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- Subject: Re: Retrieving an Outlook Folder using only EntryID
- Author: Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]
- Date: 26 Jun 2008
- References: 1
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.
<manojkurien@gmail.com> wrote in message
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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
[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
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> 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?
>
>
> 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 2008 | Retrieving 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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