Re: Security Issue with Office XP Outlook 2002 SP3

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From: Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook] (kenslovak_at_mvps.org)
Date: 05/14/04 

Date: Fri, 14 May 2004 10:38:08 -0400

Writing to .Body or .HTMLBody is not restricted and won't fire the security,
only reading those properties does.

I just use Redemption myself, it's nice and easy. 

-- 
Ken Slovak
[MVP - Outlook]
http://www.slovaktech.com
Author: Absolute Beginner's Guide to Microsoft Office Outlook 2003
Reminder Manager, Extended Reminders, Attachment Options
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"Jim" <jfathman@aol.com> wrote in message
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> Ken,
>
> I guess I'd better get busy expanding my Extended MAPI wrapper DLL to
> support reading .Body.  Hopefully it isn't too complicated to
> transition between the Outlook mail item object handle in VB6 and the
> equivalent Extended MAPI handle in C code.
>
> I may also try changing my approach.  I need to write to .Body, but I
> do that now without incident when I create the mail item using
> Extended MAPI.  Reading .Body is where I am bumping into the new
> security barrier.  Perhaps when I create the mail item, I can put my
> data in .UserProperties, and then read that later via the Outlook
> Object Model without any security issues.  If I never read .Body via
> the OOM, and it is ok to read .UserProperties, that might work.
>
> Thanks.
>
> Jim

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