Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming

Chapter 14. Using PropertyAccessor and StorageItem

One of Microsoft’s design goals for Outlook 2007 was to eliminate the need for lower-level programming interfaces such as Collaboration Data Objects, Outlook Redemption, or Extended MAPI to retrieve and set property values that are not exposed in the Outlook object model, the so-called hidden or MAPI properties. To address this need, Microsoft added two key new objects to the Outlook object model. The PropertyAccessor object provides access to hidden properties of items, folders, attachments, address entries, and certain other objects. The StorageItem object provides access to hidden items that contain settings such as folder archive options. Much of your work with StorageItem objects will involve ...