OPTIONDATA

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Describes properties supported by a transport provider.

Header file:

Mapispi.h

typedef struct _OPTIONDATA
{
  ULONG   ulFlags;
  LPGUID   lpRecipGUID;
  LPSTR   lpszAdrType;
  LPSTR   lpszDLLName;
  ULONG   ulOrdinal;
  ULONG   cbOptionsData;
  LPBYTE   lpbOptionsData;
  ULONG   cOptionsProps;
  LPSPropValue lpOptionsProps;
} OPTIONDATA, FAR *LPOPTIONDATA;

Members

  • ulFlags
    Flags used to specify the type of option properties. One of the following flags must be set:

    • MAPI_MESSAGE
      The properties are message-specific options.

    • MAPI_RECIPIENT
      The properties are recipient-specific options.

  • lpRecipGUID
    Pointer to a GUID structure identifying the message recipient, if the ulFlags member is set to MAPI_RECIPIENT. When lpRecipGUID points to a valid GUID structure, recipient options are restricted to only those recipients that have in their entry identifiers the value of lpRecipGUID.

  • lpszAdrType
    Pointer to an e-mail address type, if the ulFlags member is set to MAPI_RECIPIENT. When lpszAdrType points to a valid address type, recipient options are restricted to only those recipients with this address type.

  • lpszDLLName
    Pointer to the name of the DLL to be loaded. This is the DLL that contains the transport provider's option callback function the function that is called to manage the option properties.

  • ulOrdinal
    Specifies which ordinal MAPI uses to find the option callback function.

  • cbOptionsData
    Count of bytes in the data pointed to by the lpbOptionsData member.

  • lpbOptionsData
    Pointer to transport provider option data that is specific to the recipient or message and is passed to the option callback function.

  • cOptionsProps
    Count of properties in the array pointed to by the lpOptionsProps member.

  • lpOptionsProps
    Pointer to an array of SPropValue structures, each containing the default values for the recipient or message options.

Remarks

Option properties can apply to a recipient or to a message. They often relate to an address type or GUID supported by a transport provider. Transport providers register to support option properties when MAPI calls their IXPLogon::RegisterOptions method.

RegisterOptions writes one or two OPTIONDATA structures for each supported address type, depending on whether the provider registers for both recipient and message options, recipient options only, or message options only. If a provider is registered for both option types, RegisterOptions writes one structure that contains message option properties and one structure that contains recipient option properties.

Clients can retrieve the current settings for these options either interactively with a property sheet or programmatically with a property value array. To display option properties to the user, clients call IMAPISession::MessageOptions or IAddrBook::RecipOptions. To retrieve option properties without user intervention, clients call IMAPISession::QueryDefaultMessageOpt or IAddrBook::QueryDefaultRecipOpt.

When a client calls MessageOptions or RecipOptions, MAPI invokes a callback function created by the transport provider that complies with the OPTIONCALLBACK prototype. This function typically resides in the same DLL as the transport provider and is called to retrieve an IMAPIProp implementation to use with a display table for displaying the message and recipient options described in the OPTIONDATA structures.

The DLL name in the lpszDLLname member should not indicate the platform when it is included in an OPTIONDATA structure that is passed in the lppOptions parameter to IXPLogon::RegisterOptions.

For more information, see Implementing Message and Recipient Options with Transport Providers and Message and Recipient Options.

See Also

Reference

GUID

IXPLogon::AddressTypes

IXPLogon::RegisterOptions

SPropValue

Concepts

MAPI Structures