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date: Thu, 17 Apr 2008 16:19:25 +0100,
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Re: Locationg MAPISVC.INF
I haven't tested my provider under UK English Windows, biut it works fine
for US English.
Do you see the same problem if you switch to any other English flavor?
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Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
http://www.dimastr.com/
OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
and MAPI Developer Tool
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"Windoze" wrote in message
news:uM2law7oIHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
> Hi Dmitry
>
> The code in that example works perfectly for OL2003 in any language and
> OL2007 in any non-English codepage.
>
> OL2007 on a UK English codepage indicates that MAPISVC.INF is located at
> c:\Windows\system32. However it completely and utterly ignores this file.
> Creating the folder %CommonProgramFiles%\System\MSMAPI\1033 and adding the
> INI file entries in there ( effectively creating the file there ) and
> placing my MAPI provider there allows it to work on English language
> OL2007 installs. However that code snipped from KB229700
> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229700) continues to indicate that the
> folder location is c:\windows\system32 as the MAPISVC.INF location.
>
> What's going on?
>
> Cheers
> Win
>
> "Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
> news:%23LNZueroIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>> Outlook 2007 does not even create that file by default. But if it is
>> there, Outlook will pick it tup.
>> KB229700 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229700) still applies in
>> Outlook2007.
>> MAPISVC.INF is nothing but a regular INI file, so you can use the regular
>> Windows API (WritePrivateProfileString etc) to manipulate it.
>>
>> --
>> Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
>> http://www.dimastr.com/
>> OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
>> and MAPI Developer Tool
>> -
>> "Windoze" wrote in message
>> news:eISK4BhoIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>> But where does the MAPISVC.INF file go? With Outlook 2007 this file
>>> exists only in the system32 directory (the default system file and not
>>> the Outlook file). I had to install my connector on a Swedish/Norwegian
>>> machine and the Outlook file was in
>>> %CommonProgramFiles%\System\MSMAPI\1053\MapiSVC.INF.
>>>
>>> I didn't realise I could put the path to the MAPI file in the
>>> MAPISVC.INF file. There used to be a utility which could add entries to
>>> the MAPISVC.INF file but this in unfortunately no longer available.
>>>
>>> "Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
>>> news:eZAyQweoIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>> Your MAPI provider can be in any folder as long as you use an old MSDOS
>>>> file name (8.3) in the mapisvc.inf file,or, at teh very leats, have no
>>>> spaces in the file path.
>>>>
>>>> --
>>>> Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
>>>> http://www.dimastr.com/
>>>> OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
>>>> and MAPI Developer Tool
>>>> -
>>>> "Windoze" wrote in message
>>>> news:uGbLt5JoIHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Hi Guys
>>>>>
>>>>> I know that there is a library call to determine the location of
>>>>> MAPISVC.INF. With OL2003 it returns %ommonProgramFiles%\MSMAPI\1033.
>>>>> (where the environment variable is expanded)
>>>>>
>>>>> With OL2007 it returns something like %windir%\System32 (with the
>>>>> environement variable expanded).
>>>>>
>>>>> MAPI Store providers generally need to be kept in the same folder as
>>>>> the MAPISVC.INF file. Unfortunately, on OL2007 sticking the store
>>>>> provider in %windir%\system32 will not allow the store provider to
>>>>> load. It still needs to be kept in %ommonProgramFiles%\MSMAPI\1033.
>>>>>
>>>>> Also with non US-English codepages the location would be MSMAPI\1053
>>>>> or something.
>>>>>
>>>>> Is there any way to correctly identify where to place a MAPI store
>>>>> provider?
>>>>>
>>>>> Cheers
>>>>> Win
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 10:28:08 -0700
author: Dmitry Streblechenko
Re: Locationg MAPISVC.INF
Hi
My bad. Apologies. The reason the UK English version was hosed was because I
had the MAPI Provider stuck all over the place in the Oulook install's
folder structure. Getting rid of the extraneous entries allowed the
connector to function normally.
It looks like with OL 2007 the location of MAPISVC.INF is always in
system32. However modifying this file in this location causes the file to be
mirrored to %CommonProgramFiles%\System\MSMAPI\Codepage.
The reason this folder is given is because MAPIStub doesn't actually return
a path for the MAPISVC.INF in which case the code snippet from
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229700 to forcibly return System32 as the
location.
Cheers
Win
"Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
news:uC8FSU9oIHA.3960@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>I haven't tested my provider under UK English Windows, biut it works fine
>for US English.
> Do you see the same problem if you switch to any other English flavor?
>
> --
> Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
> http://www.dimastr.com/
> OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
> and MAPI Developer Tool
> -
> "Windoze" wrote in message
> news:uM2law7oIHA.4760@TK2MSFTNGP06.phx.gbl...
>> Hi Dmitry
>>
>> The code in that example works perfectly for OL2003 in any language and
>> OL2007 in any non-English codepage.
>>
>> OL2007 on a UK English codepage indicates that MAPISVC.INF is located at
>> c:\Windows\system32. However it completely and utterly ignores this file.
>> Creating the folder %CommonProgramFiles%\System\MSMAPI\1033 and adding
>> the INI file entries in there ( effectively creating the file there ) and
>> placing my MAPI provider there allows it to work on English language
>> OL2007 installs. However that code snipped from KB229700
>> (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229700) continues to indicate that the
>> folder location is c:\windows\system32 as the MAPISVC.INF location.
>>
>> What's going on?
>>
>> Cheers
>> Win
>>
>> "Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
>> news:%23LNZueroIHA.1164@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>> Outlook 2007 does not even create that file by default. But if it is
>>> there, Outlook will pick it tup.
>>> KB229700 (http://support.microsoft.com/kb/229700) still applies in
>>> Outlook2007.
>>> MAPISVC.INF is nothing but a regular INI file, so you can use the
>>> regular Windows API (WritePrivateProfileString etc) to manipulate it.
>>>
>>> --
>>> Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
>>> http://www.dimastr.com/
>>> OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
>>> and MAPI Developer Tool
>>> -
>>> "Windoze" wrote in message
>>> news:eISK4BhoIHA.524@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl...
>>>> But where does the MAPISVC.INF file go? With Outlook 2007 this file
>>>> exists only in the system32 directory (the default system file and not
>>>> the Outlook file). I had to install my connector on a Swedish/Norwegian
>>>> machine and the Outlook file was in
>>>> %CommonProgramFiles%\System\MSMAPI\1053\MapiSVC.INF.
>>>>
>>>> I didn't realise I could put the path to the MAPI file in the
>>>> MAPISVC.INF file. There used to be a utility which could add entries to
>>>> the MAPISVC.INF file but this in unfortunately no longer available.
>>>>
>>>> "Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote in message
>>>> news:eZAyQweoIHA.2208@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl...
>>>>> Your MAPI provider can be in any folder as long as you use an old
>>>>> MSDOS file name (8.3) in the mapisvc.inf file,or, at teh very leats,
>>>>> have no spaces in the file path.
>>>>>
>>>>> --
>>>>> Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
>>>>> http://www.dimastr.com/
>>>>> OutlookSpy - Outlook, CDO
>>>>> and MAPI Developer Tool
>>>>> -
>>>>> "Windoze" wrote in message
>>>>> news:uGbLt5JoIHA.4832@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
>>>>>> Hi Guys
>>>>>>
>>>>>> I know that there is a library call to determine the location of
>>>>>> MAPISVC.INF. With OL2003 it returns %ommonProgramFiles%\MSMAPI\1033.
>>>>>> (where the environment variable is expanded)
>>>>>>
>>>>>> With OL2007 it returns something like %windir%\System32 (with the
>>>>>> environement variable expanded).
>>>>>>
>>>>>> MAPI Store providers generally need to be kept in the same folder as
>>>>>> the MAPISVC.INF file. Unfortunately, on OL2007 sticking the store
>>>>>> provider in %windir%\system32 will not allow the store provider to
>>>>>> load. It still needs to be kept in %ommonProgramFiles%\MSMAPI\1033.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Also with non US-English codepages the location would be MSMAPI\1053
>>>>>> or something.
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Is there any way to correctly identify where to place a MAPI store
>>>>>> provider?
>>>>>>
>>>>>> Cheers
>>>>>> Win
>>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>>
>>>>
>>>>
>>>
>>>
>>
>>
>
>
date: Mon, 21 Apr 2008 22:21:46 +0100
author: Windoze
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