PC MAPI: Custom Messages Do Not Work with IPC Messages
Article ID: 128742
Article Last Modified on 10/30/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.0b
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2
- Microsoft Mail for PC Networks 3.2a
This article was previously published under Q128742
SUMMARY
Microsoft Mail for PC Networks has a Custom Messages section located in the
MSMAIL.INI file used to initialize Microsoft Mail for Windows. Custom
messages allow the Windows client to pass message information to a Dynamic
Link Library (DLL) file. One DLL example is APPEXEC.DLL that is provided
with the Simple MAPI SDK.
MORE INFORMATION
The operation map parameter found in the custom message declaration
determines when the DLL file will be called. Currently, with the Windows
client, there are eight possible events that can occur that will start the
DLL when a specific custom message is received. The eight possible
operations are: compose, open, reply, reply all, forward, print, save, and,
upon delivery to the Windows client Inbox.
IPC message types are special messages that the mail spooler does not place
in the Windows client Inbox. Of the eight possible operations, all require
that the message at least be placed in the Inbox. Due to this
functionality, messages of the IPC type do not work with custom messages.
To work with IPC type messages, it is necessary to use MAPI and the
MAPIFindNext function to read them, because they are not visible in the
Inbox. For more information on MAPI, consult the Microsoft Mail Technical
Reference manual.
Additional query words: 3.00 3.20 3.20a
Keywords: KB128742