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4/8/2010

Before you can create and manipulate PIM items, you must first create an instance of the Outlook Mobile application object, and then use it to establish a POOM session, which opens a connection to the PIM database.

To establish an POOM session

  1. Declare and initialize a pointer to the IPOutlookAppinterface object:

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    IPOutlookApp * g_polApp = NULL;

  2. Initialize COM:

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    CoInitializeEx( NULL, 0);

  3. Create an Applicationclass COM server object:

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    CoCreateInstance(CLSID_Application, NULL, CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER,
IID_IUnknown, (void **)&g_pUnknown);

  4. Get a reference to the Outlook Mobile application interface object:

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    g_pUnknown->QueryInterface(IID_IPOutlookApp,
(void**)&g_polApp);

  5. Logon to the Outlook Mobile COM server:

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    g_polApp->Logon(NULL);

Example

The following code example demonstrates how to create the Outlook Mobile application object and then use it to establish a POOM session.

Note:
To make the following code example easier to read, security checking and error handling are not included. This code example should not be used in a release configuration unless it has been modified to include them.
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BOOL InitPoom(void)
{
	IPOutlookApp * g_polApp   = NULL;
	IUnknown	 * g_pUnknown = NULL;
	BOOL			 bSuccess = FALSE;

	hr = CoInitializeEx(NULL, 0);
	hr = CoCreateInstance(CLSID_Application, NULL,
CLSCTX_INPROC_SERVER, IID_IUnknown, (void **)&g_pUnknown);
	hr = g_pUnknown->QueryInterface(IID_IPOutlookApp, (void**)
&g_polApp);

	hr = g_polApp->Logon(NULL);

	bSuccess = TRUE;
	return bSuccess;
}

To make the code example easier to read, security checking and error handling are not included.

This code example should not be used in a release configuration unless it has been modified to include them.

Compiling the Code

  • Include Header File: PimStore.h

  • Linker Dependency: PimStore.lib

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