HOWTO: Use CDO (1.x) to Resolve Ambiguous Recipients |
The information in this article applies to:
- Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), versions 1.0a, 1.1, 1.2, 1.21
SUMMARY
When Resolving the Name of a Recipient to an alias of a user (for example, JohnDoe), if there is another valid alias (JohnDoeman, for instance) that is a superset of the first alias, the Resolve method yields an Ambiguous Name Resolution (ANR) dialog box.
This article addresses how to programmatically handle this scenario.
MORE INFORMATION
The following Visual Basic code sample demonstrates how to resolve an ambiguous recipient given a known exact alias of the desired recipient. This process works by using the "=" operator preceding the e-mail alias:
Sub Main()
'This code sample depends on a local reference to the Collaboration
'Data Objects Library (1.1, 1.2, 1.21).
'
Dim objSession As MAPI.Session
Dim objMessage As Message
Dim objRecip As Recipient
'Create a Session and Logon.
Set objSession = CreateObject("mapi.session")
objSession.Logon
'Create the Message and add the Recipient.
Set objMessage = objSession.Outbox.Messages.Add
Set objRecip = objMessage.Recipients.Add
objRecip.Name = "=JohnDoe" 'Enter desired alias w/preceeding "="
objRecip.Resolve
'Set the remainder of the Message Properties and Send.
objMessage.Subject = "Subject:" & Now
objMessage.Text = "This is the message text."
objMessage.Send
'Exit
objSession.LOGOFF
End Sub
REFERENCES
For more detailed specifics on the MAPI internals of how Ambiguous Name Resolution works, please see the following topics in the Microsoft Developer Network:
- Implementing Name Resolution
For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
Q171440 Where to Acquire Collaboration Data Objects Libraries
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Version : WINDOWS:1.0a,1.1,1.2,1.21
Platform : WINDOWS
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Last Reviewed: April 27, 2000 |
