> Hi,
> I am developing a VB.net Outlook Com-Addin and want to leverage the same
> technology and design used in the Contact form's Activity tab.

> Does anyone have ideas on how the Activity tab is implemented? What
> technologies and more specifically how does it filter/restrict so fast and
> look for the contact's email address rather than contact name(all 3 email
> address) when there is a recipients collection or links collection.

> Thanks

> However it's done, it's all behind the scenes and inaccessible to us
mere
> users and programmers.  You'd need access to the Outlook source code
to see
> what's going on.  You could make your own implementation using
Restrict,
> Find and Advanced Search methods in Outlook VBA, or use a Filter on
Messages
> collections in CDO.  It may not be as fast though.

> Does anybody out there have the Outlook source code that they can
post so we
> can have a look-see?  :-)

> --
> Eric Legault, MCSD
> ADAPSYS - http://www.adapsys.ca

> It's actually done using on the fly MAPI Search Folders that have
> their restrictions set based on the activities view selected. It has
> nothing to do with email addresses, the linking is a reference to the
> actual contact item in the links collection. Each Link item is a
> contact item.

> > However it's done, it's all behind the scenes and inaccessible to us
> mere
> > users and programmers.  You'd need access to the Outlook source code
> to see
> > what's going on.  You could make your own implementation using
> Restrict,
> > Find and Advanced Search methods in Outlook VBA, or use a Filter on
> Messages
> > collections in CDO.  It may not be as fast though.

> > Does anybody out there have the Outlook source code that they can
> post so we
> > can have a look-see?  :-)

> > --
> > Eric Legault, MCSD
> > ADAPSYS - http://www.adapsys.ca

> The search must include email addresses -- otherwise, it wouldn't
display
> the Sent Items and other message folder matches.