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.NET Forum / Languages / JScript / July 2005use script read a .MSG file exported from Outlook
I would like to write a script (JScript or VBScript) that parses fields (to, from, subject) out of .MSG files that have already been saved to file system files from Outlook. The method I tried, automating Outlook.Application and using CreateItemFromTemplate generates the security dialog box and has a blank From field (since it is creating a new message). Can this be done by an alternate method (perhaps using CDO, .Net)? If so, how? Platform: Windows 2000 (cdosys.dll) Outlook 2000 SP3 .NET Framework 1.1 I have no administrative access to the Exchange Server, and its settings are determined at the Corporate level. Hello, BH> I would like to write a script (JScript or VBScript) that parses BH> fields (to, from, subject) out of .MSG files that have already been BH> saved to file system files from Outlook. The method I tried, BH> automating Outlook.Application and using CreateItemFromTemplate BH> generates the security dialog box and has a blank From field (since BH> it is creating a new message). BH> BH> Can this be done by an alternate method (perhaps using CDO, .Net)? BH> If so, how? BH> .NET Framework 1.1 I think here you'll need PlatformInvoke so it's better to use something like C# not JScript.NET. A MSG file is a compound document object, it's like a filesystem inside a file. You may use any tool that browses a compound document object AKA DocFile and see its contents. Most of the fields are just written "AS IS" in the "files" of this container. See functions like StgOpenDocFile in WinAPI, interfaces IStorage, IStream, and so on. As for a manual browsing utility, for example, I know that FAR Manager with DocFile plugin is capable of viewing the structure, the "files" and "folders", contents, and of copying those "files" into the real filesystem. (H) Serg Serge, Thanks. C# is too far beyond my skill level. And, I am new to .NET. Do I understand you to say that it can be done in JScript, with difficulty, using PlatformInvoke? Thanks, Bruce > Hello, > [quoted text clipped - 24 lines] > > (H) Serge Hello, BH> C# is too far beyond my skill level. As C# is a .NET language, there's no much difference with JScript.NET. So it's not something like C++ with templates and so on. Basic level of C# is simple enough and in some way it's a bit script-like, as it has a managed runtime. BH> And, I am new to .NET. Do I understand you to say that it can be BH> done in JScript, with difficulty, using PlatformInvoke? I'm not sure whether JS.NET supports PlatformInvoke, probably it does not. The approach of reading a MSG file as DocFile can only help with extracting the attachments, body text and some basic properties like From and Subject. This can be done relatively simply. For some complex tasks, you'd better look towards MAPI. (H) Serge You can use Redemption's Import method. See http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=716 for sample code.  SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I would like to write a script (JScript or VBScript) that parses fields (to, > from, subject) out of .MSG files that have already been saved to file system [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I have no administrative access to the Exchange Server, and its settings are > determined at the Corporate level. Sue, Thanks for the response. I should have mentioned that one of the constraints is no 3rd-party code or utilities. Thanks, Bruce You can use Redemption's Import method. See http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=716 for sample code. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx >I would like to write a script (JScript or VBScript) that parses fields (to, > from, subject) out of .MSG files that have already been saved to file system [quoted text clipped - 13 lines] > I have no administrative access to the Exchange Server, and its settings are > determined at the Corporate level. Then your alternative is to write Extended MAPI code with C++ or Delphi (which is what Redemption does -- it's an ExMAPI wrapper). I have no specific information, however, on what the code for your application might look like, not being an ExMAPI programmer myself. Note that this task is not possible at all with a scripting language. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Sue, > [quoted text clipped - 30 lines] > are >> determined at the Corporate level. Thanks. Bummer. I don't do C or Delphi. Scripting is pretty much it. Could I open the MSG file and save it as text? If so, I could parse the text file using FileSystemObject. The only fields I really need are From, Date, and Subject, which should be available in a text representation. Bruce Then your alternative is to write Extended MAPI code with C++ or Delphi (which is what Redemption does -- it's an ExMAPI wrapper). I have no specific information, however, on what the code for your application might look like, not being an ExMAPI programmer myself. Note that this task is not possible at all with a scripting language. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Sue, > [quoted text clipped - 32 lines] > are >> determined at the Corporate level. Not without running into security prompts. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Thanks. > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >> are >>> determined at the Corporate level. Sue, Thanks. I guess it's time to regroup. Bruce Not without running into security prompts. SignatureSue Mosher, Outlook MVP Author of Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for Administrators, Power Users, and Developers http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx > Thanks. > [quoted text clipped - 51 lines] >> are >>> determined at the Corporate level. 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