creating .msg file for MS Outlook Partheeus 08.02.2006 15:53:27 Hi, I need to create a ".msg" file, so that some users can click on the message, and it opens up in MS Outlook. Has anybody successfully done this? (I#m using the JavaMail APIs) Using the writeTo method (ie: message.writeTo(fileOut); ), I was able to create a file. However, when I try and open it in Outlook, it won't open. I compared my file to a message that I saved using Outlook, and their msg file has a ton more stuff. It looks like all of the headers are encrypted. If anybody has done this, and could provide some input, that would be fantastic! Thanks.

RE: creating .msg file for MS Outlook David Ing 08.03.2006 13:55:20 Not from a java API, but the Outlook object model can do it, i.e. MailItem.SaveAs(msgfilename.msg, olTxt); etc. Outside that, there are COM libraries that do it too, i.e. http://www.dimastr.com/redemption/ "Partheeus" wrote: [Quoted Text] > Hi, > > I need to create a ".msg" file, so that some users can click on the message, > and it opens up in MS Outlook. Has anybody successfully done this? > (I#m using the JavaMail APIs) > > Using the writeTo method (ie: message.writeTo(fileOut); ), I was able to > create a file. However, when I try and open it in Outlook, it won't open. I > compared my file to a message that I saved using Outlook, and their msg file > has a ton more stuff. It looks like all of the headers are encrypted. > > If anybody has done this, and could provide some input, that would be > fantastic! > > Thanks.

Re: creating .msg file for MS Outlook fergusontra <fergusontra.2etio6[ at ]mail.mcse.ms> 27.09.2006 21:48:32 Actually there is now a way to do this in pure Java. Check out the library at www.overwrittenstack.com (yes it's mine, but hey it seems to work). Right now it supports creating simple MSG Files on any java enabled OS (could technically be done from linux if needed). You can also dump an MSG file to a HashMap for reading each of the chunks out separately (I'm working on making this part a lot easier to use). -- fergusontra ------------------------------------------------------------------------ http://www.mcse.ms ------------------------------------------------------------------------ View this thread: http://www.mcse.ms/message2121541.html