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How do I find the contents of a specific Outlook Contacts subfolder?

I need to extract the contacts (Employees) listed in a specified (by name) subfolder in Outlook Contacts. I've been at it for days, and tried every scrap of code I can find on the internet, but to no avail. I have seen suggestions about how it could be done, but none of them actually work.
Here's my running code. You can drop it in a console app in Visual Studio as-is. I can find the contents of my "Contacts" folder, and I can find the list of folders, but can't work out how to get the contents of a sub folder.
We're using Outlook 365.
using System;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook;
namespace OutlookTest
{
public class OutlookDataRetriever
{
public static int Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
Outlook.Application oApp = new Outlook.Application();
Console.WriteLine("\n\nShow Contacts folders:");
Outlook.MAPIFolder folderContacts = oApp.Session.GetDefaultFolder(Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);
foreach (Outlook.MAPIFolder subfolder in folderContacts.Folders)
{
Console.WriteLine("folder::: " + subfolder.Name + " ::: " + subfolder.FolderPath);
}
Console.WriteLine("\n\nShow members of Contacts folder:");
Outlook.MAPIFolder fldContacts = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)oApp.Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);
Outlook.Items contactsFolder = fldContacts.Items;
foreach (var contact in contactsFolder)
{
if (contact is Outlook.ContactItem)
{
Outlook.ContactItem thisContact = (Outlook.ContactItem)contact;
Console.WriteLine("contact::: " + thisContact.FullName + " ::: " + thisContact.Email1DisplayName);
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("I'm guessing this is a folder, but can't figure out how to cast it to access its contents.");
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} Exception caught.", e);
}
return 0;
}
}
}
My References:
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Here's the output I get:
Show Contacts folders:
folder::: {06967759-274D-40B2-A3EB-D7F9E73727D7} ::: \\KNye#myOrganization.com\Contacts\{06967759-274D-40B2-A3EB-D7F9E73727D7}
folder::: {A9E2BC46-B3A0-4243-B315-60D991004455} ::: \\KNye#myOrganization.com\Contacts\{A9E2BC46-B3A0-4243-B315-60D991004455}
folder::: Companies ::: \\KNye#myOrganization.com\Contacts\Companies
folder::: GAL Contacts ::: \\KNye#myOrganization.com\Contacts\GAL Contacts
folder::: Kristy Nye[1] ::: \\KNye#myOrganization.com\Contacts\Kristy Nye[1]
folder::: Kristy Nye ::: \\KNye#myOrganization.com\Contacts\Kristy Nye
folder::: Recipient Cache ::: \\KNye#myOrganization.com\Contacts\Recipient Cache
folder::: PeopleCentricConversation Buddies ::: \\KNye#myOrganization.com\Contacts\PeopleCentricConversation Buddies
folder::: Kristy's Addresses ::: \\KNye#myOrganization.com\Contacts\Kristy's Addresses
folder::: Organizational Contacts ::: \\KNye#myOrganization.com\Contacts\Organizational Contacts
Show members of Contacts folder:
contact::: Matt Smith ::: Matt Smith (ESmith#myOrganization.com)
contact::: Kristy J Nye ::: Kristy J Nye (KNye#myOrganization.com)
I'm guessing this is a folder, but can't figure out how to cast it to access its contents.
Here's a screenshot of my Contacts folder:
Screenshot of Contacts folder
Here's the contents of my folder, "ThisIsATestGroup":Contents of "ThisIsATestGroup" folder
My objective:
I want to query "Find all contacts in "ThisIsATestGroup", and get back:
Edgar B
Kristy J N
Rey G M
Richard D N
How do I get the contacts in this specific subfolder only??? Thank you!

All you really need is
Outlook.MAPIFolder fldContacts = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)oApp.Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);
Outlook.MAPIFolder fldEmployees = fldContacts.Folders["Employees"];
foreach (var item in fldEmployees.Items)
{
Outlook.ContactItem contact = item as Outlook.ContactItem;
if (contact != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("contact::: " + contact .FullName + " ::: " + contact .Email1DisplayName);
}
else
{
Outlook.DistListItem distList = item as Outlook.DistListItem;
if (distList != null)
{
Console.WriteLine("distList ::: " + distList.DLName);
}
}
}

After much pulling of hair and gnashing of teeth, I found my own answer. Here 'tis:
using System;
using Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook;
namespace OutlookTest
{
public class OutlookDataRetriever
{
public static int Main(string[] args)
{
string myFolder = "ThisIsATestGroup";
try
{
Console.WriteLine("Show members of '" + myFolder + "' list:");
Outlook.Application oApp = new Outlook.Application();
/* Get a list of items in the contactsfolder */
Outlook.MAPIFolder fldContacts = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)oApp.Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);
Outlook.Items contactsFolder = fldContacts.Items;
/* Find the contacts folder with the name I'm looking for. MS documentation calls this a DistListItem. Baffled me for a long time because their UI calls it a contact group. */
string filter = "[Subject] = '" + myFolder + "'";
var targetFolder = contactsFolder.Find(filter);
Outlook.DistListItem myDistList = (Outlook.DistListItem)targetFolder;
Console.WriteLine("myDistList::: " + myDistList.Subject);
/* List all the members in my list */
for (int i = 1; i <= myDistList.MemberCount; i++) // Index starts at 1, not 0 !!!
{
var aMember = myDistList.GetMember(i);
Console.WriteLine(" member::: " + i.ToString() + " " + aMember.Name + " ::: " + aMember.Address);
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} Exception caught.", e);
}
return 0;
}
}
}
On my way to the above solution, I found another solution which has the added benefit of allowing you to look through everything in your contacts folder. Both solutions return the correct result, but I suspect the top one runs faster.
namespace OutlookTest
{
public class OutlookDataRetriever
{
public static int Main(string[] args)
{
try
{
Outlook.Application oApp = new Outlook.Application();
Console.WriteLine("Show members of 'ThisIsATestGroup' list:");
Outlook.MAPIFolder fldContactsX = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)oApp.Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);
Outlook.Items contactsFolder = fldContactsX.Items;
foreach (var contact in contactsFolder)
{
if (contact is Outlook.ContactItem)
{
Outlook.ContactItem thisContact = (Outlook.ContactItem)contact;
Console.WriteLine("contact::: " + thisContact.FullName + " ::: " + thisContact.Email1DisplayName);
}
else
{
if (contact is Outlook.DistListItem)
{
Outlook.DistListItem thisDistList = (Outlook.DistListItem)contact;
Console.WriteLine("distList::: " + thisDistList.Subject);
if (thisDistList.Subject == "ThisIsATestGroup")
{
for (int i = 0; i < thisDistList.MemberCount; i++)
{
var aMember = thisDistList.GetMember(i + 1);
Console.WriteLine(" member::: " + i.ToString() + " " + aMember.Name + " ::: " + aMember.Address);
}
}
}
else
{
Console.WriteLine("Should never reach this line.");
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception e)
{
Console.WriteLine("{0} Exception caught.", e);
}
return 0;
}
}
}
Enjoy!

Exception from HRESULT: 0x80004004 (E_ABORT) at Outlook.Mailitem.getHtmlBody()

I have a custom add-in which gets the body on clicking a button when it got installed. so I am getting this error on a customer machine. code is working fine on my side and for other customers but one customer is facing this problem.
this is my code
private void button1_Click(object sender, RibbonControlEventArgs e)
{
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application olApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application();
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.NameSpace ns = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI");
Explorer olExp = olApp.ActiveExplorer();
Selection olSel = olExp.Selection;
string msg = "";
int iterate = 1;
MAPIFolder inbox = null;
if (olSel.Count > 1)
{
MessageBox.Show("Sorry! You can't report more then 1 email at a time", "Report Email");
return;
}
foreach (_MailItem mail in olSel)
{
inbox = ns.GetDefaultFolder(OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
mail.GetInspector.Display(false);
Thread.Sleep(2100);
string screenShot = getScreenShot(mail);
mail.GetInspector.Close(OlInspectorClose.olDiscard);
String msgToShow = "Are you sure you want to report this email as suspicious?";
if (mail != null && mail.Subject != null)
msgToShow += "\n\nSubject : " + mail.Subject.ToString();
DialogResult dr = MessageBox.Show(msgToShow, "Please Confirm", MessageBoxButtons.YesNo,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation);
if (dr == DialogResult.Yes)
{
msg += reportMail(mail, screenShot, e);
}
else {
return;
}
iterate++;
break;
}
if (!msg.Equals(""))
MessageBox.Show(msg, "Report Email");
else
return;
if (!msg.Contains("Success"))
return;
MailItem moveMail = null;
MAPIFolder subfolder = null;
try
{
subfolder = inbox.Folders["Reported Emails"];
}
catch (System.Exception ex) {
subfolder = inbox.Folders.Add("Reported Emails", OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
}
foreach (MailItem eMail in olSel)
{
try
{
moveMail = eMail;
if (moveMail != null)
{
string titleSubject = (string)moveMail.Subject;
moveMail.Move(subfolder);
}
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
}
}
private string reportMail(_MailItem mail, string screenShot, RibbonControlEventArgs e)
{
try
{
var m = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application.GetNamespace("MAPI");
var mailitem = mail;
if (mailitem != null)
{
// Console.WriteLine("Email body ::: " + mailitem.HTMLBody);
String reporterEmail = getReporterEmail(mailitem);
String senderEmailAddress = "";
String senderName = "";
AddressEntry mailsender;
if (reporterEmail.Equals(""))
{
MessageBox.Show("Sorry! This email can't be reported because you are not included in Recipients.", "Report Email");
}
else
{
if (mailitem.SenderEmailType == "EX")
{
mailsender = mailitem.Sender;
if (mailsender != null)
{
if (mailsender.AddressEntryUserType == OlAddressEntryUserType.olExchangeUserAddressEntry || mailsender.AddressEntryUserType == OlAddressEntryUserType.olExchangeRemoteUserAddressEntry)
{
ExchangeUser exchUser = mailsender.GetExchangeUser();
if (exchUser != null)
{
senderEmailAddress = exchUser.PrimarySmtpAddress;
senderName = exchUser.Name;
}
}
}
}
else
{
senderEmailAddress = mailitem.SenderEmailAddress;
senderName = mailitem.SenderName;
}
String emailHeader = mailitem.PropertyAccessor.GetProperty("http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x007D001E");
String emailBody = mailitem.Body.Replace("%"," percent").Replace("#","").Replace("|", "");
//String res = HttpPost(Properties.Settings.Default.address, "ReporterEmail=" + reporterEmail + "&suspectedName=" + senderName + "&FromEmail=" + senderEmailAddress
// + "&ToEmail=" + mailitem.To + "&Subject=" + mailitem.Subject + "&EmailBody=" + emailBody + "&AttachmentName=" + GetAttachments(mailitem)
// + "&reporter=" + reporterEmail + "&emailHeader=" + emailHeader + "&mailImage=" + screenShot);
String htmlBody = mail.HTMLBody;
MessageBox.Show(htmlBody);
Dictionary<string, object> postParameters = new Dictionary<string, object>();
postParameters.Add("ReporterEmail", reporterEmail);
postParameters.Add("suspectedName", senderName);
postParameters.Add("FromEmail", senderEmailAddress);
postParameters.Add("ToEmail", mailitem.To);
postParameters.Add("Subject", mailitem.Subject);
postParameters.Add("EmailBody", emailBody);
List<String> attachmentDetails = GetAttachments(mailitem);
postParameters.Add("AttachmentName", attachmentDetails[0]);
postParameters.Add("reporter", reporterEmail);
postParameters.Add("emailHeader", emailHeader);
postParameters.Add("mailImage", screenShot);
string res = HttpPost(Properties.Settings.Default.serverAddress+ "/PhishRod-portlet/reporter", postParameters, htmlBody,attachmentDetails[1]);
return res + "\n";
}
}
}
catch (System.Exception ex)
{
log.Error(ex);
return "Error: " + ex + "-- - " + ex.StackTrace.ToString() + "\n";
}
return "";
}

In the event handler of your button I see the following lines of code:
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application olApp = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application();
Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.NameSpace ns = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI");
There is no need to create a new Outlook Application instance in the add-in. Instead, you need to use the Application property which doesn't trigger a security issue when dealing with OOM from external applications:
var app = Globals.ThisAddIn.Application

c# - How to call/link a workflow on a web application from a c# program?

I have a C# (WinForms) application that can scan documents via a printer. After scanning, I will be able to enter document details on it and have a button to finalize the documents. The documents details and info will be stored in my database ABC in certain tables.
Now, I have another web application written in Java(IntelliJ) that has some button functionality to upload documents and then start a workflow and route it to another user to approve the document. I won't go into detail on the specifics. This application also connects to the same database ABC.
So now comes the tougher part, I need to link these two applications in a way that when I finalize my document
on the C# application, it has to auto trigger the workflow on the web application side. Rather than manually starting the workflow on the web application, it would just call or trigger the workflow, so I do not need to access the web application at all for the process to start.
private void FinButton_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
{
int count = 0;
var txtBoxFields = new List<TextBox>
{
textBox1,
textBox2,
textBox3,
textBox4,
textBox5,
textBox6,
textBox7,
textBox8,
textBox9,
textBox10,
textBox11,
textBox12,
textBox13,
textBox14,
textBox15
};
var templateFields = new List<String>
{
"T1",
"T2",
"T3",
"T4",
"T5",
"T6",
"T7",
"T8",
"T9",
"T10",
"T11",
"T12",
"T13",
"T14",
"T15"
};
//long tid = 0;
//Start insert query into templatebatch table in db
var dbConnection2 = DBConnection.Instance();
dbConnection2.DatabaseName = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["dbName"];
if (dbConnection2.IsConnect())
{
bool test = true;
for (int i = 1; i <= 15; i++)
{
var input = txtBoxFields[i - 1].Text;
var insertQuery = "INSERT INTO templateinfo(TID, THEADER, " + templateFields[i - 1] + ") VALUES(#tid, #theader,#t" + i + ")";
var insertCmd = new MySqlCommand(insertQuery, dbConnection2.Connection);
insertCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("#tid", tid);
insertCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("#theader", "N");
if (String.IsNullOrEmpty(input))
{
count = 1;
insertCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("#t" + i, String.Empty);
break;
}
else
{
if (test)
{
insertCmd.Parameters.AddWithValue("#t" + i, txtBoxFields[i - 1].Text);
insertCmd.ExecuteNonQuery();
test = false;
var selectQuery = "select TINFOID from templateinfo where TID=" + tid + " and THEADER = 'N'";
var selectCmd = new MySqlCommand(selectQuery, dbConnection2.Connection);
var selectReader = selectCmd.ExecuteReader();
using (MySqlDataReader dr = selectReader)
{
while (dr.Read())
{
tinfoid = Convert.ToInt32(dr["TINFOID"]);
}
}
}
else
{
var updateQuery = "update templateinfo set " + templateFields[i - 1] + "='" + txtBoxFields[i - 1].Text + "' where TINFOID = '" + tinfoid + "' and TID=" + tid + " and THEADER='N'";
var updateCmd = new MySqlCommand(updateQuery, dbConnection2.Connection);
var updateReader = updateCmd.ExecuteReader();
using (var reader = updateReader)
{
}
}
}
}
}
if (count == 1)
{
//MessageBox.Show("Input field(s) cannot be left empty.");
}
//Finalize here
var client = new LTATImagingServiceClient();
client.Finalize(userID, tid, tinfoid, batchID);
Debug.WriteLine(userID + ", " + tid + ", " + tinfoid + ", " + batchID);
var batchName = templateView.SelectedNode.Text;
var folderPath = #"C:\temp\batches\" + mastertemplatename + #"\" + subtemplatename + #"\" + batchName + #"\";
ThumbnailLists.Items.Clear();
// var img = Image.FromFile(#"C:\temp\batch-done.png");
if (ImageBox.Image != null)
{
ImageBox.Image.Dispose();
}
ImageBox.Image = null;
try
{
using (new Impersonation(_remoteDomain, _remoteUser, _remotePassword))
{
// MessageBox.Show(_remoteUser);
// MessageBox.Show(_remotePassword);
var tPath = #"\\126.32.3.178\PantonSys\SAM\Storage\3\" + mastertemplatename + #"\" + subtemplatename + #"\" + batchName + #"\";
bool exists = System.IO.Directory.Exists(tPath);
if (!exists)
{
System.IO.Directory.CreateDirectory(tPath);
}
string[] fileList = Directory.GetFiles(folderPath, "*");
foreach (var file in fileList)
{
File.Copy(file, tPath + Path.GetFileName(file));
}
CurrentPageBox.Text = "";
NumberPageBox.Text = "";
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
Debug.WriteLine(ex.Message);
MessageBox.Show(ex.Message);
}
var dbConnection = DBConnection.Instance();
dbConnection.DatabaseName = ConfigurationManager.AppSettings["dbName"];
if (dbConnection.IsConnect())
{
var deleteBatchQuery = "DELETE FROM templatebatch WHERE batchname ='" + templateView.SelectedNode.Text + "'";
var deleteBatchCmd = new MySqlCommand(deleteBatchQuery, dbConnection.Connection);
var deleteBatchReader = deleteBatchCmd.ExecuteReader();
using (var reader = deleteBatchReader)
{
while (reader.Read())
{
}
}
templateView.Nodes.Remove(templateView.SelectedNode);
Directory.Delete(folderPath, true);
MessageBox.Show("Successfully Transferred.");
foreach (var txtFields in txtBoxFields)
{
txtFields.Text = "";
txtFields.Enabled = false;
}
finButton.Visible = false;
finButton.Enabled = false;
}
bindButton.Visible = false;
}
Would this be possible to achieve or just being far-fetched?
I would appreciate any suggestions or pointers on this. Do let me know if there is anything unclear in my explanation.
EDIT:
Request URL: http://126.32.3.178:8111/process/taskmanager/start/start.jsp
Request Method: POST
Status Code: 200 OK
Remote Address: 126.32.3.178:8111
Referrer Policy: no-referrer-when-downgrade
Is there a way I could call this from the C# application?

You can send your file directly from your C# app with use of Http client. Here is code sample:
private async Task<bool> Upload(string filePath)
{
const string actionUrl = #"http://126.32.3.178:8111/process/taskmanager/start/start.jsp";
var fileName = Path.GetFileName(filePath);
var fileBytes = File.ReadAllBytes(filePath);
var fileContent = new ByteArrayContent(fileBytes);
using (var client = new HttpClient())
using (var formData = new MultipartFormDataContent())
{
formData.Add(fileContent, fileName);
var response = await client.PostAsync(actionUrl, formData);
return response.IsSuccessStatusCode;
}
}
Also, note that there maybe some sort of authentication should be performed before you can post a request.

How to get the newest contact's picture in outlook 2010?

Here is the problem:
use Attachment.SaveAsFile() to save contact's picture on disk.(successfully)
change the contact's picture in outlook manually.
repeat step 1, but i get the old picture, not the new one in step 2.
EDIT:
I have know how to save contact's picture on disk.
The problem is that the picture which i get is not the newest one.
Here is the code:
//[Outlook] is short for [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook]
Outlook.Application outlook = new Outlook.Application();
Outlook.MAPIFolder folder = outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);
foreach (var item in folder.Items) {
if (item is Outlook.ContactItem) {
Outlook.ContactItem contact = null;
Outlook.Attachments atts = null;
Outlook.Attachment att = null;
string path = "";
contact = item as Outlook.ContactItem;
if (!contact.HasPicture) { continue; }
path = #"C:\Temp\" + contact.EntryID + ".jpg";
atts = contact.Attachments;
att = atts["ContactPicture.jpg"];
if(File.Exists(path)){
File.Delete(path);
}
att.SaveAsFile(#"C:\Temp\" + contact.EntryID + ".jpg");
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(att);
att = null;
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(atts);
atts = null;
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(contact);
contact = null;
}
}
thanks!

I find the resolution on Contact picture retrieved via PIA doesn't change when updated in Outlook
I didn't release the folder.Items
Here is the modified code：
//[Outlook] is short for [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook]
Outlook.Application outlook = new Outlook.Application();
Outlook.MAPIFolder folder = outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);
Outlook.Items items = null;
items = folder.Items;
foreach (var item in items) {
if (item is Outlook.ContactItem) {
Outlook.ContactItem contact = null;
Outlook.Attachments atts = null;
Outlook.Attachment att = null;
string path = "";
contact = item as Outlook.ContactItem;
if (!contact.HasPicture) { continue; }
path = #"C:\Temp\" + contact.EntryID + ".jpg";
atts = contact.Attachments;
att = atts["ContactPicture.jpg"];
if (File.Exists(path)) {
File.Delete(path);
}
att.SaveAsFile(#"C:\Temp\" + contact.EntryID + ".jpg");
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(att);
att = null;
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(atts);
atts = null;
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(contact);
contact = null;
}
}
if (items != null) {
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(items);
items = null;
}
EDIT:
Problem happened with above code. Sometimes it got the old picture.
I added GC.Collect(); at the end,then it worked well.
So i tried the following code. But the problem remained.
//[Outlook] is short for [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook]
Outlook.Application outlook = new Outlook.Application();
Outlook.MAPIFolder folder = outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);
Outlook.Items items = folder.Items;
foreach (var item in items) {
if (item is Outlook.ContactItem) {
Outlook.ContactItem contact = item as Outlook.ContactItem;
string path = "";
Outlook.Attachment att = null;
if (!contact.HasPicture) { continue; }
path = #"C:\Temp\" + contact.EntryID + ".jpg";
att = contact.Attachments["ContactPicture.jpg"];
if (File.Exists(path)) {
File.Delete(path);
}
att.SaveAsFile(#"C:\Temp\" + contact.EntryID + ".jpg");
}
}
GC.Collect();
Finally i use the following code. Release all com objects,then call GC.Collect().
//[Outlook] is short for [Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook]
Outlook.Application outlook = new Outlook.Application();
Outlook.MAPIFolder folder = outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderContacts);
Outlook.Items items = folder.Items;
foreach (var item in items) {
if (item is Outlook.ContactItem) {
Outlook.ContactItem contact = null;
Outlook.Attachments atts = null;
Outlook.Attachment att = null;
string path = "";
contact = item as Outlook.ContactItem;
if (!contact.HasPicture) { continue; }
path = #"C:\Temp\" + contact.EntryID + ".jpg";
atts = contact.Attachments;
att = atts["ContactPicture.jpg"];
if (File.Exists(path)) {
File.Delete(path);
}
att.SaveAsFile(#"C:\Temp\" + contact.EntryID + ".jpg");
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(att);
att = null;
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(atts);
atts = null;
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(contact);
contact = null;
}
}
if (items != null) {
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(items);
items = null;
}
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(folder);
folder = null;
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(outlook);
outlook = null;
GC.Collect();

Outlook 2007: Reading Pane is not updated when an encrypted Email is imported

we use Redemptiontools to develop a Addin for Outlook. At first we create Emailstubs from a Metadataset. When the User select a Mail we load a msg file from the Network and import it into the Emailstub. We dont have any problems in Outlook 2010/2013/2016.
But in Outlook 2007 the reading pane doesnt refresh if the mail has a Signature. I have deselect and reselect the Mail and then i can see the new mail.
Creating the Emailstub from an metadataset:
using (ComObjectWrapper<RDOFolder> rdoFolder = RDOSession.Resource.GetFolderFromID(folderEntryID).WithComCleanup())
{
using (ComObjectWrapper<RDOMail> mailstub = rdoFolder.Resource.Items.Add().WithComCleanup())
{
mailstub.Resource.Sent = true;
mailstub.Resource.SenderName = metadatamail.SenderName + " ";
mailstub.Resource.SenderEmailAddress = metadatamail.SenderEmailAddress + " ";
mailstub.Resource.SentOnBehalfOfName = metadatamail.SentOnBehalfOfName + " ";
mailstub.Resource.SentOnBehalfOfEmailAddress = metadatamail.SentOnBehalfOfEmailAddress + " ";
mailstub.Resource.Subject = metadatamail.Subject + " ";
mailstub.Resource.ReceivedTime = metadatamail.ReceivedTime;
mailstub.Resource.Body = metadatamail.Body + " ";
mailstub.Resource.To = metadatamail.To + " ";
mailstub.Resource.ReceivedByName = metadatamail.ReceivedByName + " ";
mailstub.Resource.UnRead = metadatamail.UnRead;
if (metadatamail.ContainsAttachments)
{
var Attach = mailstub.Resource.Attachments.Add(new char[0]);
Attach.FileName = "Attachment.txt";
}
mailstub.Resource.Save();
}
}
Importing the msg file in the selection change Event of the Explorer (expl):
void expl_SelectionChange()
{
using (var selection = expl.Selection.WithComCleanup())
{
foreach (var item in selection.Resource)
{
if (item is Outlook.MailItem)
{
string entryID = (item as Outlook.MailItem).EntryID;
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
GC.Collect();
GC.WaitForPendingFinalizers();
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(entryID))
{
using (var researchEntry = RDOSession.Resource.GetMessageFromID(entryID).WithComCleanup())
{
string mailpath = GetEmailFromNetwork(entryID);
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(mailpath))
{
Redemption.SafeMailItem sItem = new Redemption.SafeMailItem();
sItem.Item = researchEntry.Resource;
sItem.Import(mailpath, (int)rdoSaveAsType.olMSG);
sItem.ReleaseComObject<Redemption.SafeMailItem>();
researchEntry.Resource.Save();
}
}
}
}
}
}
}
RDOSession:
private ComObjectWrapper<RDOSession> RDOSession
{
get
{
try
{
var rdoSession = Activator.CreateInstance(Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Redemption.RDOSession")) as RDOSession;
if (rdoSession != null)
{
rdoSession.MAPIOBJECT = this.Application.Session.MAPIOBJECT;
return rdoSession.WithComCleanup();
}
}
catch { }
return null;
}
}
Does anyone have a hint or a solution?