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The ABCentralWidget destructor calls the +Logoff method of the outlookSession object. +<pre> ABCentralWidget::ABCentralWidget( <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a> *parent, const char *name ) + : <a href="qwidget.html">QWidget</a>( parent, name ), outlook( 0 ), outlookSession( 0 ), contactItems( 0 ) + { + mainGrid = new <a href="qgridlayout.html">QGridLayout</a>( this, 2, 1, 5, 5 ); + + setupTabWidget(); + setupListView(); + setupOutlook(); + + <a name="x2722"></a> mainGrid-><a href="qgridlayout.html#setRowStretch">setRowStretch</a>( 0, 0 ); + mainGrid-><a href="qgridlayout.html#setRowStretch">setRowStretch</a>( 1, 1 ); + } + + ABCentralWidget::~ABCentralWidget() + { + if ( outlookSession ) + outlookSession->dynamicCall( "Logoff()" ); + } +</pre>The <tt>setupOutlook</tt> implementation creates a QAxObject to wrap the +Outlook.Application COM object. +<pre> void ABCentralWidget::setupOutlook() + { + outlook = new <a href="qaxobject.html">QAxObject</a>( "Outlook.Application", this ); +</pre>The call to <tt>querySubObject</tt> returns a new <a href="qaxobject.html">QAxObject</a> wrapper around the +"Session" object of the Outlook Object hierarchy. If the call fails for +some reason setupOutlook returns, otherwise it calls the "Logon" method +of the Session object. +<pre> // Get a session object + <a name="x2721"></a> outlookSession = outlook-><a href="qaxbase.html#querySubObject">querySubObject</a>( "Session" ); + if ( !outlookSession ) + return; + // Login; doesn't hurt if you are already running and logged on... + outlookSession->dynamicCall( "Logon()" ); +</pre>The following call to <tt>querySubObject</tt> returns a new QAxObject wrapper +around the default folder for "contacts". +<pre> // Get the default folder for contacts + <a href="qaxobject.html">QAxObject</a> *defFolder = outlookSession->querySubObject( "GetDefaultFolder(OlDefaultFolders)", "olFolderContacts" ); +</pre><tt>querySubObject</tt> is then used again to get the list of all items in the +folder. The <tt>connect</tt> statement connects the new ABCentralWidget slot +to the signals provided by the "Items" COM object. Finally, it calls the +<tt>updateOutlook</tt> function to populate the listview. +<pre> // Get all items + if ( defFolder ) { + contactItems = defFolder-><a href="qaxbase.html#querySubObject">querySubObject</a>( "Items" ); + <a href="qobject.html#connect">connect</a>( contactItems, SIGNAL(ItemAdd(IDispatch*)), this, SLOT(updateOutlook()) ); + <a href="qobject.html#connect">connect</a>( contactItems, SIGNAL(ItemChange(IDispatch*)), this, SLOT(updateOutlook()) ); + <a href="qobject.html#connect">connect</a>( contactItems, SIGNAL(ItemRemove()), this, SLOT(updateOutlook()) ); + } + + updateOutlook(); + } +</pre> +<p> The implementation of the <tt>updateOutlook</tt> slot clears the listview, and uses +<tt>querySubObject</tt> to iterate through the list of items. For every item provided a new +ABListViewItem object is created and filled with the properties of the item +object. The object returned by <tt>querySubObject</tt> is a child of the callee (ie. "contactItems"), +but the list view item should take ownership to provide a cleaner relation between +entries, so the item has to be removed from its parent object. +<pre> void ABCentralWidget::updateOutlook() + { + <a name="x2725"></a> listView-><a href="qlistview.html#clear">clear</a>(); + if ( !contactItems ) + return; + + <a href="qaxobject.html">QAxObject</a> *item = contactItems->querySubObject( "GetFirst()" ); + while ( item ) { + <a name="x2729"></a> <a href="qstring.html">QString</a> firstName = item-><a href="qobject.html#property">property</a>( "FirstName" ).toString(); + <a href="qstring.html">QString</a> lastName = item-><a href="qobject.html#property">property</a>( "LastName" ).toString(); + <a href="qstring.html">QString</a> address = item-><a href="qobject.html#property">property</a>( "HomeAddress" ).toString(); + <a href="qstring.html">QString</a> email = item-><a href="qobject.html#property">property</a>( "Email1Address" ).toString(); + + (void)new ABListViewItem( listView, firstName, lastName, address, email, item ); + // the listviewitem takes ownership + <a name="x2727"></a> item-><a href="qlistviewitem.html#parent">parent</a>()->removeChild( item ); + + item = contactItems->querySubObject( "GetNext()" ); + } + } +</pre> +<p> The <tt>addEntry</tt> implementation calls the CreateItem method of the Outlook.Application +object to create a new contact item, and creates a new ABListViewItem if the call +succeeds. +<pre> void ABCentralWidget::addEntry() + { + <a name="x2724"></a> if ( !iFirstName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>().isEmpty() || !iLastName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>().isEmpty() || + !iAddress-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>().isEmpty() || !iEMail-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>().isEmpty() ) { + <a href="qaxobject.html">QAxObject</a> *contactItem = outlook-><a href="qaxbase.html#querySubObject">querySubObject</a>( "CreateItem(OlItemType)", "olContactItem" ); + if ( contactItem ) { + <a name="x2730"></a> contactItem-><a href="qobject.html#setProperty">setProperty</a>( "FirstName", iFirstName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + contactItem-><a href="qobject.html#setProperty">setProperty</a>( "LastName", iLastName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + contactItem-><a href="qobject.html#setProperty">setProperty</a>( "HomeAddress", iAddress-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + contactItem-><a href="qobject.html#setProperty">setProperty</a>( "Email1Address", iEMail-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + <a name="x2720"></a> contactItem-><a href="qaxbase.html#dynamicCall">dynamicCall</a>( "Save()" ); + + new ABListViewItem( listView, iFirstName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>(), + iLastName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>(), iAddress-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>(), iEMail-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>(), contactItem ); + } + } + + <a name="x2723"></a> iFirstName-><a href="qlineedit.html#setText">setText</a>( "" ); + iLastName-><a href="qlineedit.html#setText">setText</a>( "" ); + iAddress-><a href="qlineedit.html#setText">setText</a>( "" ); + iEMail-><a href="qlineedit.html#setText">setText</a>( "" ); + } +</pre> +<p> The <tt>changeEntry</tt> implementation updates the values in the contact item of the current +listview item as well as the values of the listview item itself. +<pre> void ABCentralWidget::changeEntry() + { + <a name="x2726"></a> ABListViewItem *item = (ABListViewItem*)listView-><a href="qlistview.html#currentItem">currentItem</a>(); + + if ( item && + ( !iFirstName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>().isEmpty() || !iLastName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>().isEmpty() || + !iAddress-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>().isEmpty() || !iEMail-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>().isEmpty() ) ) { + + <a href="qaxobject.html">QAxObject</a> *contactItem = item->contactItem(); + contactItem-><a href="qobject.html#setProperty">setProperty</a>( "FirstName", iFirstName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + contactItem-><a href="qobject.html#setProperty">setProperty</a>( "LastName", iLastName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + contactItem-><a href="qobject.html#setProperty">setProperty</a>( "HomeAddress", iAddress-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + contactItem-><a href="qobject.html#setProperty">setProperty</a>( "Email1Address", iEMail-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + contactItem-><a href="qaxbase.html#dynamicCall">dynamicCall</a>( "Save()" ); + + <a name="x2728"></a> item-><a href="qlistviewitem.html#setText">setText</a>( 0, iFirstName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + item-><a href="qlistviewitem.html#setText">setText</a>( 1, iLastName-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + item-><a href="qlistviewitem.html#setText">setText</a>( 2, iAddress-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + item-><a href="qlistviewitem.html#setText">setText</a>( 3, iEMail-><a href="qlineedit.html#text">text</a>() ); + } + } +</pre> +<p> To build the example you must first build the <a href="qaxcontainer.html">QAxContainer</a> +library. Then run your make tool in <tt>examples/qutlook</tt> and run the resulting <tt>qutlok.exe</tt>. +<p>See also <a href="qaxcontainer-examples.html">The QAxContainer Examples</a>. + +<!-- eof --> +<p><address><hr><div align=center> +<table width=100% cellspacing=0 border=0><tr> +<td>Copyright © 2007 +<a href="troll.html">Trolltech</a><td align=center><a href="trademarks.html">Trademarks</a> +<td align=right><div align=right>Qt 3.3.8</div> +</table></div></address></body> +</html> |