develop for OE 6?

Hey folks,

I have this mobile phone running windows mobile 2003 2nd edition and I'd
like to synchronize the contacts and emailmessages with outlook express 6
(instead of Outlook from MS Office).

Using C# I'd like to write a little synchronization tool myself (I've been a
Delphi developper for over 8 years now) but I dunno where to start. The only
interface file I found was a header file for C/C++ and after some reading it
apears that OE 6 is going to be turned into Windows Mail in Vista? What
happens to the contacts from OE 6 then?

If anybody could point me in a direction that helps me to write C# code to
sync between Windows Mobile and OE 6 I'd be very gratefull.

Thanks for reading sofar,

Vinz.

MSDN has some very limited information about programming for Outlook Express
at this link, and it's not really much help. You just have to hack it to
find out what works and what doesn't. But the bigger problem would be the
programming hacks for the mobile device. Maybe ask in the PocketPC or
mobile newsgroups?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp

And, in Vista, mail storage is quite different. There are no DBX files
since mail is stored as individual EML files and the Contacts also have a
new storage.

Your best shot would seem to be to ask your questions in a developer
newsgroup.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"Vinz" wrote in message
...
Hey folks,

I have this mobile phone running windows mobile 2003 2nd edition and I'd
like to synchronize the contacts and emailmessages with outlook express 6
(instead of Outlook from MS Office).

Using C# I'd like to write a little synchronization tool myself (I've been
a Delphi developper for over 8 years now) but I dunno where to start. The
only interface file I found was a header file for C/C++ and after some
reading it apears that OE 6 is going to be turned into Windows Mail in
Vista? What happens to the contacts from OE 6 then?

If anybody could point me in a direction that helps me to write C# code to
sync between Windows Mobile and OE 6 I'd be very gratefull.

Thanks for reading sofar,

Vinz.

Hey Jim, thanks for your reply. it's much appreciated. The link doesn't work
anymore though but when searching for 'OE', all the links that actually do
work now redirect to Windows Mail in Vista. :-/

And I really wished there would be a develop newsgroup for OE but I didn't
find any :-(

All the code examples that are shown on for example this page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ount_entry.asp
are in C or C++. Does anybody know if the same can be done in C# (.NET 2.0)?

Regards,

Vinz.

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
MSDN has some very limited information about programming for Outlook
Express at this link, and it's not really much help. You just have to
hack it to find out what works and what doesn't. But the bigger problem
would be the programming hacks for the mobile device. Maybe ask in the
PocketPC or mobile newsgroups?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp

And, in Vista, mail storage is quite different. There are no DBX files
since mail is stored as individual EML files and the Contacts also have a
new storage.

Your best shot would seem to be to ask your questions in a developer
newsgroup.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"Vinz" wrote in message
...
Hey folks,

I have this mobile phone running windows mobile 2003 2nd edition and I'd
like to synchronize the contacts and emailmessages with outlook express 6
(instead of Outlook from MS Office).

Using C# I'd like to write a little synchronization tool myself (I've
been a Delphi developper for over 8 years now) but I dunno where to
start. The only interface file I found was a header file for C/C++ and
after some reading it apears that OE 6 is going to be turned into Windows
Mail in Vista? What happens to the contacts from OE 6 then?

If anybody could point me in a direction that helps me to write C# code
to sync between Windows Mobile and OE 6 I'd be very gratefull.

Thanks for reading sofar,

Vinz.

"Vinz" wrote in message
...
Hey Jim, thanks for your reply. it's much appreciated. The link doesn't
work anymore though but when searching for 'OE', all the links that
actually do work now redirect to Windows Mail in Vista. :-/

And I really wished there would be a develop newsgroup for OE but I didn't
find any :-(

All the code examples that are shown on for example this page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ount_entry.asp
are in C or C++. Does anybody know if the same can be done in C# (.NET
2.0)?

Regards,


Might want to glance through these articles to see if any apply. They
resulted from a search for Outlook Express vs. OE:
http://search.msdn.microsoft.com/sea...utlook+Express
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.

Hi Vinz,

There are no "managed" classes to handle this for OE or WinMail. You are
stuck with having to instantiate the interfaces from unmanaged code.

This will be true for Vista as well, but the contact management is now part
of Windows and separate from OE (WinMail). See
http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com.../ms735779.aspx

steve



"Vinz" wrote in message
...
Hey Jim, thanks for your reply. it's much appreciated. The link doesn't
work anymore though but when searching for 'OE', all the links that
actually do work now redirect to Windows Mail in Vista. :-/

And I really wished there would be a develop newsgroup for OE but I didn't
find any :-(

All the code examples that are shown on for example this page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ount_entry.asp
are in C or C++. Does anybody know if the same can be done in C# (.NET
2.0)?

Regards,

Vinz.

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
MSDN has some very limited information about programming for Outlook
Express at this link, and it's not really much help. You just have to
hack it to find out what works and what doesn't. But the bigger problem
would be the programming hacks for the mobile device. Maybe ask in the
PocketPC or mobile newsgroups?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp

And, in Vista, mail storage is quite different. There are no DBX files
since mail is stored as individual EML files and the Contacts also have a
new storage.

Your best shot would seem to be to ask your questions in a developer
newsgroup.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"Vinz" wrote in message
...
Hey folks,

I have this mobile phone running windows mobile 2003 2nd edition and I'd
like to synchronize the contacts and emailmessages with outlook express
6 (instead of Outlook from MS Office).

Using C# I'd like to write a little synchronization tool myself (I've
been a Delphi developper for over 8 years now) but I dunno where to
start. The only interface file I found was a header file for C/C++ and
after some reading it apears that OE 6 is going to be turned into
Windows Mail in Vista? What happens to the contacts from OE 6 then?

If anybody could point me in a direction that helps me to write C# code
to sync between Windows Mobile and OE 6 I'd be very gratefull.

Thanks for reading sofar,

Vinz.

Thank you Jim and Steve for your replies. Looks like I might have to try
this from C++ then. How silly that MS develops something new and then does
not make an interface to use with C#.... How serious are they taking .NET
themselves is what I wonder then...

Cheers,

Vinz.


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
Hi Vinz,

There are no "managed" classes to handle this for OE or WinMail. You are
stuck with having to instantiate the interfaces from unmanaged code.

This will be true for Vista as well, but the contact management is now
part of Windows and separate from OE (WinMail). See
http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com.../ms735779.aspx

steve



"Vinz" wrote in message
...
Hey Jim, thanks for your reply. it's much appreciated. The link doesn't
work anymore though but when searching for 'OE', all the links that
actually do work now redirect to Windows Mail in Vista. :-/

And I really wished there would be a develop newsgroup for OE but I
didn't find any :-(

All the code examples that are shown on for example this page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ount_entry.asp
are in C or C++. Does anybody know if the same can be done in C# (.NET
2.0)?

Regards,

Vinz.

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
MSDN has some very limited information about programming for Outlook
Express at this link, and it's not really much help. You just have to
hack it to find out what works and what doesn't. But the bigger problem
would be the programming hacks for the mobile device. Maybe ask in the
PocketPC or mobile newsgroups?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp

And, in Vista, mail storage is quite different. There are no DBX files
since mail is stored as individual EML files and the Contacts also have
a new storage.

Your best shot would seem to be to ask your questions in a developer
newsgroup.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"Vinz" wrote in message
...
Hey folks,

I have this mobile phone running windows mobile 2003 2nd edition and
I'd like to synchronize the contacts and emailmessages with outlook
express 6 (instead of Outlook from MS Office).

Using C# I'd like to write a little synchronization tool myself (I've
been a Delphi developper for over 8 years now) but I dunno where to
start. The only interface file I found was a header file for C/C++ and
after some reading it apears that OE 6 is going to be turned into
Windows Mail in Vista? What happens to the contacts from OE 6 then?

If anybody could point me in a direction that helps me to write C# code
to sync between Windows Mobile and OE 6 I'd be very gratefull.

Thanks for reading sofar,

Vinz.

I disagree not. G

steve

"Vinz" wrote in message
...
Thank you Jim and Steve for your replies. Looks like I might have to try
this from C++ then. How silly that MS develops something new and then does
not make an interface to use with C#.... How serious are they taking .NET
themselves is what I wonder then...

Cheers,

Vinz.


"Steve Cochran" wrote in message
...
Hi Vinz,

There are no "managed" classes to handle this for OE or WinMail. You are
stuck with having to instantiate the interfaces from unmanaged code.

This will be true for Vista as well, but the contact management is now
part of Windows and separate from OE (WinMail). See
http://windowssdk.msdn.microsoft.com.../ms735779.aspx

steve



"Vinz" wrote in message
...
Hey Jim, thanks for your reply. it's much appreciated. The link doesn't
work anymore though but when searching for 'OE', all the links that
actually do work now redirect to Windows Mail in Vista. :-/

And I really wished there would be a develop newsgroup for OE but I
didn't find any :-(

All the code examples that are shown on for example this page:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...ount_entry.asp
are in C or C++. Does anybody know if the same can be done in C# (.NET
2.0)?

Regards,

Vinz.

"Jim Pickering" wrote in message
...
MSDN has some very limited information about programming for Outlook
Express at this link, and it's not really much help. You just have to
hack it to find out what works and what doesn't. But the bigger
problem would be the programming hacks for the mobile device. Maybe
ask in the PocketPC or mobile newsgroups?
http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/de...e/oe_entry.asp

And, in Vista, mail storage is quite different. There are no DBX files
since mail is stored as individual EML files and the Contacts also have
a new storage.

Your best shot would seem to be to ask your questions in a developer
newsgroup.
--
Jim Pickering
MVP-Outlook Express/Windows Mail
Please reply to newsgroup only so that others may be helped with your
feedback.


"Vinz" wrote in message
...
Hey folks,

I have this mobile phone running windows mobile 2003 2nd edition and
I'd like to synchronize the contacts and emailmessages with outlook
express 6 (instead of Outlook from MS Office).

Using C# I'd like to write a little synchronization tool myself (I've
been a Delphi developper for over 8 years now) but I dunno where to
start. The only interface file I found was a header file for C/C++ and
after some reading it apears that OE 6 is going to be turned into
Windows Mail in Vista? What happens to the contacts from OE 6 then?

If anybody could point me in a direction that helps me to write C#
code to sync between Windows Mobile and OE 6 I'd be very gratefull.

Thanks for reading sofar,

Vinz.