INFO: Developer Support Limitations with Outlook Express

ID: Q239576

The information in this article applies to:

Simple Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI)
Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows NT 4.0
Microsoft Outlook Express versions 4.0, 4.01, 4.01 Service Pack 1, 4.01 Service Pack 2, 5 for Windows 95

SUMMARY

Programmatic access to, or control of the Microsoft Outlook Express client is not supported. Simple MAPI is the only supported access to Outlook Express messages.

MORE INFORMATION

Simple MAPI is a set of functions and related data structures you can use to add messaging functionality to C, C++, or Visual Basic Windows applications. The Simple MAPI functions are available in C and C++ and Visual Basic versions.

For more information about Simple MAPI please see:

Messaging SDK

Microsoft recommends developers that desire to write custom messaging applications use either Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), Extended MAPI, or Microsoft Outlook Object Model. All these APIs ship with Microsoft Outlook clients (excluding Microsoft Outlook 98 Internet Mail Only version).

REFERENCES

For more information about developing Messaging applications please see the following:

Messaging SDK

Additional query words:

Keywords : outexw95 outexnt kbCDO kbMsg kbMAPI000 kbfaq kbGrpMsg kbDSupport kbbeta
Version : WINDOWS:4.0,4.01,4.01 Service Pack 1,4.01 Service Pack 2,5
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbinfo