OutlookEX UDF - Help & Support (IV)

[water]

41 minutes ago, caramen said:

$aFolder = _OL_FolderAccess($oOutlook, $oBoite, $olFolderInbox)
Global $DEBUG1 = MsgBox(0,0,"DEBUG1 :" & $aFolder )    
If @error <> 0 Then Exit MsgBox(16, "Outlook", "Erreur de connection aux dossiers Outlook. @error = " & @error & ", @extended: " & @extended)

MsgBox doesn't work as $aFolder is an array and MgBox can only handle strings.
If @error does not work as MsgBox resets the error to 0.

[caramen]

Ok it work with the full string. I have to see what wrong in my code now.

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by caramen

[water]

So everything is now working as expected?

[caramen]

Replaced all $aFolder[1] by $oBoite and everything work as expected now./ 

 

It was my understanding of all this.

Now I got short question more precise  , I could continue because it is working but I really want to understand this last point. 

look : 

My _OL_FolderAccess is now 100% correct it is sure  : 

According to your documentation I'm reading that : 

3 - StoreID (string) of the store to access the folder by ID

And When I'm reading the syntax of the _OL_ItemFind ()

$vFolder

Folder object as returned by _OL_FolderAccess or full name of folder where the search will be started. If you want to search a default folder you have to specify the folder object.

 

Why this doesn't work then 😮 ?

$aItems2 = _OL_ItemFind($oOutlook, $aFolder[3]&"\Inbox\Test12345" , $olMail, "" , "", "", "SenderEmailAddress,SenderName,Subject,Body,EntryID,Categories", "[ReceivedTime], True", 0 )
    If @error <> 0 Then Exit MsgBox(16, "Outlook", "Erreur de connection aux items Outlook $aItems2. @error = " & @error & ", @extended: " & @extended)
_ArrayDisplay ($aItems2, "$aItems2")

or this : 

$aItems2 = _OL_ItemFind($oOutlook, $aFolder[3] , $olMail, "" , "", "", "SenderEmailAddress,SenderName,Subject,Body,EntryID,Categories", "[ReceivedTime], True", 0 )
    If @error <> 0 Then Exit MsgBox(16, "Outlook", "Erreur de connection aux items Outlook $aItems2. @error = " & @error & ", @extended: " & @extended)
_ArrayDisplay ($aItems2, "$aItems2")

One of them should work ?!

Edited October 2, 2020 by caramen

[water]

Replace $aFolder[3] with $aFolder[1] because element 1 holds the folder object. $aFolder[3] holds the ID which isn't supported by _OL_ItemFind.

[caramen]

Ok so it's not working as expected 😕 .

 

look : 

$aFolder[1]&"\Inbox\Test12345"

$aFolder[1] 

 

 

And this is the expected return : 

$oBoite&"\Inbox\Test12345"       =           "contact@web-*******.com"&"\Inbox\Test12345"

 

 

Edited October 2, 2020 by caramen

[water]

$aFolder[1] is an object, so you can't concatenate it with a string.
Use the store string and concatenate it with your folder string and then call _OL_FolderAccess.

[caramen]

Understood. _OL_ItemMove helped me a lot to understand this.

Final Thanks. I shouldn't be stuck at any moment in my dev now thanks @water ! 

 

[water]

[water]

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Hello.  I'm just getting started with this UDF.  My specific task right now is, with AutoIt, create a new task in Outlook.  Can/Should this UDF be used to do that?  If so, how?  Or should that be done with vanilla AutoIt? 

At the same time, is there a web page or tool that lists all the functions in this UDF, and describes what they do?  If so, that may help me answer any future questions I might have about automating Outlook.

Thanks!

@cag8f   
Use function _OL_ItemCreate to create a new task.

In the wiki you'll find a section describing the OutlookEX UDF (for the link please check my signature).

Edited October 19, 2020 by water

[seadoggie01]

Will that still ping them even though it doesn't say where the quote is from?

[water]

Sorry, which post or thread does your reply refer to

[seadoggie01]

Ha, sorry. I saw the post on the OutlookEx download page and realized you quoted cag8f here from there, but it doesn't say in your quote "X hours ago, cag8f said:", so I wondered if it would notify them since their name isn't in it  

[water]

I sent him a private message. But will update my post as well. 

[cag8f]

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Use function _OL_ItemCreate to create a new task.

In the wiki you'll find a section describing the OutlookEX UDF (for the link please check my signature)

OK thanks.  I read the wiki page.  But it didn't seem to contain a comprehensive description of all available functions in the UDF (unless I missed it?).  For example, in the 'Calling a function' section there is a line of code which is a call to `_OL_ItemCreate()`.  But that doesn't really describe what the function does, what input parameters it takes (required and optional), its return value, etc.  In fact, the text describes the function call as one used to create a new mail item, which isn't exactly what I want to do.  I'm not complaining or anything.  But if I continue to have more questions about the usage of this UDF, what's the best way to obtain it?  For this particular function I might be able to get by using the examples on this web page.  But what about info on the other UDF functions?Ask in this forum?  People are usually pretty helpful. 

FYI I received two notifications--one notifying me that people posted after me in this particular thread, and another when @water specifically mentioned me (screenshot).  It doesn't look like I was notified strictly because I was quoted.

[water]

The naming pattern section in the wiki describes it quite well: "If a method can be used for more than one item type (e.g. mail, calendar and notes) the function is called _OL_ItemXXX else the function is named like the item type e.g. _OL_CalendarXXX".
So _OL_ItemCreate allows to create different types of items (mail, appointment ...).

For further information either check OutlookEX.htm which is part of the ZIP-file you downloaded.

Or add the UDF to SciTE to get toolstips about available parameters and a short function description while coding.
In SciTE use Ctrl+1 to run the SciTE Config tool, select the "Other Tools" tab and run the User Calltip Manger tool and then add the OutlookEX.au3 to SciTe. You get syntax highlighting and tooltips.

[cag8f]

>> For further information either check OutlookEX.htm which is part of the ZIP-file you downloaded.

OK, thanks--I had overlooked that file.  And I can see that in the same folder appears to be a different `.htm` file for each UDF function.  This is what I wanted.  It should help me greatly moving forward.  Thanks for the assistance.

If necessary, I'll also give the SCiTE tooltips a try.

In the future, if I have specific questions about the UDF, should I post to this thread, or open a new topic?

 

[water]

Simply post here if you have further questions

[cag8f]

Thanks!

[cag8f]

OK I'm back.  Using the UDF I was able to create a new task.  Now, in that new task, I'd like to add some text to the task 'description' area.  I'm not sure if that's the correct term for the area, but here is a screenshot of the area I'm referencing.  How do I do that?

I had a look through the UDF files and here is the approach it seems like I need to take.  

• Run `_OL_FolderAccess()` and pass the result as the `$vFolder` parameter to `_OL_ItemFind()`. 
• Then pass the results of `_OL_ItemFind()` as the `$vItem` parameter to `_OL_ItemModify()`. 

If that's correct, I am sure I am missing some steps somewhere--most likely in the optional parameters each function takes.  I'm not sure which optional parameters to set.  Probably at least one in `_OL_ItemFind()` and at least one in `_OL_ItemModify()`. 

Thanks!