From: "SHULTZ,BARRY (HP-Israel,ex1)" <barry_shultz@...>
Date: 2002-10-08T22:28:21+09:00
Subject: Re: accessing Outlook folders, other than Inbox

Hi Dossy,
 This is a good enough starting point.  Thanks.

Barry
> > 
> > Can someone tell me how to access other Outlook folders 
> using win32ole?
> 
> Barry,
> 
> This is a fairly ugly way to do it, but it works for me:
> 
>     require 'win32ole'
> 
>     o = WIN32OLE.new("Outlook.Application")
> 
>     ns = o.GetNamespace("MAPI")
>     cf = ns.GetDefaultFolder(9)
>     e = o.Explorers.Add(cf, 2)
> 
>     items = cf.Items
>     (1 .. items.Count).each { |n|
>       item = items.Item(n)
>       puts "#{item.Start}: #{item.Subject}"
>     }
> 
>     # Shut down Outlook process.
>     e.Close
> 
> This iterates over all the appointments you have defined
> in your Calendar.
> 
> This may not be helpful, but it might give you some
> ideas ...
> 
> -- Dossy
> 
> -- 
> Dossy Shiobara                       mail: dossy@panoptic.com 
> Panoptic Computer Network             web: http://www.panoptic.com/ 
>   "He realized the fastest way to change is to laugh at your own
>     folly -- then you can let go and quickly move on." (p. 70)
>