C# Outlook interop and OpenSharedItem for opening MSG files

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Is there any tutorial or resource I can follow in order to use the OpenSharedItem outlook interop method. My goal is to read MSG files using it (as it can apparently do so).

score 25 · Answer 1 · answered Dec 15 '09 at 12:58

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Thanks Svetlozar, I've used the resources to create something like the following:

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application app = new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application();

var item = app.Session.OpenSharedItem("C:\\test.msg") as Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.MailItem;
string body = item.HTMLBody;
int att = item.Attachments.Count;

It may be useful to others looking for a quickstart as I was.

answered Dec 15 '09 at 12:58

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Also possibly useful to others: Remember to call Marshal.ReleaseCOMObject(item); once you're done with item; this will ensure the file does not remain locked by Outlook. – M Kloster Jul 24 '19 at 13:10

score 4 · Accepted Answer · answered Dec 15 '09 at 12:20

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answered Dec 15 '09 at 12:20

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C# Outlook interop and OpenSharedItem for opening MSG files

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