Folder.dbx

That's what I was trying to tell you.
--
Bruce Hagen
MS-MVP Outlook Express
~IB-CA~

"Dave" wrote in message
nk.net...
Got it!
ThX!

But it will not open "Floders.dbx" because
it is not a "message" file. :-(



"~~G.C.~~" wrote in message
...
2 try underway,


"Dave" schreef in bericht
ink.net...
Anyone know how to read "Floder.dbx"?

TIA
Dave

Courtesy of MVP Jim Pickering:

Outlook Express, unlike Outlook is not easily programmable. There is very
little published about using an API for Outlook Express by MSDN with this
exception:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)
MS MVP-Windows (IE, OE, Security, Shell/User)


Dave wrote:
I want to make an application that can read "Folders.dbx",
"understand" the folder structure and store it.
The application would be used to recreate the folder structure
if needed


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Why do you ask?

Dave wrote:
Anyone know how to read "Floder.dbx"?

TIA
Dave

For a general page with info about the DBX file structure, you can review
the info here, which although not written by Microsoft, is fairly accurate
and contains most of the publicly know info about them:
http://oedbx.aroh.de/main.html

If you just want to "read" the folder, you can open it with Notepad or
Wordpad, although if you change a single byte, you will make the file
unreadable/unusable in Outlook Express. And you maybe will begin to
understand why so few people have any desire to work with it.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
Please reply ONLY to newsgroup.



"Dave" wrote in message
nk.net...
Got it!
ThX!

But it will not open "Floders.dbx" because
it is not a "message" file. :-(



"~~G.C.~~" wrote in message
...
2 try underway,


"Dave" schreef in bericht
ink.net...
Anyone know how to read "Floder.dbx"?

TIA
Dave

Bear: Link has been eliminated by MSDN. No reasonable substitute other
than Arne's site is available.
--
Jim


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Courtesy of MVP Jim Pickering:

Outlook Express, unlike Outlook is not easily programmable. There is very
little published about using an API for Outlook Express by MSDN with this
exception:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

Looks good!
ThX Mr. Pickering!


"Jim Pickering" jimp (AT) mvps.org wrote in message
...
For a general page with info about the DBX file structure, you can review
the info here, which although not written by Microsoft, is fairly accurate
and contains most of the publicly know info about them:
http://oedbx.aroh.de/main.html

If you just want to "read" the folder, you can open it with Notepad or
Wordpad, although if you change a single byte, you will make the file
unreadable/unusable in Outlook Express. And you maybe will begin to
understand why so few people have any desire to work with it.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
Please reply ONLY to newsgroup.



"Dave" wrote in message
nk.net...
Got it!
ThX!

But it will not open "Floders.dbx" because
it is not a "message" file. :-(



"~~G.C.~~" wrote in message
...
2 try underway,


"Dave" schreef in bericht
ink.net...
Anyone know how to read "Floder.dbx"?

TIA
Dave

/Now/ you tell me...

Jim Pickering wrote:
Bear: Link has been eliminated by MSDN. No reasonable substitute other
than Arne's site is available.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Courtesy of MVP Jim Pickering:

Outlook Express, unlike Outlook is not easily programmable. There is
very
little published about using an API for Outlook Express by MSDN with this
exception:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

VBG
--
Jim

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
/Now/ you tell me...

Jim Pickering wrote:
Bear: Link has been eliminated by MSDN. No reasonable substitute other
than Arne's site is available.

"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Courtesy of MVP Jim Pickering:

Outlook Express, unlike Outlook is not easily programmable. There is
very
little published about using an API for Outlook Express by MSDN with
this
exception:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

They just changed the URL. The information is still there, but its not
going to help with the folders.dbx file structure.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms709546.aspx

steve

"Jim Pickering" jimp (AT) mvps.org wrote in message
...
Bear: Link has been eliminated by MSDN. No reasonable substitute other
than Arne's site is available.
--
Jim


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Courtesy of MVP Jim Pickering:

Outlook Express, unlike Outlook is not easily programmable. There is
very
little published about using an API for Outlook Express by MSDN with this
exception:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)

Actually there are lots of inaccuracies there. Particularly with
folders.dbx.

steve

"Jim Pickering" jimp (AT) mvps.org wrote in message
...
For a general page with info about the DBX file structure, you can review
the info here, which although not written by Microsoft, is fairly accurate
and contains most of the publicly know info about them:
http://oedbx.aroh.de/main.html

If you just want to "read" the folder, you can open it with Notepad or
Wordpad, although if you change a single byte, you will make the file
unreadable/unusable in Outlook Express. And you maybe will begin to
understand why so few people have any desire to work with it.
--
Jim Pickering, MVP/Windows Mail applications
Please reply ONLY to newsgroup.



"Dave" wrote in message
nk.net...
Got it!
ThX!

But it will not open "Floders.dbx" because
it is not a "message" file. :-(



"~~G.C.~~" wrote in message
...
2 try underway,


"Dave" schreef in bericht
ink.net...
Anyone know how to read "Floder.dbx"?

TIA
Dave

I thought that just linked to Windows Mail info. I.e, isn't all that stuff
supposedly different now in WM?

Joe
"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
They just changed the URL. The information is still there, but its not
going to help with the folders.dbx file structure.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/ms709546.aspx

steve

"Jim Pickering" jimp (AT) mvps.org wrote in message
...
Bear: Link has been eliminated by MSDN. No reasonable substitute other
than Arne's site is available.
--
Jim


"PA Bear" wrote in message
...
Courtesy of MVP Jim Pickering:

Outlook Express, unlike Outlook is not easily programmable. There is
very
little published about using an API for Outlook Express by MSDN with
this
exception:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp
--
~Robear Dyer (PA Bear)