Asynchronous Event Methods
Topic Last Modified: 2006-06-12
Microsoft® Exchange provides asynchronous event notifications by calling the IExStoreAsyncEvents Interface methods in the following table.
| Name | Description |
|---|---|
Called when an item is saved to the Exchange store. |
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Called when an item is deleted from the Exchange store. |
When you process an asynchronous event, Exchange processes the return value. Returning S_OK indicates that the event notification was handled successfully. Returning S_PENDING indicates that you are handling the Exchange notification in a separate process. When you return S_PENDING, you must notify Exchange (from the separate process) when you have finished handling the Exchange notification by calling the Completed Method.
See the IAsyncNotify Interface for information about processing an asynchronous event in a Component Object Model (COM) object.
Loop Recursion
An asynchronous event method can modify the item that caused the event notification, which, in turn, can fire an event for the same item. This causes a recursive event loop. The event sink must ensure that looping does not occur.