Q105962: PC MAPI: C Equivalent to MAPI APPEXEC.TXT in MS Visual Basic

Article: Q105962
Product(s): Microsoft Mail For PC Networks
Version(s): WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,3.2
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): 
Last Modified: 28-OCT-1999

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Mail for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 3.2 
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SUMMARY
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The Microsoft C code fragment below shows how to call application programming
interface (API) functions in the APPEXEC.DLL file, which is included on the
version 3.0 and 3.2 Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Technical Reference disk, to
access the information in the PARAMBLK structure. The APPEXEC.TXT file, which is
also included on the Microsoft Mail for PC Networks Technical Reference disk,
includes only Microsoft Visual Basic code that calls APPEXEC.DLL.

The steps below describe how to access the PARAMBLK structure. This is also
described in the APPEXEC.TXT file. After obtaining the MessageID returned by
GetMessageID(), you can use Messaging API (MAPI) from versions 3.0 and 3.2 of
Microsoft Mail for PC Networks to access information on the mail message
correlating to the MessageID. This program was written using Microsoft Visual
C++ version 1.0.

MORE INFORMATION
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The code below shows that to access the PARAMBLK structure, your code must do
the following:

1. Obtain the hexadecimal memory handle from the command line of your
  application.

2. Convert the hexadecimal handle into an integer.

3. Call the Windows API GlobalRealloc() function to copy the PARAMBLK structure
  into your application's memory.

4. Call the APPEXEC API ReleaseSemaphore() function to tell APPEXEC you have
  copied the PARAMBLK structure.

5. Call the APPEXEC API CrackParameterBlock() and GetMessageID() functions to
  obtain the wCommand and MessageID information from the PARAMBLK structure.

Sample Code Fragment
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  #include <windows.h>
  #include <stdlib.h>
  #include <appexec.h>

  int PASCAL WinMain( HINSTANCE hinstCurrent, HINSTANCE hinstPrevious,
  LPSTR lpCmdLine, int nCmdShow )
  {
  char    szBuf[ 128 ];
  char    szHandle[ 128 ];
  DWORD   dw;
  BOOL    fVal;
  HGLOBAL ghParamBlk;

  // procedure to pull messageID

  if( *lpCmdLine ) {

   wsprintf( szHandle, "0x%s", lpCmdLine );

   ghParamBlk = (HGLOBAL)strtol( szHandle, '\0', 16 );

   ghParamBlk = GlobalReAlloc( ghParamBlk, 0, GMEM_MODIFY |GMEM_MOVEABLE
        | GMEM_SHARE );

   ReleaseSemaphore();

   fVal = CrackParameterBlock( ghParamBlk, CPB_wCommand, &dw, szBuf );
   if( fVal == 0 )
     goto ErrorStarting;

   fVal = CrackParameterBlock( ghParamBlk, CPB_wMessageIDCount, &dw,
   szBuf);
   if( fVal == 0 || dw != 1 )
     goto ErrorStarting;

   fVal = GetMessageID( ghParamBlk, 0, szBuf );
   if( fVal == 0 )
      goto ErrorStarting;
                    }

  else
   goto ErrorStarting;

  MessageBox( 0, szBuf, "Message ID", MB_OK );
  return 0;

  ErrorStarting:
   MessageBox( 0, "Unable to get Message ID", "Error", MB_OK );
   return 1;
  }

Additional query words: 3.00 3.00b 3.20

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Keywords          :  
Technology        : kbMailSearch kbZNotKeyword3 kbMail300 kbMail320 kbMail300b
Version           : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,3.2

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