]

Should I repost this in this forum thread?

 

 

 

 

[water]

No problem starting a new thread
"*" is always resolved to the current user. Check the help file for _OL_FolderAccess and you will see how to access the folder of another user. Call _OL_FolderAccess and then pass the returned folder object to _OL_FolderTree.

[Reizvoller]

Hey there!

Thank you for the guidance. What you have made is amazingly helpful ( or soon will be ) to my daily work life.

I am going to dig into those docs and see what I come up with. 

Cheers!

-Reiz

[Reizvoller]

Ah! I discovered the actual dilemma I am hitting!

The area I am trying to access isn't a user account, it is just a "General Mailbox" meaning it has none of the usual functions of a normal user. Until 10 minutes ago I didn't know anything like this existed.

At any rate if I can't specify a person/user , any ideas on how I can gain access to a set of folders that aren't exactly associated with a user account?

When I right click on one of my own personal folders and click Properties , it gives me a location of  "\\myemail@mydomain.com"

When I right click on the mailbox's folder that I want to get into and click Properties it gives me a location of "\\thename"  (( Not a blah@blue.com , just blah))

I used "thename" in the script and it returns with Error 1 which means to me that it can't access the specified root folder.

; Include Functions
#include <OutlookEX.au3>

; Connect to Outlook
Global $oOutlook = _OL_Open()
If @error <> 0 Then Exit MsgBox(16, "Connect to Outlook", "Error connecting to Outlook. @error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)

;List the folders
Global $aResult = _OL_FolderTree($oOutlook, "\\NAMEHERE")
If @error <> 0 Then Exit MsgBox(16, "OutlookEX UDF: _OL_FolderTree Example Script", "Error accessing root folder. @error = " & @extended)
_ArrayDisplay($aResult, "OutlookEX UDF: _OL_FolderTree Example Script - All folders")

If there is information I am leaving out that would be useful to you just let me know and I will try to find it. Thank you very much for your time!

[water]

In the folder tree of Outlook at the root of the mailbox you want to access you see the name. Use this in _OL_FolderAccess.
Example:

 

[Reizvoller]

Hey there,

I really appreciate you spending time with me on this and helping me work through dillemma. I know you could be spending it doing ANYTHING else so I really do value you taking the time to respond to me. Thank you.

I made the modifications as you suggested 

; Include Functions
#include <OutlookEX.au3>

; Connect to Outlook
Global $oOutlook = _OL_Open()
If @error <> 0 Then Exit MsgBox(16, "Connect to Outlook", "Error connecting to Outlook. @error = " & @error & ", @extended = " & @extended)


Global $aFolder = _OL_FolderAccess($oOutlook, "\\NAME\Inbox", $olFolderInbox)
if @error then MsgBox(0, "Error", "Error returned by _OL_FolderAccess: " & @error & "-" & @extended)

;List the folders
Global $aResult = _OL_FolderTree($oOutlook, $aFolder)
If @error <> 0 Then Exit MsgBox(16, "OutlookEX UDF: _OL_FolderTree Example Script", "Error accessing root folder. @error = " & @extended)
_ArrayDisplay($aResult, "OutlookEX UDF: _OL_FolderTree Example Script - All folders")

And I get back an "Error Accessing Root Folder , Error = 0" 

Again thank you very much for your time regarding this. 

[water]

Unfortunately _OL_FolderAccess returns an array. So the statement should be:

;List the folders
Global $aResult = _OL_FolderTree($oOutlook, $aFolder[1])

 

[Reizvoller]

Well that returned a different error it seems!

I should have known to call it as an array, thank you for reminding me.

This is what I get when I try to run it now

"C:\directorystuff\mail\OutlookEX.au3" (1259) : ==> The requested action with this object has failed.:
$oFolder = $oNamespace.GetSharedDefaultFolder($oDummy, $iFolderType).Parent
$oFolder = $oNamespace^ ERROR
>Exit code: 1    Time: 2.633

Did I break your UDF? o.o I'm sorry!!! 

[water]

You didn't break the UDF - that's not possible

Could you please try:

Global $aFolder = _OL_FolderAccess($oOutlook, "NAME\")

 

Edited May 20, 2016 by water

[Reizvoller]

Howdy

It worked! It worked it worked it worked!

I literally jumped up in excitement and scared my fellow co-workers LOL

Thank you very much!

-Reiz

[water]

Now your fellow co-workers know how easy AutoIt is