PR_STORE_OFFLINE from Redemption

Hello,

I am trying to determine if Outlook is currently in Offline mode.
Looking at OutlookSpy it appears there is an PR_STORE_OFFLINE property
of the IMsgStore object that contains this information.

Can I access this info from the Redemption lib? If not, is there any
other way to determine if Outlook is in Offline mode.

Thanx in advance,

Jay Balch

PR_STORE_OFFLINE can be accessed using Redemption, just as any other
field can be accessed. However you don't say which version of Outlook
you are using. That MAPI property is valid for Outlook 2000 and
earlier, for Outlook 2002 and later it's broken. For those versions
you would use Outlook.Session.Offline (a Boolean).

I test for Outlook.Version and depending on the version string
returned I branch in a Select Case block to see how I am going to
check for offline status.

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"Balch" <thebalch@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Hello,
>
> I am trying to determine if Outlook is currently in Offline mode.
> Looking at OutlookSpy it appears there is an PR_STORE_OFFLINE
property
> of the IMsgStore object that contains this information.
>
> Can I access this info from the Redemption lib? If not, is there
any
> other way to determine if Outlook is in Offline mode.
>
> Thanx in advance,
>
> Jay Balch

At the present time Redemption doesn't provide InfoStores. Dmitry says
he's going to add them in version 3.4 which he's starting development
on.

I use CDO for that, I get the default InfoStore as a global in my code
as well as the Outlook version as a long (9 for Outlook 2000, 10 for
2002 and 11 for 2003) and use code like the following (this is from a
COM addin so I also have a global referencing the Application object
passed to the COM addin in the On_Connection event):

Private Function UserOnline() As Boolean
Dim objOL As Object

On Error Resume Next

UserOnline = False

If g_lngVersion >= 10 Then
Set objOL = g_objOL
UserOnline = Not (objOL.Session.Offline)
Else
If InStr(1, g_objInfoStore.Fields(CdoPR_PROVIDER_DISPLAY), _
"Microsoft Exchange", vbTextCompare) > 0 Then

'Check if store is in offline mode
UserOnline = Not (g_objInfoStore.Fields(PR_STORE_OFFLINE).Value)
End If
End If

Set objOL = Nothing
End Function

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Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Lead Author, Professional Outlook 2000 Programming, Wrox Press
Lead Author, Beginning VB 6 Application Development, Wrox Press
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"Balch" <thebalch@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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> Thanks for getting back to me Ken,
>
> I need to be able to detect the offline flag for all Outlook 2000
and
> beyond.
>
> The Outlook.Session.Offline works great in Outlook XP but I am still
> having trouble figuring out how to get the PR_STORE_OFFLINE
property.
> When I use OutlookSpy it displays the PR_STORE_OFFLINE property in
the
> IMsgStore. I understand you can use the Fields collection or the
> HrGetOneProp function to retrieve outlook properties. What I am
> missing is which object corresponds to the message store. When I
read
> the following posting it leads me to believe that Redemption does
not
> expose the IMsgStore object.
>
>
http://groups.google.com/groups?hl=...TF-8&threadm=eu
9zkTlFDHA.1016%40TK2MSFTNGP10.phx.gbl&rnum=5&prev=/groups%3Fnum%3D100%
26hl%3Den%26lr%3D%26ie%3DUTF-8%26oe%3DUTF-8%26q%3Dredemption%2Bimsgsto
re%2B%26btnG%3DGoogle%2BSearch
>
>
> Please let me know if I am missing something or there is another way
> to detect if Outlook is in offline mode in Outlook 2000.
>
> Thanx again,
>
> Jay Balch