Attaching to Outlook and Not Being Able to Attach to Outlook Express

The Microsoft KB details how to attach to a Microsoft Outlook folder in "ACC97: Sample Procedure to Attach a Microsoft Outlook Folder" (Article ID Q161174). I found dealing with MSIE4's Outlook Express a different matter.

Since I could not get the proper connection string, I resorted to exporting the desired folder to Windows Messaging (during this process Outlook Express should not be the default Simple MAPI client). I then attached to the folder using the following connection string:

'Source database type:
strConn = &quot;Exchange 4.0;&quot;
'Table name (MAPILEVEL=&lt;storage|folders&gt;):
strConn = strConn & &quot;MAPILEVEL=Personal Folders|;&quot;
'Source table type (0 for folders, 1 for address books):
strConn = strConn & &quot;TABLETYPE=0;&quot;
'Database name (DATABASE=&lt;path&gt;):
strConn = strConn & &quot;DATABASE=&quot; & m_dbDAO.Name & &quot;;&quot;
'Profile name (optional):
strConn = strConn & &quot;PROFILE=Bryan D. Wilhite;&quot;
'Password (optional):

The greatest challenge to getting a sucessful connection was setting MAPILEVEL correctly: "MAPILEVEL=Personal Folders|;".

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