It should be unique but best practice is to use both EntryID and StoreID, so if I were you I'd persist both and use both.
Ken Slovak [MVP - Outlook] http://www.slovaktech.com Author: Professional Programming Outlook 2007. Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options. http://www.slovaktech.com/products.htm
<manojkurien@gmail.com> wrote in message news:15d22319-1606-43a8-bcc3-7f7c7387b447@q27g2000prf.googlegroups.com...
> Hi, > > Is the EntryID property for an Outlook Folder guaranteed to be unique > across multiple mail stores? My Outlook add in currently persists the > only the EntryID of a folder selected by the user (typically in his > default mail store, but theoretically could be from any of the stores > available to the user) so as to be able to reference that folder. So > when I need a reference to this folder, I use > Namespace.GetFolderFromID(mySpecialFoldersEntryID), without specifying > a StoreID. Is this guaranteed to work even if the user subsequently > decides to configure multiple stores of any type? Or will I need to > persist the StoreID of the folder as well? >
26 Jun 2008Retrieving an Outlook Folder using only EntryID.manojkurien@gmail.com
26 Jun 2008|- Re: Retrieving an Outlook Folder using only EntryID.Ken Slovak - [MVP - O...
01 Jul 2008\ Re: Retrieving an Outlook Folder using only EntryID.Dmitry Streblechenko
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