I am trying to create a rule that will move all incoming mail to deleted items or if possible delete them permenately.
Is anything such as this possible...I believe wildcards are not allowed in Outlook 2010.
You can create a rule in Outlook and assign a VBA macro sub to run. The macro sub should be in the following format:
public sub Test(mail as MailItem)
' do whatever you need
end sub
The mail object represents the incoming email message. You can use the Move method to move the message to another folder. The Delete method can be used to delete it. The Delete method moves the item from the containing folder to the Deleted Items folder. If the containing folder is the Deleted Items folder, the Delete method removes the item permanently.
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I am developing an outlook add in that retrieves a TaskItem from outlook desktop and opens it. Here is my code.
private static Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.TaskItem GetLatestTask(string entryId)
{
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.MAPIFolder taskFolder = Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderTasks);
List<Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.TaskItem> liTask = new List<Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.TaskItem>();
foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.TaskItem taskItem in taskFolder.Items)
{
if (taskItem.EntryID == entryId)
return taskItem;
}
}
This works fine usually. However if i update the task from outlook web/Office online, then try to get the task using the code, the task i get is not updated and still contains the old values.
So for example i have a task with a subject named "Test" then i update this in outlook web to "Test Updated", I would still get a task with a subject named "Test".
If I check the task list in outlook desktop, I can see that the task's subject has already been updated in the Task list. However opening it would still display the old item.
Once I restart Outlook, The add in gets the updated item.
Can anyone point me in the right direction? Thank you.
First of all, iterating over all items in the folder is not really a good idea:
foreach (Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.TaskItem taskItem in taskFolder.Items)
{
if (taskItem.EntryID == entryId)
return taskItem;
}
Instead, you may consider using the Find/FindNext or Restrict methods of the Items class. Read more about them in the following articles with code sample:
How To: Use Find and FindNext methods to retrieve Outlook mail items from a folder (C#, VB.NET)
How To: Use Restrict method to retrieve Outlook mail items from a folder
Also relying on the EntryID property for identifying items in Outlook is not the best way. The Entry ID changes when an item is moved into another store, for example, from your Inbox to a Microsoft Exchange Server public folder, or from one Personal Folders (.pst) file to another .pst file. Solutions should not depend on the EntryID property to be unique unless items will not be moved. Instead, you may introduce your own custom property for identifying items.
If you use cached data most probably you need to sync your data with the server side. SyncObjects is a set of SyncObject objects representing the Send/Receive groups for a user. Use the SyncObjects property to return the SyncObjects object from a NameSpace object.
Set mySyncObjects = Application.GetNameSpace("MAPI").SyncObjects
The SyncObject.Start method begins synchronizing a user's folders using the specified Send\Receive group.
Public Sub Sync()
Dim nsp As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim sycs As Outlook.SyncObjects
Dim syc As Outlook.SyncObject
Dim i As Integer
Dim strPrompt As Integer
Set nsp = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set sycs = nsp.SyncObjects
For i = 1 To sycs.Count
Set syc = sycs.Item(i)
strPrompt = MsgBox( _
"Do you wish to synchronize " & syc.Name &"?", vbYesNo)
If strPrompt = vbYes Then
syc.Start
End If
Next
End Sub
Hopefully, after that, your items will be updated with a new data.
In macOS, I want a folder action to trigger when I place a new file in that folder. The action should grab the filename, not including the path, and use that as the subject, and then attach the file to an email message and send it. Ideally, this would happen behind the scenes as I don't need to see the activity.
I created an Automator script that can grab the file, extract the name, create and send the file. But it's a bit of a kludge. Once I set a variable to the filename, I lose the attachment and have to get the finder item again. Also, it's not working as a Folder Action which is what I really need.
The Automator includes these steps:
Get Specified Finder Items
Get Folder Contents
Filter Finder Items -- I'm only interested in specific files
Set Value of Variable
--path
Run Shell Script -- extract only the filename without the extension
--basename "$#" .pdf
Set Value of Variable
--fileName
New Mail Message
--Subject: fileName
At this point I no longer can attach the specified file because Automator has 'lost' it, so I have to start over with the Get Specified Finder Items, Get Folder Contents, Filter Finder Items, Add Attachments to Front Message. Finally, Send Outgoing Messages.
What I want to happen is when I place a certain file into a directory, the Folder Action triggers, it looks at the file, and if it meets the filter criteria it emails the file, using only the filename without the extension as the Subject.
Create an Automator document type that is a folder action, and attach it to the desired folder. Items added to the specified folder will be passed on to the workflow, so you don’t need to use additional actions to get them.
You are already saving the filtered item paths in a variable, you just need to get them back for the Mail action:
Folder Action receives files added to { wherever }
Filter Finder Items
Set Value of Variable { Variable: path }
Run Shell Script
Set Value of Variable { Variable: fileName }
Get Value of Variable { Variable: path } (ignore input)
New Mail Message { Subject: fileName } (passed files are attached)
Automator workflows are designed to work with multiple input items as a batch; dealing with items one at a time would require a script or third party action such as Dispense Items Incrementally.
I use Folder.WellKnownFolderName to detect folder type, but it was introduced only in Exchange 2013. Also it doesn't work with "Clutter" folder. Can i use another Folder property to determinate exchange folder type?
Take a look at the FolderClass property. That tells you the type of folder (Mail, Calendar, etc.).
Iterate through all the WellKnownFolderNames you care about, and fetch the corresponding Folders individually by passing Folder.Bind a FolderId created with the constructor that takes a WellKnownFolderName. The FolderId of the returned Folder will have its unique ID set. Then just keep track of the FolderId-to-WellKnownFolderName mapping.
I'm bedeviled by this. I have a c# application that I need to have a backup before I modify my main contact. But it seems that the copy, sticks around no matter what. I'm verifying this by visual check at the contents of my contents folder in Outlook.
I have a simple test case like so...
Application outlookApplication = new Application();
NameSpace outlookNamespace = outlookApplication.GetNamespace("mapi");
outlookNamespace.Logon("", "", true, true);
MAPIFolder Folder = outlookNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);
MAPIFolder Folder2 = Folder.Folders["Test1"];
Items ContactItems = Folder2.Items;
foreach (ContactItem Contact in ContactItems)
{
ContactItem Backup = (ContactItem)Contact.Copy();
Backup.Delete();
break;
}
outlookNamespace.Logoff();
outlookNamespace = null;
If I try to delete it twice, it causes an error.
Even tried moving it to the deleted items folder, but no luck. Outlook 2010. What is going on?
EDIT: WORKAROUND: If I create a new contact and populate from the original, I can delete it just fine.
I'm not familiar with C# syntax, but I suspect it's because you are adding to the Items collection when you create the copy. I would do this:
Before the start of the foreach loop, check the count of ContactItems:
Items ContactItems = Folder2.Items;
' display ContactItems.Count here, is it Console.WriteLine(ContactItems.Count) ??
After creating the copy, check the ContactItems.Count again. If it has increased, then you need to change your loop to a "For i = ContactItems.Count to 1 Step -1" type of loop instead of a foreach loop (sorry, I only know the VB syntax, I don't know the equivalent C# syntax). It has to be a backwards loop.
If that doesn't work, then create a copy and add it to another Contacts folder, that way it won't interfere with the Items collection of the folder you are working with. That is similar to what you are already doing.
I am trying to use the new LINQ notation to add an item into a folder.
I can add the item to the root of the list with:
dataContext.MyList.InsertOnSubmit(mynewObject);
But I can't find a way to make it go inside a folder.
I am trying to avoid instanciating SPWeb, or SPSite objects.
Thanks,
Itay,
What you need to do is use the Path property on the mynewObject. This property is present if you use SPMetal to generate the Linq classes.
I created a folder in my List called Folder1, and then I set the Path property like so:
mynewObject.Path = "/Lists/MyList/Folder1";
Then call the InsertOnSubmit method as usual and your item will be in the right folder! I am not yet sure how to create the folder through linq, and do note that exceptions are thrown if the folder is not there.