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[Lindstrom Greg - glinds]

I have been working with the Windows MAPI material trying to understand what
is going on. There appears to be a lot of code out there showing how things
work (kind of) but very little documentation on *why* things happen. After
some searching and reading on google (google *is* my friend) I have run
makepy and generated the files for Outlook. My question is can I use the
com browser to tell me what is happening when I issue:

outlook = Dispatch("Outlook.Application.9")

and why do I have the ".9" on the end of the app string? Then what is this?

namespace = self.outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")

and what are the methods associated with it. Again, I'm wanting to know how
I get this information (though if you just want to answer my questions I
will be glad to listen). Once I have an understanding of what's going on, I
will try to write a tutorial (unless one is written, in which case I really
want to get my hands on it). I really want to learn how to fish rather
than....well, you know. I've spend a few hours reading documentation at
microsoft.com and came away with little more than a headache.

Thanks for your help.

Greg Lindstrom, IBCATS Development
Acxiom Corporation
(501) 342-1626 (e-mail address removed)

We who cut mere stones must always be envisioning cathedrals. -- Quarry
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[Dale Strickland-Clak]

Lindstrom Greg - glinds pushed the bounds of literature with:

I have been working with the Windows MAPI material trying to
understand what is going on. There appears to be a lot of code out
there showing how things work (kind of) but very little documentation
on *why* things happen. After some searching and reading on google
(google *is* my friend) I have run makepy and generated the files for
Outlook. My question is can I use the com browser to tell me what is
happening when I issue:

outlook = Dispatch("Outlook.Application.9")

and why do I have the ".9" on the end of the app string? Then what is
this?

namespace = self.outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")

The .9 is the version of the object model. "Outlook.Application" is
adequate unless you particularly want an older version. By default, you
get the latest, I think.

I can't pretend to understand the intricacies of MAPI but manage to get
by with the MS documentation - of which there is an abundance. Try
looking on msdn.microsoft.com.

If you want a copy of a little Python program I have which calls Outlook
to get contact details, let me know.