File URL Examples

[This is preliminary documentation and subject to change.]

Use the file: URL scheme to access items in the Web Store. Each URL has the form

file://./backofficestorage/domain/store/path

domain

The fully qualified domain in which the Web Store resides. For example, "mydomain.microsoft.com".

store

The information store housing the item of interest. The default information stores are "MBX" for private mailboxes, and "Public Folders" for the public folder tree. When you add new public stores and associated public folder trees, you use the name of that store here. Additional private stores always reside below "MBX".

path

The path to the item of interest. This path is comprised of a hierarchy of folder names separated by "/" characters.

The Web Store OLE DB provider registers the file: OLE DB URL namespace with the OLE DB root binder. Therefore, you need not specify this provider explicitly when using OLE DB or ADO objects to access items. HTTP URLs are supported, but in this case you must specify the Web Store OLE DB provider binder explicitly to use them. The OLE DB Provider for Internet Publishing (MDAIPP) is registered as the default provider for http: URLs.

The following are examples of common file: URLs for a user's mailbox folders.