Java & SWT OLE

Question

Hi!
I'm a java beginner and i have to create an outlook appointment via java. Actual the Outlook-appointment window is to be opened and one could create a new appointment...
To find some helping code in the www is complicated or not feasible. But for all that i've found the following (creates a new outlook contact) and I wonder if i could use fragments of it to solve the task. Or has anyone got another code for the interaction of Java and SWT OLE to create an outlook appointment? :
import org.eclipse.swt.SWT;
import org.eclipse.swt.layout.FillLayout;
import org.eclipse.swt.ole.win32.OleAutomation;
import org.eclipse.swt.ole.win32.OleClientSite;
import org.eclipse.swt.ole.win32.OleFrame;
import org.eclipse.swt.ole.win32.Variant;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Display;
import org.eclipse.swt.widgets.Shell;
public class OutlookOLEAutomationThroughSWTExample {
      public static void main(String[] args) {
        Display display = new Display();
        Shell shell = new Shell(display);
        shell.setText("Outlook Automation");
        shell.setLayout(new FillLayout());
        OleFrame frm = new OleFrame(shell, SWT.NONE);
        OleClientSite site = new OleClientSite(frm, SWT.NONE, "Outlook.Application");
        OleAutomation auto = new OleAutomation(site);
        int[] CreateItemDispId = auto.getIDsOfNames(new String[] { "CreateItem" });
        // Outloook contants you'll find here: http://www.datalife.com/yitz/automat...constants.html       
        final int OUTLOOK_CONTACT_ITEM = 2;
        Variant contactItem = auto.invoke(CreateItemDispId[0], new Variant[] { new Variant(OUTLOOK_CONTACT_ITEM) });
        OleAutomation contactItemAutomation = contactItem.getAutomation();
        int[] CompanyNamePropertyDispId = contactItemAutomation.getIDsOfNames(new String[] { "CompanyName" });
        contactItemAutomation.setProperty(CompanyNamePropertyDispId[0], new Variant("xyz.com"));
        int[] Email1AddressPropertyDispId = contactItemAutomation.getIDsOfNames(new String[] { "Email1Address" });
        contactItemAutomation.setProperty(Email1AddressPropertyDispId[0], new Variant("[email protected]"));
        int[] SaveDispId = contactItemAutomation.getIDsOfNames(new String[] { "Save" });
        contactItemAutomation.invoke(SaveDispId[0]);
        contactItemAutomation.dispose();
        shell.dispose();
        auto.dispose();
        site.deactivateInPlaceClient();
        site.dispose();
        frm.dispose();
}.... any help would be appreciated! I become desperate!
Regards,
EnnBee

Answer 1

Hi...
I suspect one reason that you havn't had any replies
is because your starting point is not yet clear.
My english is baddish, sorry :(
I want outlook to open the appointment item window if i click on a button in my java application... and i could'nt find any solution! SWT OLE interaction with java could be one way to do so, i'd thought- but i don't know how...
Have you compiled and run the code you have posted?
Sure & it works... but as i said: i don't want to create a new outlook contact but a new outlook appointment!
This is what i've worked out till now, but it leads nowhere:
     public OpenOutlook() {
                super("New Outlook Appointment", IAction.AS_PUSH_BUTTON);
                this.setImageDescriptor(UiPlugin.getImageDescriptor(OUTLOOK_IMG));
                this.setToolTipText("Outlook");
     public void run() {
          try{
         Display display = new Display();
         Shell shell = new Shell(display);
         OleFrame frame = new OleFrame(shell, SWT.NONE);
         OleClientSite site = new OleClientSite(frame, SWT.NONE, "Outlook.Application");
         site.doVerb(OLE.OLEIVERB_INPLACEACTIVATE);
         OleAutomation auto = new OleAutomation(site);
         int[] dispIDs = auto.getIDsOfNames(new String[] {"NewAppointment"});
         auto.invoke(dispIDs[0]); //open inspector for new appointment
         auto.dispose();
         shell.dispose();
         display.dispose();
          catch (SWTException e){
               e.printStackTrace();
     }..unfortunately it causes an "Unhandled event loop exception, Reason: Invalid thread access" if i use it as in the codesnippet above...
Got any ideas?
Greets
EnnBee