HOWTO: Bind an Agent to an Exchange Server Mailbox Folder with VC++

• Microsoft Exchange Server, version 5.5
• Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), version 1.21

SUMMARY

This article contains a Microsoft Visual C++ code sample that demonstrates how to bind an agent to an Inbox using Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) and ESCONF libraries. The article assumes that the Inbox folder is located on an Exchange Server 5.5 computer.

MORE INFORMATION

Sample Code

#include <stdio.h>
#include <tchar.h>

#import <cdo.dll> no_namespace
#import "c:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\Addins\\esconf.dll" no_namespace

struct StartOle {
	StartOle() {CoInitialize(NULL);}
	~StartOle() {CoUninitialize(); }
} _inst_StartOle;

void dump_com_error(_com_error &e)
{
  _tprintf(_T("Oops - hit an error!\n"));
  _tprintf(_T("\a\tCode = %08lx\n"), e.Error());
  _tprintf(_T("\a\tCode meaning = %s\n"), e.ErrorMessage());
  _tprintf(_T("\a\tWcode = %08lx\n"), e.WCode());
  _bstr_t bstrSource(e.Source());
  _bstr_t bstrDescription(e.Description());
  _tprintf(_T("\a\tSource = %s\n"), (LPCTSTR) bstrSource);
  _tprintf(_T("\a\tDescription = %s\n"), (LPCTSTR) bstrDescription);
}

void main (void)
{
	try {
		// Setup MAPI session
		_SessionPtr pSession("MAPI.Session");
		pSession->Logon("YourProfileName");

		// Setup Events object
		IEventsPtr pEvents("MSExchange.Events");
		pEvents->put_Session(pSession->GetMAPIOBJECT());

		// Get pointer to Inbox
		_variant_t vInbox(pSession->GetInbox());

		// Get BoundFolder and associated Event Bindings
		IBoundFolderPtr pBoundFolder(pEvents->GetBoundFolder(&vInbox, true));
		IEventBindingsPtr pBindings(pBoundFolder->GetBindings());

		// Create new event binding	
		IEventBindingPtr pBinding(pBindings->Add());
		_bstr_t bstrName("TestBinding");
	
		pBinding->PutName(bstrName);
		pBinding->PutActive(true);
		// EventMask:	None = 0,
		//		ScheduledEvents = 1,
		//		NewItemEvents = 2,
		//		ChangedItemEvents = 4,
		//		DeletedItemEvents = 8,
		//		AllEvents = 65535 
		pBinding->PutEventMask(1); // ScheduledEvents

		// The following is the proper class ID for events based on the 
		// standard Event Scripting Agent, if you are using a custom
		// event handler, you should specify it's class ID here instead.
		pBinding->PutHandlerClassID("{69E54151-B371-11D0-BCD9-00AA00C1AB1C}");

		ISchedulePtr pSchedule(pBinding->GetSchedule());
		// ScheduleType: 
		//		ScheduleTypeUnknown = 0,
		//		ScheduleTypeHourly = 1,
		//		ScheduleTypeDaily = 2,
		//		ScheduleTypeWeekly = 3
		pSchedule->put_Type((long)1); //Hourly
		pSchedule->PutInterval((long)60); //60 minutes

		pBinding->SaveChanges();
		pBoundFolder->SaveChanges();

		_tprintf("TestBinding installed\n");
		
		pSession->Logoff();	
	}
	catch (_com_error &e)
	{
		dump_com_error(e);
	}
	return;
} 

REFERENCES

For more information on how to configure the appropriate permissions, please refer to the following Knowledge Base articles:

Q178351 Automatic Resource Booking Available with Sample Scripts

Q180121 Agents Tab Is Missing from Folder Properties

Additional query words: Agent Bind CDO ESCONF

Keywords : kbCDO121 kbXchge550 kbMAPI kbMsg kbVC kbGrpMsg kbDSupport
Version : WINDOWS:1.21; winnt:5.5
Platform : WINDOWS winnt
Issue type : kbhowto