Re: COM Interface definition

From:
Ashutosh <smbs_user@newsgroup.nospam>
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microsoft.public.vc.language
Date:
Tue, 08 Apr 2008 00:06:37 +0530
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Hi,
Thanks for your response. I am have already gone through Dimstry's
article and I have already discussed the topic with him. I know the
interfaces to be used. But what I want to know is that "do I need to
create a .idl file or just a .h file with the interface definitions".

I have created the attached .h file, AccountManager.h (its not complete
  thought but the interface IOlkAccountManager is complete) and trying
to create and object of IOlkAccountManager, by these lines

    IOlkAccountManager * ppv;
    CoCreateInstance(CLSID_OlkAccountManager,NULL, 0,
IID_IOlkAccountManager, (void**)&ppv);

For this I get Linker error,

    MAPI1Dlg.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_CLSID_OlkAccountManager
    MAPI1Dlg.obj : error LNK2001: unresolved external symbol
_IID_IOlkAccountManager

What should I do?? If I have to create a library for these, what will be
the Library's GUID? I didn't find any thing mentioned in the MSDN for
the library. Only Interfaces are mentioned.

Regards,
Ashutosh

Charles Wang[MSFT] wrote:

Hi Ashutosh,
Unfortunately the current release of Outlook Integration API does not
include any headers and DLLs that can be imported. If you want to use it,
you may have to create the header file by yourself and then use
CoCreateInstance() to create an instance. I think that you are on the right
way by creating your own IDL file for the API now.

You may refer to:
Introducing the Outlook Integration API
http://blogs.msdn.com/stephen_griffin/archive/2004/12/16/introducing-the-out
look-integration-api.aspx
Need help with IOlkAccount
http://groups.google.com/group/microsoft.public.office.developer.outlook.vba
/browse_thread/thread/933ab390f56aa206/3c28e2f44ac12dc1?hl=en&lnk=st&q=IOlkA
ccount+mapi#3c28e2f44ac12dc1

Regarding the error "statements outside library block are illegal in
mktyplib compatibility mode" in your second response, per my experiences,
you should be able to resolve it according to either of the following two
methods:
1. Put all the definitions of interfaces, coclasses and enums etc inside a
library block like this:
[
    uuid(<library guid>),
    version(<library version>),
    helpstring(<library description>)
]
library MyLib
{
    // interfaces, coclasses, enums etc
}

2. Configure the MIDL not to be mktyblib-compatible. In Visual Studio,
right-click the IDL file, click Properties, expand MIDL->General and set
"MkTypLib compatible" to No.

Hope this helps. If you have any other questions or concerns, please feel
free to let me know.

Best regards,
Charles Wang
Microsoft Online Community Support
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 filename="AccountManager.h"

DEFINE_GUID(IID_IOlkErrorUnknown, 0x9240a6c0, 0xaf41, 0x11d2, 0x8c, 0x3b, 0x0, 0x10, 0x4b, 0x2a, 0x66, 0x76);
//[
// uuid(9240a6c0-af41-11d2-8C3B-00104B2A6676)
//]
MIDL_INTERFACE("9240a6c0-af41-11d2-8C3B-00104B2A6676")
IOlkErrorUnknown: public IUnknown
{
    HRESULT GetLastError( HRESULT hr, LPWSTR *ppwszError);
};

DEFINE_GUID(IID_IOlkAccountHelper, 0x9240a6cb, 0xaf41, 0x11d2, 0x8c, 0x3b, 0x0, 0x10, 0x4b, 0x2a, 0x66, 0x76);
MIDL_INTERFACE("9240a6cb-af41-11d2-8C3B-00104B2A6676")

IOlkAccountHelper: public IUnknown
{
    HRESULT Placeholder1 (void*);
    HRESULT GetIdentity ( LPWSTR pwszIdentity,DWORD *pcch);
    HRESULT GetMapiSession(LPUNKNOWN *ppmsess);
    HRESULT HandsOffSession( );
};
DEFINE_GUID(IID_IOlkEnum, 0x9240a6c0, 0xaf41, 0x11d2, 0x8c, 0x3b, 0x0, 0x10, 0x4b, 0x2a, 0x66, 0x76);
MIDL_INTERFACE("9240a6c0-af41-11d2-8C3B-00104B2A6676")
IOlkEnum : IUnknown
{
    HRESULT GetCount (DWORD *pulCount);
    HRESULT Reset ();
    HRESULT GetNext(LPUNKNOWN *ppunk);
    HRESULT Skip( DWORD cSkip);
};

DEFINE_GUID(IID_IOlkAccountNotify, 0x9240a6c3, 0xaf41, 0x11d2, 0x8c, 0x3b, 0x0, 0x10, 0x4b, 0x2a, 0x66, 0x76);

MIDL_INTERFACE("9240a6c3-af41-11d2-8C3B-00104B2A6676")
 IOlkAccountNotify : IUnknown
{
    HRESULT Notify( DWORD dwNotify, DWORD dwAcctID, DWORD dwFlags);
};

typedef struct
{
    DWORD cb;
    BYTE * pb;
} ACCT_BIN;
typedef struct
{
        DWORD dwType;
        union
            {
            DWORD dw;
            WCHAR *pwsz;
            ACCT_BIN bin;
            } Val;
} ACCT_VARIANT;

DEFINE_GUID(IID_IOlkAccount, 0x9240a6d2, 0xaf41, 0x11d2, 0x8c, 0x3b, 0x0, 0x10, 0x4b, 0x2a, 0x66, 0x76); DEFINE_GUID(IID_IOlkAccount, 0x9240a6d2, 0xaf41, 0x11d2, 0x8c, 0x3b, 0x0, 0x10, 0x4b, 0x2a, 0x66, 0x76);
MIDL_INTERFACE("9240a6d2-af41-11d2-8C3B-00104B2A6676")
 IOlkAccount : IOlkErrorUnknown
{
    void IOlkAccount_Placeholder1();
    void IOlkAccount_Placeholder2();
    void IOlkAccount_Placeholder3();
    void IOlkAccount_Placeholder4();
    void IOlkAccount_Placeholder5();
    void IOlkAccount_Placeholder6();

    HRESULT GetAccountInfo( CLSID *pclsidType,DWORD *pcCategories,CLSID **prgclsidCategory);
    HRESULT GetProp( DWORD dwProp,ACCT_VARIANT *pVar);
    HRESULT SetProp( DWORD dwProp,ACCT_VARIANT *pVar);

    void IOlkAccount_Placeholder7();
    void IOlkAccount_Placeholder8();
    void IOlkAccount_Placeholder9();

    HRESULT FreeMemory ( BYTE *pv);

    void IOlkAccount_Placeholder10();

    HRESULT SaveChanges ( DWORD dwFlags);
};

DEFINE_GUID(IID_IOlkAccountManager, 0x9240a6cd, 0xaf41, 0x11d2, 0x8c, 0x3b, 0x0, 0x10, 0x4b, 0x2a, 0x66, 0x76);

MIDL_INTERFACE("9240a6cd-af41-11D2-8C3B-00104B2A6676")
 IOlkAccountManager : IOlkErrorUnknown
{
    HRESULT Init (IOlkAccountHelper *pAcctHelper, DWORD dwFlags);

    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder1();
    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder2();
    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder3();
    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder4();
    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder5();
    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder6();

    HRESULT FindAccount ( DWORD dwProp, ACCT_VARIANT *pVar, IOlkAccount **ppAccount);

    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder7();
    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder8();
    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder9();

    HRESULT DeleteAccount ( DWORD dwAcctID);

    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder10();

    HRESULT SaveChanges (DWORD dwAcctID, DWORD dwFlags );
    HRESULT GetOrder (const CLSID *pclsidCategory, DWORD *pcAccts, DWORD *prgAccts[]);
    HRESULT SetOrder (const CLSID *pclsidCategory, DWORD *pcAccts, DWORD *prgAccts[]);
    HRESULT EnumerateAccounts (const CLSID *pclsidCategory, const CLSID *pclsidType, DWORD dwFlags, IOlkEnum **ppEnum);

    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder11();
    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder12();

    HRESULT FreeMemory (BYTE *pv);
    HRESULT Advise ( IOlkAccountNotify *pNotify, DWORD *pdwCookie);
    HRESULT Unadvise ( DWORD *pdwCookie);

    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder13();
    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder14();
    void IOlkAccountManager_Placeholder15();
};

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