From: Keith Sader <ksader@...>
Date: 2006-03-29T00:20:06+09:00
Subject: Seeking win32ole CDO/Mapi help

I'm trying to read a remote mail store using the CDO OLE interface
using the ProfileInfo interface as described here:
http://www.vbip.com/books/1861002068/chapter_2068_04.asp, but I've run
into the wall of my own ignorance.

Here's what I have so far:

# Ruby code
require 'win32ole'

mapiSession = WIN32OLE::new('MAPI.Session')

#load MAPI constants
class MapiConst
end
WIN32OLE.const_load(mapiSession, MapiConst)

exchangeServer = 'myServer
mailbox = 'mail@foo.com'
logonParam = "ProfileInfo:="+ exchangeServer + "\r" + mailbox
mapiSession.Logon(logonParam)
# the rest of the code...

However the Logon method throws the following set of exceptions.

First I get a pop-up dialog stating that the Profile Name contains
invalid characters.

From the above link: "The ProfileInfo is a string that consists of
three parts. The first is the name of the Exchange Server. The second
is always a linefeed character."

I think part of my problem is I'm not getting the correct character in
as the linefeed.  Can someone validate that?  Maybe I'm missing and
easy Ruby trick to add a linefeed to a string?

The other exception is as follows:

Logon
    OLE error code:1087 in Collaboration Data Objects
       [Collaboration Data Objects - [E_INVALIDARG(80070057)]]
    HRESULT error code:0x80020009
      Exception occurred.
C:/devenv/Client
Application/RubyReplacement/ExampleOutlookScript.rb:13:in
`method_missing'
C:/devenv/Client Application/RubyReplacement/ExampleOutlookScript.rb:13
C:/devenv/Client
Application/RubyReplacement/ExampleOutlookScript.rb:13:in
`method_missing': Logon (WIN32OLERuntimeError)
    OLE error code:1087 in Collaboration Data Objects
       [Collaboration Data Objects - [E_INVALIDARG(80070057)]]
    HRESULT error code:0x80020009
      Exception occurred.	

Which I think is the result of the first error.

thanks,
--
Keith Sader
ksader@gmail.com
http://www.saderfamily.org/roller/page/ksader