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How To Get and Set a Property on a Public Folder Item Using WebDAV


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Summary

In Microsoft Exchange 2000 Server, you can get and set properties by using Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning (WebDAV). This article provides a Visual Basic example of how to use the WebDAV PROPFIND and PROPPATCH commands to get and set a property on a public folder item.

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More information

To get and set the subject of an item in a public folder, follow these steps:
  1. In Exchange 2000 Server, under All Public Folders, create a public folder and name it Folder1. In Folder1, create an item and name it Test1.
  2. In Visual Basic, create a Standard EXE project. Form1 is created by default.
  3. Add a command button to Form1 and name it Command1.
  4. Add a reference to the Microsoft XML Object Library.
  5. Paste the following code in the code section of Form1.
    Note Change e2kServer in the code to the name of your Exchange server. Also, change the UserID and password that are mentioned in the "TO DO" comments to correspond to the appropriate user.
    Private Sub Command1_Click()
    sSourceURL = "http://e2kServer/public/Folder1/Test1.eml"
    
    sUserID = "Domain\UserID" 'TO DO Change the UserID.
    sPassword = "Password"  'TO DO Change the Password.
    sSubject = PropFind(sSourceURL, sUserID, sPassword)
    MsgBox sSubject
    
    'To change the subject, uncomment the following line.
    'PropPatch sSourceURL, "NewSubject"
    End Sub
    
    Function PropFind(ByVal sSourceURL As String, ByVal sUserID As String, ByVal sPassword As String) As String
    
    Dim sReq As String
    
    'TO use MSXML 2.0 use the following DIM/SET statements
    Dim XMLreq As XMLHTTP
    Set XMLreq = CreateObject("Microsoft.xmlhttp")
    Set oDocBack = CreateObject("MICROSOFT.XMLDOM")
       
    
    'To use MSXML 6.0 use the folloiwing DIM/SET statements 
    'Dim XMLreq As MSXML2.XMLHTTP60
    'Set XMLreq = CreateObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0")
    'Set oDocBack = CreateObject("MSXML2.DomDocument.6.0")
    
    XMLreq.open "PROPFIND", sSourceURL, False, sUserID, sPassword
    
    'Set the header.
    XMLreq.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "text/xml"
       
    sReq = "<?xml version='1.0'?>"
    sReq = sReq & "<d:propfind xmlns:d='DAV:' xmlns:m='urn:schemas:mailheader:'><d:prop>"
    sReq = sReq & "<m:subject/>"
    sReq = sReq & "</d:prop></d:propfind>"
    
    XMLreq.send sReq
    
    Set oDocBack = XMLreq.responseXML
    Set objNodeList = oDocBack.getElementsByTagName("d:subject")
    PropFind = objNodeList(0).Text
    
    End Function
    
    Sub PropPatch(ByVal sSourceURL As String, ByVal sNewVal As String)
    
    Dim sReq As String
    
    'TO use MSXML 2.0 use the following DIM/SET statements
    Dim XMLreq As XMLHTTP
    Set XMLreq = CreateObject("Microsoft.xmlhttp")
    
    
    'To use MSXML 6.0 use the folloiwing SET/DIM statements 
    'Dim XMLreq As MSXML2.XMLHTTP60
    'Set XMLreq = CreateObject("Msxml2.XMLHTTP.6.0")
    
    
       
    XMLreq.open "PROPPATCH", sSourceURL, False, sUserID, sPassword
    
    'Set the header.
    XMLreq.setRequestHeader "Content-Type", "text/xml"
    
    sReq = "<?xml version='1.0'?>"
    sReq = sReq & "<d:propertyupdate xmlns:d='DAV:' xmlns:m='urn:schemas:mailheader:'>"
    sReq = sReq & "<d:set><d:prop>"
    sReq = sReq & "<m:subject>" & sNewVal & "</m:subject>"
    sReq = sReq & "</d:prop></d:set></d:propertyupdate>"
     
    XMLreq.send sReq
    
    If XMLreq.Status = 207 Then
        MsgBox "Success"
    End If
    
    End Sub
    					
  6. Run the project.

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References

For more information about WebDAV, see the WebDAV book in the Exchange SDK, and the WebDAV Sample Application in the "Solutions" section of the Exchange SDK, located at the following Web site:

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Keywords: KB300185, kbmsg, kbhowto

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Article Info
Article ID : 300185
Revision : 4
Created on : 10/19/2009
Published on : 10/19/2009
Exists online : False
Views : 525