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11-Jan-09 18:56

Is there any MFC Ribbon message box that I can use for confirmations?

Stuart Dootson11-Jan-09 21:08

11-Jan-09 21:08

Using 'ribbon' and 'message box' together seems to be an oxymoron to me, given that the ribbon is a menu bar replacement and message boxes don't (in 99.999999999999% of cases) have a menu bar.

So, when you say 'Ribbon', what do you really mean - can you point at a screenshot of something that illustrates what you want?

VC++Maniac11-Jan-09 22:47

11-Jan-09 22:47

I think the message box is a custom dialog box.

I saw it in MS paint in Vista. When you modify a bmp and click on exit this message box pops up. Going by its look, I thought it was a ribbon message box just like there is a ribbon status bar.

Stuart Dootson11-Jan-09 23:37

11-Jan-09 23:37

Was this[^] what you meant? If so, this article[^] is probably what you want.

VC++Maniac12-Jan-09 0:13

XML writer using MSXML class [modified]

12-Jan-09 0:13

Thanks dude.

amit.code11-Jan-09 18:39

amit.code

11-Jan-09 18:39

Hi. I want to implement xml writer function using MSXML class.I can move to any particular element in the file without iterating every node. But suppose following is the xml file code.

<tr>
<td Id="A1"> Month <td>
<td Id="B1"> Net Revenue <td>
<tr>

I can only append the child of tr element and it will add it in the last, what about adding a child between A1 and B1, there is no such function to insert in between.
thanks

amit
modified on Monday, January 12, 2009 1:22 AM

Re: XML writer using MSXML class

VC++Maniac11-Jan-09 19:00

Re: XML writer using MSXML class

11-Jan-09 19:00

<html>You could have checked "Ignore HTML ... " checkbox for your message.</html>

amit.code11-Jan-09 19:26

amit.code

11-Jan-09 19:26

Thanks for that.. Meanwhile i got an article [^] by which i can accomplish my task.
Thanks

amit

Re: XML writer using MSXML class

Stuart Dootson11-Jan-09 21:13

Problem with MAPISendMail without outlook running

11-Jan-09 21:13

IXMLDOMElement::insertBefore[^] should be right. You want the IXMLDOMElement interface for the <tr> element and specify the second <td> as the element in fornt of which the new element should be inserted.

harishkj11-Jan-09 18:05

harishkj

11-Jan-09 18:05

Hi,

I am creating an application that has to send the mails automatically even in the absence of Microsoft outlook. My application is capable of sending the mails without any hitch only when outlook is running. If I close outlook and try sending the mail through my application, it will not send the mail until I run the outlook again. Is there a way to fix this problem? Is there any special API to be used?

My code snippet is as below:

HINSTANCE hlibMAPI = 0;
CString MapiDll = "MAPI32.dll";
hlibMAPI = LoadLibrary(MapiDll);

MapiRecipDesc *mapiCurrentSender;
MapiRecipDesc *lppNewRecips;
lppNewRecips->lpszAddress = "SMTP:harishkj@gmail.com";
lppNewRecips->lpszName = "Harish";
lppNewRecips->ulRecipClass = MAPI_TO;
lppNewRecips->ulEIDSize = NULL;
lppNewRecips->ulReserved = 0;

mapiCurrentSender->lpEntryID = NULL;
mapiCurrentSender->lpszAddress = "SMTP:harishkj@gmail.com";
mapiCurrentSender->lpszName = "KJ";
mapiCurrentSender->ulRecipClass = MAPI_ORIG;
mapiCurrentSender->ulEIDSize = NULL;
mapiCurrentSender->ulReserved = 0;

LPMAPISENDMAIL lpfnMAPISendMail;
LPMAPILOGON MAPILogon;
LHANDLE session = 0;
lpfnMAPISendMail = (LPMAPISENDMAIL) GetProcAddress (hlibMAPI, "MAPISendMail");
MAPILogon = (LPMAPILOGON) GetProcAddress (hlibMAPI, "MAPILogon");
MAPILogon(0,0,0,MAPI_NEW_SESSION,0,&session);

ULONG FAR PASCAL err = (*lpfnMAPISendMail)(session,(ULONG)AfxGetMainWnd()->m_hWnd, MAPI_LOGON_UI, 0L);

I tried with and without having a new session.
In either way it helped Frown | :(

Any help would be greatly appreciated. Smile | :)

Thanks,
KJ<pre></pre><pre></pre>

Re: Problem with MAPISendMail without outlook running

Stuart Dootson11-Jan-09 23:31

Re: Problem with MAPISendMail without outlook running

11-Jan-09 23:31

I've just looked at (and run) some MAPI wrapper code that I wrote several years ago. I found the following differences:

I call OleInitialize and MapiInitialize before opening a session
I opened my session with MapiLogonEx, using these flags: MAPI_NO_MAIL|MAPI_EXTENDED|MAPI_USE_DEFAULT|MAPI_ALLOW_OTHERS. I don't use MAPISendMail either - I construct the message in my Exchange Server outbox and send it from there using IMessage::SubmitMessage. It works with or without Outlook running.
I added your MAPILogon and MAPISendMail code and added message creation - that worked fine with or without Outlook running.

So, to summarise - I presume you're calling the relevant initialisation functions?

Stuart Dootson11-Jan-09 23:34

Re: Problem with MAPISendMail without outlook running

11-Jan-09 23:34

PS - what status code is returned from MAPILogon and MAPISendMail? These could help diagnose your problem.

Harish_kj12-Jan-09 1:07

Re: Problem with MAPISendMail without outlook running

12-Jan-09 1:07

Hi Stuart Dootson,

Thanks for the immediate response.

I am sorry that I forgot to mention the return values.
Both "MAPILogon" and "MAPISendMail" calls returns SUCCESS_SUCCESS.

I am not getting where is the problem!

Could you please expalin in detail the code snippet which is working for you with my functions as well?

Thanks and regards,
KJ

Harish_kj12-Jan-09 1:32

Re: Problem with MAPISendMail without outlook running

12-Jan-09 1:32

Hi Stuart Dootson,

I even tried using the initialization calls you mentioned as below, but still the result is same.

LPMAPIINITIALIZE lpfnMAPIInitialize;
lpfnMAPIInitialize = (LPMAPIINITIALIZE) GetProcAddress (hlibMAPI, "MAPIInitialize");

MAPIINIT_0 mapiInitObj;
mapiInitObj.ulVersion = MAPI_INIT_VERSION;
mapiInitObj.ulFlags = MAPI_MULTITHREAD_NOTIFICATIONS;

if(OleInitialize(NULL) == S_OK)
MessageBox("SUCCESS", "OleInitialize");

if(lpfnMAPIInitialize(&mapiInitObj) == S_OK );
MessageBox("SUCCESS", "MAPIInitialize");

All the function returns success but the mail is not getting sent.
Please help me.

Thanks,
KJ

Stuart Dootson12-Jan-09 3:57

Re: Problem with MAPISendMail without outlook running

12-Jan-09 3:57

Here's the code I've used (note - I've #included mapi.h before this) - obviously, my e-mail address isn't "my e-mail address". This works whether Outlook is running or not. If Outlook isn't running, I get a dialog that prompts me to choose the Outlook profile to use.

This would seem to be because the MAPILogon returns MAPI_E_LOGON_FAILURE whether or not Outlook is running when MAPI_NEW_SESSION is set. This is because a) when Outlook is running, it can't create a new session, and b) when Outlook isn't running, it doesn't know what profile to open (I have no default profile). The MAPISendMail will logon, as the flags allow it to display the logon UI.

Changing the MAPILogon flag to MAPI_LOGON_UI allows the logon UI to be displayed and so we can logon if Outlook isn't running. ANd if Outlook is running, we can logon because we've said we're willing to share an existing session.

   HRESULT hr;
   if (SUCCEEDED(hr = OleInitialize(NULL)) && SUCCEEDED(hr = MAPIInitialize(NULL)))
   {
      MapiRecipDesc mapiCurrentSender;
      MapiRecipDesc lppNewRecips;
      lppNewRecips.lpszAddress = "SMTP:<span style="font-style: italic;">my e-mail address</span>";
      lppNewRecips.lpszName = "Stu";
      lppNewRecips.ulRecipClass = MAPI_TO;
      lppNewRecips.ulEIDSize = NULL;
      lppNewRecips.ulReserved = 0;

      mapiCurrentSender.lpEntryID = NULL;
      mapiCurrentSender.lpszAddress = "SMTP:<span style="font-style: italic;">my e-mail address</span>";
      mapiCurrentSender.lpszName = "Stu";
      mapiCurrentSender.ulRecipClass = MAPI_ORIG;
      mapiCurrentSender.ulEIDSize = NULL;
      mapiCurrentSender.ulReserved = 0;

      MapiMessage message = 
      { 
         0,                      // ULONG ulReserved
            "Hello",            // LPTSTR lpszSubject
            "Hello",            // LPTSTR lpszNoteText
            0,                      // LPTSTR lpszMessageType
            "2009/01/12 09:01", // LPTSTR lpszDateReceived
            0,                      // LPTSTR lpszConversationID
            0,                      // FLAGS flFlags
            &mapiCurrentSender,     // lpMapiRecipDesc lpOriginator
            1,                      // ULONG nRecipCount
            &lppNewRecips,          // lpMapiRecipDesc lpRecips
            0,                      // ULONG nFileCount
            0                       // lpMapiFileDesc lpFiles
      };

      HINSTANCE hlibMAPI = 0;
      hlibMAPI = LoadLibrary(_T("MAPI32.dll"));
      LPMAPILOGON MAPILogon;
      LHANDLE session = 0;    
      MAPILogon = (LPMAPILOGON) GetProcAddress (hlibMAPI, "MAPILogon");
      ULONG errLogon = MAPILogon(0,0,0,MAPI_NEW_SESSION,0,&session);

      LPMAPISENDMAIL lpfnMAPISendMail;    
      lpfnMAPISendMail = (LPMAPISENDMAIL) GetProcAddress (hlibMAPI, "MAPISendMail");
      ULONG errSend = (*lpfnMAPISendMail)(session, 0, &message, MAPI_LOGON_UI, 0L);
   }

Harish_kj12-Jan-09 17:54

Re: Problem with MAPISendMail without outlook running

12-Jan-09 17:54

Hi Stuart,

Thanks for the suggestions.

I tried using the exact way what you have done, but still the same problem occurs. After running this code, if I open my outlook, all the mails will be held in the outbox and will get sent only when I do Send/Receive in outlook window.

Could you please suggest any more ideas on this?

Can you explain how is your original code that doesn't make use of MAPISendMail function, but you are constructing the message in the Exchange Server outbox and send it from there using IMessage::SubmitMessage?

Thanks and regards,
KJ

Stuart Dootson12-Jan-09 21:32

Re: Problem with MAPISendMail without outlook running

12-Jan-09 21:32

The rough procedure is this:

Open a MAPI session with MAPILogonEx and get an IMAPISession interface pointer
Open your message store with IMAPISession::GetMsgStoresTable and then IMAPISession::OpenMsgStore. This gets you an IMsgStore interface pointer.
Open your address book with IMAPISession::OpenAddressBook. This gets you an IAddrBook interface pointer.
Open your outbox with IMsgStore::OpenEntry to get an IMAPIFolder pointer on your Outbox.
Create the new message with IMAPIFolder::CreateMessage. This returns an IMessage interface pointer.
Set the message attributes:
- IMessage::ModifyRecipients to add recipients
- The message body is either RTF (complex) or plain text (easy). For plain text, set the PR_BODY_W property of the message
- Set the 'Sent Items' folder for the message by setting the message's PR_SENTMAIL_ENTRYID property
- Set the message's subject by setting the PR_SUBJECT_W property
- Set the message type by setting the PR_MESSAGE_CLASS_W to the correct string (I used "IPM.Note")
Send the message with IMessage::SubmitMessage
Then release all the interface pointers correctly

Harish_kj13-Jan-09 2:22

Re: Problem with MAPISendMail without outlook running

13-Jan-09 2:22

Hi Stuart Dootson,

I am really new to MAPI functions. I am trying to use the interface functions you suggested, but facing some difficulty in using them. Is it possible to put your source code here so that I can better understand how to use those functions and succeed.

Thanks and regards,
KJ

Stuart Dootson13-Jan-09 21:27