WPF and Outlook

Question

In the past I had connected Outlook using COM to my VFP applications. I'm not very fond COM and I'm hoping there a way to have my WPF application (ASP.Net v4) connect to Outlook 2007/2010 clients? Meaning, we want to sync calendars, possibly contacts and of course emails. In a perfect world we want this to be a two way transfer, if the SQL Database of ours has an appointment set for X date/time we want it in Outlook. And, if the appointment is changed or cancelled in Outlook then we want it to update the DB. These are just a few of my ideas.

Thanks!

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Chris

Answer 1

Unfortunately COM is probably your only option.  I know the feeling, I have recently been doing some heavy reporting in Excel.  COM is the only way.

Answer 2

Hi cmarsh,

I am agree with KP_SES in total, WPF has not wrapped any Outlook component, as far as I know, to use COM is the only way to achieve your goal, this is a simple sample you could refer to:

http://www.robbollons.com/index.php/2010/03/04/how-to-connect-to-outlook-2007-using-c-net/

 

Best regards,

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Answer 3

Hi cmarsh,

I think KP_SES and me have provided what you need of this issue, so I will close this thread as "Answered", if you have new findings of this issue, please let me know.

 

Best regards,

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