POOM IDL

Using POOM with .Net Compact Framework Whidbey Beta1

Steven Pratschner's .Net CF WebLog — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 03:20:00 GMT

Using POOM with .Net Compact Framework Whidbey Beta1

Steven Pratschner's .Net CF WebLog — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 03:21:00 GMT

re: POOM IDL

musicland [C# MVP] — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 06:21:00 GMT

Hi Robert,

I just downloaded this wonderful POOM IDL file. It's great! But I wonder when will would managed POOM APIs be available from, let's say, next beta release of Visual Studio 2005? Could you please tell me about the time plan? I need to make the decision whether wait or not.

Thank you!

re: POOM IDL

Peter Foot — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:16:00 GMT

musicland - Managed POOM will be part of the next version of Windows Mobile, it will not be a feature of .NETCF v2.0 itself.

Peter

re: POOM IDL

musicland [C# MVP] — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 12:34:00 GMT

Thanks Peter. It's seems that I should go and find another solution currently available (IntheHand?) for my project.

re: POOM IDL

Neil Enns — Fri, 06 Aug 2004 14:38:00 GMT

Depending on the version of Windows Mobile you're targeting that might be a good idea. The Managed POOM that we're working on will only work on the future releases of Windows Mobile, not existing ones like 2002 and 2003. Peter's version from InTheHand does a great job on existing devices.

Neil

REWARD: POOM IDL

John Cody — Thu, 12 Aug 2004 11:43:00 GMT

Hi,

I know this is a little off-topic, but I have been beating my head against the wall,
and would really appreciate any help anyone can offer :)

I designed a mod to eVB so it can be used to create apps for both Smartphone
2002 and 2003 devices (http://www.omnisoft.com/articles/spevb/default.asp).
Everything works great, smartphone eVB apps can use ActiveX components and
even call API's of either OS. A list of Smartphone apps that various users
have created using eVB is here:
http://www.omnisoft.com/articles/spevb/evbapplist.asp

The only remaining problem I have is trying to use the POOM functions
(pimstore.dll) on the Smartphone. I can create the
"Pocketoutlook.application" object, but when I try to invoke any method,
even "pol.logon", I get a "Object doesn't support this action 'pol.logon'".

I am not a COM expert, but from my limited understanding of COM, it seems
that the pimstore.dll file in Smartphones doesn't support the "IDispatch"
interface, which I believe is what eVB needs in order to call the routines
in POOM (something to do with late binding?).

Again, not being a COM expert, my understanding is that a TypeLib for POOM
might just be what eVB needs to properly use the pimstore.dll file in
smartphones. Thats why my hope [to fix this issue] was raised when I saw
this article
(http://blogs.msdn.com/stevenpr/archive/2004/08/05/209390.aspx). However,
not being much of an eVC developer, I did not know how to fully use the info
in this post to fix my issue.

I placed a copy of the pimtlb.dll file (typelib for POOM) that is included
in the "eVB Runtimes for Pocket PC 2003" CAB file in the \windows directory
of my Smartphone, and I have added the typelib's GUID
"{4E130E40-7DBE-11D2-8F23-0000F87A4335}..." key and values to the registry
of my device, but all POOM calls still fail.

The one thing that I am confused about is this...how is eVB suppose to know
that there is a typelib on the device when the typelib GUID regkey values
doesn't reference the POOM GUID (05058F23-20BE-11D2-8F18-0000F87A4335), and
visa-versa? My last guess is that maybe there is some way to add the POOM
typelib's GUID to my eVB project file so that my eVB app (after compile)
will then become aware of the typelib on the device and use it to make all
the POOM calls...but this may just be my mis-understanding of COM
interfaces.

Maybe there are additional registry keys and values off of the POOM GUID key
{05058F23-20BE-11D2-8F18-0000F87A4335} that are present in Pocket PC's but
not in Smartphone's. So, if anyone could export the above GUID and all
sub-keys and post a response, maybe that would help with a solution :)

So, I was hoping that someone could shed some light on my issue and maybe
confirm my assumptions, or even offer a solution that will allow eVB to call
the functions in the pimstore.dll file in smartphone 2002 and 2003 devices.

REWARD: Anyone who provides a solution to this problem will receive a FREE
copy of ALL of my apps (http://www.omnisoft.com/products.asp), especially my
most popular one: John Cody's SATALERT

Thanks for any help!
-John Cody

Using the POOM from .NET CF 1.0

/egilh — Tue, 28 Sep 2004 00:52:00 GMT

re: POOM IDL

Sansanwal — Wed, 07 Dec 2005 23:47:50 GMT

I am unable to find this file.

re: POOM IDL

Howard Bash — Sat, 10 Jun 2006 06:27:52 GMT

Your POOM IDL Link does not work. I have found alot of broken links on Microsofts development site...

Using the POOM from .NET CF 1.0

IceskYsl — Thu, 10 Aug 2006 09:24:55 GMT

I organize my work (and a fair bit of my life) with the Outlook task list. In Outlook I have a customized view that shows all tasks due today, grouped by priority. This feature does not exist on the Pocket PC so I implemented a simple task manager with

POOM IDL - Delete Contact

Bharani — Fri, 27 Oct 2006 06:51:09 GMT

Hi,

Good Morning.

I'm using POOM IDL in my PDA Application, we have our staff's contacts (Web Service will return this values) wnat to sync with PDA contact. When ever I do the Sync need to delete the existing contact, other wise it got duplicates.

How I can over come this issue.

Thanks in advance.

Regards

Bharani

outlookApp.Logon(0);

PocketOutlook.ContactItem contact = (PocketOutlook.ContactItem)outlookApp.CreateItem((int)PocketOutlook.OlItemType.olContactItem);

contact.Delete();

contact.FirstName = "S12345";

contact.LastName = "My Name";

contact.OfficeLocation = "HQ";

// contact.MiddleName = "Middle Name";

contact.JobTitle = "Information Mgt, Snr Exec";

contact.HomeTelephoneNumber = "12345678";

contact.MobileTelephoneNumber = "91234567";

contact.BusinessTelephoneNumber = "87654321";

contact.Email1Address = "123@xyz.com";

contact.Save();

outlookApp.Logoff();

re: POOM IDL

Vijay Pathak — Mon, 27 Nov 2006 16:26:39 GMT

Hi,

Can you help me where to get pimstore.idl?

Regards,

Vijay

re: POOM IDL

tushar — Tue, 25 Nov 2008 09:45:48 GMT

I am not able to find the IDL file at the mentioned link. It appears to be broken. Can anyone provide me with the IDL file?

Please contact me at tushar.bagave@gmail.com

re: POOM IDL

Dave — Wed, 04 Feb 2009 18:27:10 GMT

With .net 3.5 with C# and trying to find a contact.

I want to use the FindMatchingContact call rather than trying to imitate it myself. Why is it not implemented / not available and how do I work around this. Please tell me I don't have to do some nasty horrible kludge with C++ and wrappers, that would really stink!