Accessing outlook .pst file
18 October 2004, 12:38 PM
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Accessing outlook .pst file
Anyone know how to access the data from an outlook .pst file without using outlook? Basically I wanna write a quick app (prolly using vba or suchlike) to get the task info out of the file. Read only would be ok but would prefer to write safely to the file too.
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I don't think there are any published specs on pst files and it is a binary format. Your safest bet is to use MAPI/Extended MAPI to iterate through all the collections, first stop is here http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/utils.htm. If you want to bypass the security message you get in Outlook 2000 onwards then you have to use extended MAPI. That is by far the easiest way to read/write stuff.
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I don't think there are any published specs on pst files and it is a binary format. Your safest bet is to use MAPI/Extended MAPI to iterate through all the collections, first stop is here http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/utils.htm. If you want to bypass the security message you get in Outlook 2000 onwards then you have to use extended MAPI. That is by far the easiest way to read/write stuff.
Gary
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