Using MAPI from c#.

[Kurt Häusler]

Hi all.

I am doing a c# (component class) version of a visual c++ program that
used MAPI to get access to the address book. I used functions such as
MAPIInitialize and MapiLogonEx, and IAddrBook::Address.

There doesnt seem to be much info on MSDN about this. In the newsgroups
I have found examples where people are doing:

[DllImport("mapi32.dll")] etc. And having to redefine structures etc.

I have also seen less examples doing it with:

Using MSMAPI;

This seems to use the MAPI activex control. I dont know if this gives me
access to the addressbook however.

Whats the difference between the 2? Is there anywhere I can read more
info myself? MSDN doesnt have much.

Will there ever be a native .NET interface for MAPI? Or is Using Msmapi;
considered part of the .NET framework?

Thanks for any tips

Kurt