Create Outlook Add-in by MAPI Functionality by Using Visual Studio 2010 Outlook Project

Create Outlook project in Visual Studio 2010. Create Outlook Add-in by using Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI). This add-in does the following:

• Get every new email.

• Process every new email

• Get details of received email

• Save attachment of that email

• Mark that email with read flag

• Move that email to outlook other folder

• Determine unread email and process on that email

Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI)

MAPI is a messaging architecture and a Component Object Model based API for Microsoft Windows. MAPI allows client programs to become (e-mail) messaging-enabled, -aware, or -based by calling MAPI subsystem routines that interface with certain messaging servers. While MAPI is designed to be independent of the protocol, it is usually used with MAPI/RPC, the proprietary protocol that Microsoft Outlook uses to communicate with Microsoft Exchange

The following link refers to creation of an Outlook Express add-in:

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/vstudio/cc668191.aspx

Using Visual Studio 2010, creates an Outlook Project for outlook add-in by using MAPI functionality. Use the following procedure to do that.

1 Create Outlook Project

 

2. Initial look of the new project:

 

3. Default generated code:

 

4. Default code:

5. Handle new email receive event:

 

6. Application_NewMailEx is a customer function.

EntryIDCollection is a unique id of received email in outlook.

 

7. Move Email to custom folder of outlook:

 

8. Search unread email in inbox:

 

9. Property created:

 

Now the code is done; now to publish this project and set up this add-in Outlook.

1. Publish Code:

 

2. Default Path:

 

3. Storage media:

 

4. Published file path:

 

5. Published file and folder:

 

Now set up add-in in outlook for use.

1. Run Setup file:

  

2. Install Add-in:

 

3. Successful installed:

 

Note: After successfully installed, restart Outlook.

4. See installed Add-in Add-Remove program:

 

5. See in Outlook add-in list:

Outlook file menu --> Option

 

6. Add-ins:

 

7. Add-in list:

 

Now your add-in is ready for email processing.

This is basic functionality, you can add your own functionality.

Here I attached a complete functional solution of Visual Studio 2010.

If you have any query then please let me know.