Managing Tasks, Journals, and Notes in PST Files

Add MAPI Task to PST

The Creating and Managing PST Files article shows how to create a PST file and add a subfolder to it. With Aspose.Email you can add MapiTask to the Tasks subfolder of a PST file that you have created or loaded. Below are the steps to add MapiTask to a PST:

1. Create a MapiTask object.
2. Set the MapiTask properties using constructor and different methods.
3. Create a PST using the PersonalStorage.Create() method.
4. Create a pre-defined folder (Tasks) at the root of the PST file by accessing the Root folder and then calling the AddMapiMessageItem() method.

The following code snippet shows you how to create a MapiTask and then add it to the tasks folder of a newly created PST file.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-email/Aspose.Email-for-.NET
string dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_Outlook();
MapiTask task = new MapiTask("To Do", "Just click and type to add new task", DateTime.Now, DateTime.Now.AddDays(3));
task.PercentComplete = 20;
task.EstimatedEffort = 2000;
task.ActualEffort = 20;
task.History = MapiTaskHistory.Assigned;
task.LastUpdate = DateTime.Now;
task.Users.Owner = "Darius";
task.Users.LastAssigner = "Harkness";
task.Users.LastDelegate = "Harkness";
task.Users.Ownership = MapiTaskOwnership.AssignersCopy;

string alreadyCreated = dataDir + "AddMapiTaskToPST_out.pst";
if (File.Exists(alreadyCreated))
{
    File.Delete(alreadyCreated);
}
else
{

}

using (PersonalStorage personalStorage = PersonalStorage.Create(dataDir + "AddMapiTaskToPST_out.pst", FileFormatVersion.Unicode))
{
    FolderInfo taskFolder = personalStorage.CreatePredefinedFolder("Tasks", StandardIpmFolder.Tasks);
    taskFolder.AddMapiMessageItem(task);
}

Add MAPI Journal to PST

Aspose.Email also allows you to add MapiJournal to the Journal subfolder of a PST file that you have created or loaded. Below are the steps to add MapiJournal to a PST:

1. Create a MapiJournal object
2. Set the MapiJournal properties using a constructor and methods.
3. Create a PST using the PersonalStorage.Create() method.
4. Create a pre-defined folder (Journals) at the root of the PST file by accessing the root folder and then calling the AddMapiMessageItem() method.

The following code snippet shows you how to create a MapiJournal and then add it to the journal folder of a newly created PST file.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-email/Aspose.Email-for-.NET
string dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_Outlook();
MapiJournal journal = new MapiJournal("daily record", "called out in the dark", "Phone call", "Phone call");
journal.StartTime = DateTime.Now;
journal.EndTime = journal.StartTime.AddHours(1);

string path = dataDir + "CreateNewMapiJournalAndAddToSubfolder_out.pst";

if (File.Exists(path))
{
    File.Delete(path);
}

using (PersonalStorage personalStorage = PersonalStorage.Create(dataDir + "CreateNewMapiJournalAndAddToSubfolder_out.pst", FileFormatVersion.Unicode))
{
    FolderInfo journalFolder = personalStorage.CreatePredefinedFolder("Journal", StandardIpmFolder.Journal);
    journalFolder.AddMapiMessageItem(journal);
}

Add Attachments to MAPI Journal

The following code snippet shows you how to add attachments to MapiJournal.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-email/Aspose.Email-for-.NET
string dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_Outlook();

string[] attachFileNames = new string[] { dataDir + "Desert.jpg", dataDir + "download.png" };

MapiJournal journal = new MapiJournal("testJournal", "This is a test journal", "Phone call", "Phone call");
journal.StartTime = DateTime.Now;
journal.EndTime = journal.StartTime.AddHours(1);
journal.Companies = new string[] { "company 1", "company 2", "company 3" };

foreach (string attach in attachFileNames)
{
    journal.Attachments.Add(attach,File.ReadAllBytes(attach));
}
journal.Save(dataDir + "AddAttachmentsToMapiJournal_out.msg");

Add MAPI Note to PST

With Aspose.Email you can add a MapiNote to the Notes subfolder of the created or loaded PST file. To add a MapiNote to a PST:

1. Create a template MapiNote using Microsoft Outlook and save it as an MSG file.
2. Load the saved MSG note into a MapiMessage object.
3. Create a MapiNote object and load the template MSG note.
4. Set the MapiNote properties.
5. Create a PST using the PersonalStorage.Create() method.
6. Create a pre-defined folder (Notes) at the root of the PST file by accessing the root folder and then calling the AddMapiMessageItem() method.

The following code snippet shows you how to create a MapiNote and then add it to the notes folder of a newly created PST file.

// For complete examples and data files, please go to https://github.com/aspose-email/Aspose.Email-for-.NET
// The path to the documents directory.
string dataDir = RunExamples.GetDataDir_Outlook();

MapiMessage mess = MapiMessage.FromFile(dataDir + "Note.msg");

// Create three Notes  
MapiNote note1 = (MapiNote)mess.ToMapiMessageItem();
note1.Subject = "Yellow color note";
note1.Body = "This is a yellow color note";

MapiNote note2 = (MapiNote)mess.ToMapiMessageItem();
note2.Subject = "Pink color note";
note2.Body = "This is a pink color note";
note2.Color = NoteColor.Pink;

MapiNote note3 = (MapiNote)mess.ToMapiMessageItem();
note2.Subject = "Blue color note";
note2.Body = "This is a blue color note";
note2.Color = NoteColor.Blue;
note3.Height = 500;
note3.Width = 500;

string path = dataDir + "AddMapiNoteToPST_out.pst";

if (File.Exists(path))
{
    File.Delete(path);
}

using (PersonalStorage personalStorage = PersonalStorage.Create(dataDir + "AddMapiNoteToPST_out.pst", FileFormatVersion.Unicode))
{
    FolderInfo notesFolder = personalStorage.CreatePredefinedFolder("Notes", StandardIpmFolder.Notes);
    notesFolder.AddMapiMessageItem(note1);
    notesFolder.AddMapiMessageItem(note2);
    notesFolder.AddMapiMessageItem(note3);
}