tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27555678.post5973317666743163196..comments2023-06-26T17:44:39.111+10:00Comments on Ed on Office: Outlook Add-in and SharePoint: Getting StartedEd Richardhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/13730013745552165044noreply@blogger.comBlogger8125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27555678.post-80832341366868660302008-06-22T12:05:00.000+10:002008-06-22T12:05:00.000+10:00Hi Tim,Glad it helps.Updating the metadata is the ...Hi Tim,<BR/><BR/>Glad it helps.<BR/><BR/>Updating the metadata is the 'tricky bit' I've solved that generically because the 'problem' obviously occurs in multiple places, for example also when you have LOB-applications that need to set/get SharePoint properties on documents stored in SharePoint.<BR/><BR/>So, what I have is a Web Service running on my server that can deal with these things. You'll see that once you have a Web Service, you'll start using it for all kinds of things.<BR/><BR/>The reason I use a Web Service is that in the server side code I have full access to the SharePoint object model and that's much more productive (for me at least) than tring to solve everything using the SharePoint Web Services, which of course you could use as well.<BR/><BR/>The client side code becomes very simple:<BR/><BR/>WssDocumentService.Service oSrvcs = new WssDocumentService.Service();<BR/><BR/>oSrvcs.cUpdateDocumentItemByFName(cSite, cLib, EntryID + ".msg", "CFILE", cCFile);<BR/><BR/>As you can see the method takes the filename, and in this case updates a field called CFILE, I pass in all the details it needs such as Site and Document library.<BR/><BR/>Let me know if you need more info on the Web Service side of things, it might be best if I do a seperate blog post on that.<BR/><BR/>EdEd Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13730013745552165044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27555678.post-39263726422960740342008-06-20T16:28:00.000+10:002008-06-20T16:28:00.000+10:00Hey Ed,Thanks for your Fantastic posts! they have ...Hey Ed,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for your Fantastic posts! they have really made it easy for me to understand how to get this up and running.<BR/><BR/>What I dont understand is, how can I profile the email before it gets saved to sharepoint? How do I save metadata into their relevant columns onto sharepoint using the saveas feature?<BR/><BR/>Thanks!<BR/>Tim from Perth.Timhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/16759943111925398274noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27555678.post-44265699762860278302008-06-09T20:41:00.000+10:002008-06-09T20:41:00.000+10:00It's back on-line now David. Please let me know if...It's back on-line now David. Please let me know if you have any suggestions for me to add.<BR/><BR/>EdEd Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13730013745552165044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27555678.post-4691687692922718732008-06-09T12:44:00.000+10:002008-06-09T12:44:00.000+10:00Sorry David, our site is moving to a new server, t...Sorry David, our site is moving to a new server, today as it happens...<BR/><BR/>If you send me an email at Ed@Softwareobjectives.com.au I can email you the filesEd Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13730013745552165044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27555678.post-66803164487281338692008-06-09T12:30:00.000+10:002008-06-09T12:30:00.000+10:00the link seems not available. can you please veri...the link seems not available. can you please verify and post again? thanks.1and1 customerhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/11233812609047356187noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27555678.post-17884146553208271322008-03-25T17:33:00.000+11:002008-03-25T17:33:00.000+11:00we do have sharepoint server and did try that proc...we do have sharepoint server and did try that process. The problem is that the need of accessing 80 GB worth of email is the problem when sync automatically. Each time a structure of these 80 GB changes, Office 2007 takes a long time to sync back and normally taking up all the hardware resources, too. What's your thoughts on that?<BR/><BR/>Thanks!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962220681505531295noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27555678.post-26714812245050937952008-03-23T14:42:00.000+11:002008-03-23T14:42:00.000+11:00Sure, just call the Item.SaveAs method with a norm...Sure, just call the Item.SaveAs method with a normal filename. Although for stuff like email I really recommend using SharePoint as it gives youmuch more flexibility for organising and filtering/viewing contents than a regular Directory. (And SharePoint (WSS) is a free component of Windows 2003 server!).<BR/><BR/>When you go SharePoint (WSS 3.0) you automatically get the capability to connect a Document Library (== Directory) to Outlook 2007, which displays the content of the library as a node in the left pane.<BR/>This also sync's automatically so it enables users to take files off-line when they travel.<BR/><BR/>EdEd Richardhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13730013745552165044noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-27555678.post-29832117326071719262008-03-23T02:38:00.000+11:002008-03-23T02:38:00.000+11:00Ed,Thanks for the great article. My question is w...Ed,<BR/><BR/>Thanks for the great article. My question is what if we don't implement sharepoint and instead want to save the message out to a directory. Is there a way to do so? if there is, is there a way to browse and view the content of that directory right within outlook as if it one of the folders created under the Inbox? Thanks!Unknownhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/14962220681505531295noreply@blogger.com