Accessing email attachments via MAPI

[Maximizer]

Greetings!

Here is the situation:
Message A includes message B as attachment, which in it's turn includes
message C as attachment.

When I open message A using MAPI, I can see message B in the Attachment
table. I can open IMessage interface on message B and scan it's attachment
table. However, message C is not there. File attachments are there in the
table though.

Is this behaviour intended or is it a bug?

Thanks.

[David Tracy]

This sounds like a defect. I will enter it into the GroupWise system as
such.

For Your Information: The GroupWise Connector for Outlook has mostly been
tested by running it against the Outlook client. In this case, the Outlook
2003 client I run properly shows all 3 attachments. The Outlook client is
somehow able to drill down to see all 3 attachments.

Unfortunately, I am not an expert in writing a 3rd party MAPI program. I
have also found that test programs I write sometimes work - because I am not
calling the MAPI process the same way as a 3rd party is.

Is there any way you can send us a Test Program to demonstrate this
problem?

Thanks!

Post by Maximizer
Greetings!
Message A includes message B as attachment, which in it's turn includes
message C as attachment.
When I open message A using MAPI, I can see message B in the Attachment
table. I can open IMessage interface on message B and scan it's attachment
table. However, message C is not there. File attachments are there in the
table though.
Is this behaviour intended or is it a bug?
Thanks.

[Maximizer]

Sorry, I did not check your reply earlier as I was busy with something
else.
I can not send the actual code I work with as it is part of a big
application and it would take very long to separate it into a standalone
example.
However, the problem is reproducible with Microsoft test application
MdbVu32.exe. You can download it from
http://www.microsoft.com/downloads/details.aspx?FamilyID=3D1C7482-4C6E-4EC5-983E-127100D71376&displaylang=en
This partucular version did not work with Groupwise for me (which can be a
separate defect), so I used an earlier version. I have the source code of
that older version somewhere if you need it.

Thanks,
Max

Post by David Tracy
This sounds like a defect. I will enter it into the GroupWise system as
such.
For Your Information: The GroupWise Connector for Outlook has mostly been
tested by running it against the Outlook client. In this case, the Outlook
2003 client I run properly shows all 3 attachments. The Outlook client is
somehow able to drill down to see all 3 attachments.
Unfortunately, I am not an expert in writing a 3rd party MAPI program. I
have also found that test programs I write sometimes work - because I am not
calling the MAPI process the same way as a 3rd party is.
Is there any way you can send us a Test Program to demonstrate this
problem?
Thanks!

Post by Maximizer
Greetings!
Message A includes message B as attachment, which in it's turn includes
message C as attachment.
When I open message A using MAPI, I can see message B in the Attachment
table. I can open IMessage interface on message B and scan it's attachment
table. However, message C is not there. File attachments are there in the
table though.
Is this behaviour intended or is it a bug?
Thanks.