Hey guys, I want to check if an item exists in the DeletedItems Folder,
but if I use item.Parent, it will show me the original folder of the
item. So if I delete a task through outlook UI, and then in my code
check the Parent it will still show as Tasks until I shutdown outlook
and restart. It is like it does not pick up the fact that this item is
in the Deleted Items folder until I restart outlook. I do not want to
enumerate through all of the deleted items each time, so do you have any
suggestions?
Thanks

Please show the code you're using the access the item and explain what event you're using to run it.

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Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
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and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
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"Rog" wrote in message ...
Hey guys, I want to check if an item exists in the DeletedItems Folder,
but if I use item.Parent, it will show me the original folder of the
item. So if I delete a task through outlook UI, and then in my code
check the Parent it will still show as Tasks until I shutdown outlook
and restart. It is like it does not pick up the fact that this item is
in the Deleted Items folder until I restart outlook. I do not want to
enumerate through all of the deleted items each time, so do you have any
suggestions?
Thanks

Thanks as always Sue:

Outlook.MAPIFolder mFolder
=(Outlook.MAPIFolder)HelperClass.GetPropertyHelper (item, "Parent");
string fname = mFolder.Name;

if(fname.IndexOf("Deleted") = 0)
{

}

"fname" seems to be the original folder that the item was deleted from,
not the deleted items folder. If I close outlook and restart then it
picks up.
I am running this code on a button click not on any outlook event.
Rog

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
Please show the code you're using the access the item and explain what event you're using to run it.

How does GetPropertyHelper work? And how -- and when -- is Item instantiated?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"Rog" wrote in message ...
Thanks as always Sue:

Outlook.MAPIFolder mFolder
=(Outlook.MAPIFolder)HelperClass.GetPropertyHelper (item, "Parent");
string fname = mFolder.Name;

if(fname.IndexOf("Deleted") = 0)
{

}

"fname" seems to be the original folder that the item was deleted from,
not the deleted items folder. If I close outlook and restart then it
picks up.
I am running this code on a button click not on any outlook event.

Hey guys, I want to check if an item exists in the DeletedItems Folder,
but if I use item.Parent, it will show me the original folder of the
item. So if I delete a task through outlook UI, and then in my code
check the Parent it will still show as Tasks until I shutdown outlook
and restart. It is like it does not pick up the fact that this item is
in the Deleted Items folder until I restart outlook. I do not want to
enumerate through all of the deleted items each time, so do you have any
suggestions?
Thanks

public static object GetPropertyHelper(object targetObject, string
propertyName)
{
try
{
return targetObject.GetType().InvokeMember(propertyName,
System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public |
System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance |
System.Reflection.BindingFlags.GetProperty,
null,
targetObject,
null,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
}
catch(System.Exception ex)
{
GlobalConstants.Log(log, "Error", "GetPropertyHelper", ex);
return null;
}
}

and
object item =
this.OutlookApp.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetItemFromID (entryID, storeID);

Thanks so much.

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
How does GetPropertyHelper work? And how -- and when -- is Item instantiated?

I even tried using redemption and getting property 0x0E090102 but it
returns the entryid of the contacts folder (where it was deleted from)
not the entryid of the deleted items folder. but if I use OutlookSpy and
look at 0x0E090102 property then it shows the entryid of the Deleted
Items folder for that Contact.

Rog wrote:
public static object GetPropertyHelper(object targetObject,
string propertyName)
{
try
{
return targetObject.GetType().InvokeMember(propertyName,
System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Public |
System.Reflection.BindingFlags.Instance |
System.Reflection.BindingFlags.GetProperty,
null,
targetObject,
null,
System.Globalization.CultureInfo.CurrentCulture);
}
catch(System.Exception ex)
{
GlobalConstants.Log(log, "Error", "GetPropertyHelper", ex);
return null;
}
}

and
object item =
this.OutlookApp.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetItemFromID (entryID, storeID);

Thanks so much.

Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook] wrote:
How does GetPropertyHelper work? And how -- and when -- is Item
instantiated?