OEAPI

This library will enable you to build your own plugins in Outlook Express and Windows Mail.
OEAPI - Outlook Express Application Program Interface is the ONLY library that lets you add your own functions to Outlook Express.

It brings the interface to add your own plugin to Outlook Express from high-level languages as VB, Delphi or Python.

OEAPI is a program that helps you create Outlook plugins.

OEAPI enables your software to reach more than 400 million users worlwide with Outlook Express and Windows Mail already installed. Our customers have been using OEAPI for a wide range of applications:
· Anti Spam & Anti Phishing
· Automatic encryption of emails
· Anti Virus
· Customer Relationship Management (CRM) (i.e: Salesforce AppExchange)
· Contacts synchronization & backup

Microsoft isn't offering any official SDK, automation tools or OE extension to the popular Outlook Express.

Any customization must be done using application hooks written in C. We at Nektra presented this Outlook Express API to let you integrate your product with or within Outlook Express in a easy way.

Main features of OEAPI:

All the functionality is implemented in a COM object.

A demo application written in Visual Basic is included in the package.

A demo application written in Visual C++ is included in the package

Plugin support as a dll that run in the same space of the OE. You will be able to run inside the OE.

Multi toolbars support. Create more than one toolbar from your plugin.

Toolbars can have large buttons.

Add your own menus and sub-menus to Outlook Express.

Handle the click events of the buttons and menu items.

Folders and Message API working without OE running.

Browse all the folders of Outlook Express.

Rename a folder.

Move a folder.

Delete a folder.

Move a folder.

Create a folder.

Handle the events OnNewMessage and OnMessageDeleted in a folder.

Handle general events OnFolderCreated, OnFolderDeleted, OnFolderRenamed, OnFolderMoved, OnFolderUnreadChanged and OnFolderSelectionChanged.

Browse messages in a folder.

Get Header / Body / Source.

Get message state.

Get priority.

Get display from, to and subject.

Delete message.

Mark as Read.

Mark as Unread.


Requirements of OEAPI:

Outlook Express

Windows Mail


Limitations of OEAPI:

30 days trial

Nag screen

What's New in This Release:

New! Added OEMessage::GetFlags method which returns the flags that describe message's composition.

New! Added OEMessage::SetReadOnly/IsReadOnly methods to set a message as read-only, and to check if it was set this way by OEAPI.

New: Added a sample implementation of the OEAPIObj::OnDatabaseChange event to the C# DLL Demo plugin.

New: C# DLL Demo now loads toolbar images from resources.

Fixed for DLL plugins: OEMessage::Clone() failed to copy the account info in Windows Mail (This is not possible on EXE applications).

Fixed: Calling ActivateGlobalNotification() caused OE/WM to not shutdown.

Fixed: OEAPIObj::OnDatabaseChange case OE_TR_DELETE_FOLDER was triggered twice for each folder deleted event.

Fixed: On Windows Mail selecting a non-local folder sometimes triggered a OEAPIObj::OnFolderSelectionChanged event.

Fixed: OEAPIObj::SendMessage() method was sending the message even when OE/WM was set to 'Work Offline'.

Fixed: When the destination file already existed, OEMessage::SaveAsFile() appended the content to the file instead of overwriting it.

Fixed on C# EXE Demo: When switching folders, sometimes the Demo failed to load a folder's messages.

Fixed: On Vista x64, OEAPIObj::SendMessage() method didn't work on Windows Mail.

Fixed: On Vista x64, OEFolder::DeleteMessage(msgId, True) opened a dialog on Windows Mail asking for confirmation.

Added the SetReadOnly/IsReadOnly OEMessage methods to the documentation.

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