Outlook 2010: MAPI Reference

Brief Description

August 2009 Technical Preview
The Microsoft Outlook 2010 Messaging API (MAPI) Reference provides the messaging architecture for Microsoft Outlook 2010.

Overview

MAPI for Outlook 2010 provides a set of interfaces, functions, and other data types to facilitate the development of Outlook 2010 messaging applications. Applications and transports use MAPI to manipulate e-mail data, to create e-mail messages and the folders to store them in, and to support notifications of changes to existing MAPI-related data.

The Outlook 2010 MAPI Reference contains documentation for the following MAPI updates:

Support for 64-bit Outlook.
Fast shutdown support for MAPI clients.
A stream structure for field definitions for an Outlook item.
An additional 38 tagged properties and named properties.
The option to link explicitly to MAPI functions.

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System Requirements

Supported Operating Systems: Windows Server 2003; Windows Vista; Windows XP Service Pack 2

This documentation download pertains to the following Microsoft Office applications:
- Microsoft Office 2010
- Microsoft Outlook 2010

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Instructions

To install this download:

Download the file by clicking the Download link and saving the file to your hard disk.
Double-click the Outlook2010MAPIRef.exe program file on your hard disk to start the setup program.
Follow the instructions on the screen to complete the installation.

To remove this download:
There is no removal feature for this download.

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After you save the file locally, you can view its contents by using one of the following methods:

Double-click the .chm file.
In the Open File-Security Warning dialog box, clear the Always ask before opening this file check box.
Click Open.

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