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Manage messages in OST without invoking a synchronization in Cached Exchange mode

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Applies to: Outlook 2013 | Outlook 2016

This topic contains a code sample in C++ that shows how to use IID_IMessageRaw in IMsgStore::OpenEntry to obtain an IMessage interface that manages a message in an offline folders file (OST) without forcing a download of the whole message when the client is in Cached Exchange Mode.

When a client is in Cached Exchange Mode, messages in the OST can be in one of two states:

  • The whole message that contains the header and the body is downloaded.
  • The message with only its header is downloaded.

When you request an IMessage interface for a message in an OST and the client is in Cached Exchange Mode, use IID_IMessageRaw. If you use IID_IMessage to request an IMessage interface, and if the message has only its header downloaded in the OST, you invoke a synchronization that attempts to download the whole message.

If you use IID_IMessageRaw or IID_IMessage to request an IMessage interface, the interfaces that are returned are identical in use. The IMessage interface that was requested by using IID_IMessageRaw returns an email message as it exists in the OST, and synchronization is not forced.

The following example shows how to call the OpenEntry method, passing IID_IMessageRaw instead of IID_IMessage.

HRESULT HrOpenRawMessage ( 
    LPMDB lpMSB,  
    ULONG cbEntryID,  
    LPENTRYID lpEntryID,  
    ULONG ulFlags,  
    LPMESSAGE* lpMessage) 
{ 
    ULONG ulObjType = NULL; 
 
    HRESULT hRes = lpMDB->OpenEntry( 
        cbEntryID, 
        lpEntryID, 
        IID_IMessageRaw, 
        ulFlags, 
        &ulObjType, 
        (LPUNKNOWN*) lpMessage)); 
 
   return hRes; 
}

If the OpenEntry method returns the MAPI_E_INTERFACE_NOT_SUPPORTED error code, it indicates that the message store does not support accessing the message in raw mode. In this situation, try the OpenEntry method again by passing IID_IMessage.

Important

IID_IMessageRaw might not be defined in the downloadable header file that you currently have. In this case, you can add it to your code by using the following definition. Use the DEFINE_OLEGUID macro defined in the Microsoft Windows Software Development Kit (SDK) header file guiddef.h to associate the GUID symbolic name with its value. #if !defined(INITGUID) || defined(USES_IID_IMessageRaw) DEFINE_OLEGUID(IID_IMessageRaw,0x0002038A, 0, 0);> #endif

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