Reading Outlook PST FIles in C#

[qa230001]

Hi Forum Members,

I am trying to read the outlook files "pst" and load them in my application, I dont know where to start and how to start. So is there any body that can give me a start point and help me doing this?

I would like to do this in C# (VS 2003).

Regards,

QAKiani.

 

[IT4EVR]

I have used this to access emails in my own personal Outlook folder. I hope this at least guides you in the right direction.

First I set a reference in my project from the COM table to Microsoft Outlook. I include these using statements.

The thing I haven't figured out is how to get rid of original warning box on the opening of emails. Maybe someone can help me out on this. But the great thing about this is that at least it works!

using Outlook;
using System.Runtime.InteropServices;

private void button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
		{
			Outlook.Application app = new Outlook.ApplicationClass();
			Outlook.NameSpace NS = app.GetNamespace("MAPI");
			Outlook.MAPIFolder objFolder = NS.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
			Outlook.MailItem objMail;

			Outlook.Items oItems;
			oItems = objFolder.Items;

			try
			{
				for (int i=1; i<objFolder.Items.Count;i++)
				{

					objMail = (Outlook.MailItem)oItems.Item(i);
					MessageBox.Show(objMail.Body.ToString());				

				}
			}
			catch(COMException ex)
			{
				MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
			}
			finally
			{
				NS.Logoff();
				objFolder = null;
				objMail = null;
				app = null;
			
			
			}
		}