"Jediah L." <rife@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
news:OKgEt3CvEHA.3976@TK2MSFTNGP09.phx.gbl...
> The following code snippet fails when trying to save a mailitem to a
> windows folder:
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> I've tried many variations of path - If i supply a file name I get an
> "Invalid Parameter" error - so i'm pretty sure it just wants path - and
> when I supply path (with \ or without \ as the last char) this is the
> error when I get.
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> Here is an example of the code:
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> if(oItem is Outlook.MailItem)
> {
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> Outlook.MailItem oMailItem = oItem as Outlook.MailItem;
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> oMailItem.SaveAs(path, OlItemType.olMailItem);
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> }
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> The error is:
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> {@"Can't write to file: c:\temp\outlook\Inbox\discover\testfolder.
> Right-click the folder that contains the file you want to write to, and
> then click Properties on the shortcut menu to check your permissions for
> the folder." }
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> I checked the folder - and it is set readonly - I uncheck and apply - and
> check the property again - and it is once again read only.
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> I only have problems writing to the folder through outlook and the
> interop - I can write through the file system object - or manually through
> explorer, or even through outlook directly....
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> I found this article which seems to explain perhaps why I can't remove the
> 'readonly' setting:
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> http://www.winnetmag.com/Article/ArticleID/24940/24940.html
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> But still doesn't explain why outlook is the only program that has a
> problem with that value...
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> Any help would be appreciated!
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