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Q: 

Can you create an oft file in anything other than Outlook?

Can you create an oft file in anything other than Outlook?

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No.

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Terry Mahaffey  2010-01-20 07:03:40
+2  A: 

A .oft file has the same format as .MSG, so you can use OpenIMsgOnIStg to access this type of file via MAPI. Here’s a good starting place for working with that stuff: http://blogs.msdn.com/stephen_griffin/archive/2006/05/25/unicode-msg-files.aspx

See also here: http://www.codeproject.com/KB/IP/CMapiEx.aspx?msg=3220011

Robert Harvey  2010-01-20 07:05:49
These are just programmatically calling into Outlook, though.
Terry Mahaffey  2010-01-20 07:09:42
Are you sure? The guy who wrote the CodeProject article says that his NetMAPI class is a thin layer above the Win32 DLL, MAPIEx.dll
Robert Harvey  2010-01-20 07:27:57
See also http://coolthingoftheday.blogspot.com/2005/09/vbnet-dll-wrapper-for-c-mapiex.html
Robert Harvey  2010-01-20 07:31:09

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