Querying Exchange with VB.NET

I am writing an app that has to query the logged on users exchange account for new unread emails and calender appointments. Using VB.net I can not create any form of connection using the data components in visual studio.NET.

I tried to get round it by using access XP which can query exchange, but it does not seem to pull all the information across i need, like the read flag etc.

Can anyone help

Are you familiar with using Automation via the COM Interop and are simply having trouble with MS Exchange in particular... or is the issue more general, that is you can't even get on "first base"?

If it's the former, could you give us a sample of your code and a description of what is and what is not working right?

-- Mike

Have You considered to use CDO?

http://www.cdolive.com/start.htm

Are you familiar with using Automation via the COM Interop and are simply having trouble with MS Exchange in particular... or is the issue more general, that is you can't even get on "first base"?

If it's the former, could you give us a sample of your code and a description of what is and what is not working right?

-- Mike

Hi,

COM Interop I have not much experience in. I am looking for help on how to get an application to post an appointment to a users outlook calender and potentially read appointments that are due that day.

If COM Interop means l can interact with Outlook do you know of any good resource sites that may help. (Except microsoft, Im off there now!)

Thanks for your attention.

This link (http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en-us/office97/html/web/005.asp) is a fairly good intro to automating Outlook (warning: Microsoft :)) - not .Net specific though.

For an intro to .Net office automation, have a look at Mike_R's tutorial (http://www.xtremevbtalk.com/showthread.php?t=129690).