IAddrBook::CompareEntryIDs
Applies to: Outlook 2013 | Outlook 2016
Compares two entry identifiers that belong to a particular address book provider to determine whether they refer to the same address book object.
HRESULT CompareEntryIDs(
ULONG cbEntryID1,
LPENTRYID lpEntryID1,
ULONG cbEntryID2,
LPENTRYID lpEntryID2,
ULONG ulFlags,
ULONG FAR * lpulResult
);
Parameters
cbEntryID1
[in] The byte count in the entry identifier pointed to by the lpEntryID1 parameter.
lpEntryID1
[in] A pointer to the first entry identifier to be compared.
cbEntryID2
[in] The byte count in the entry identifier pointed to by the lpEntryID2 parameter.
lpEntryID2
[in] A pointer to the second entry identifier to be compared.
ulFlags
[in] Reserved; must be zero.
lpulResult
[out] A pointer to the result of the comparison. The contents of lpulResult are set to TRUE if the two entry identifiers refer to the same object; otherwise, the contents are set to FALSE.
Return value
S_OK
The call succeeded and has returned the expected value or values.
MAPI_E_UNKNOWN_ENTRYID
One or both of the entry identifiers passed in with the lpEntryID1 or lpEntryID2 parameters are not recognized by any address book provider.
Remarks
Client applications and service providers call the CompareEntryIDs method to compare two entry identifiers that belongs to a single address book provider to determine whether they refer to the same object. CompareEntryIDs is useful because an object can have more than one valid entry identifier. This situation can occur, for example, after a new version of an address book provider is installed.
MAPI passes this call to the address book provider that is responsible for the entry identifiers, determining the appropriate provider by matching the MAPIUID structure in the entry identifiers with the MAPIUID structure registered by the provider.
If the two entry identifiers refer to the same object, CompareEntryIDs sets the contents of the lpulResult parameter to TRUE; if they refer to different objects, CompareEntryIDs sets the contents to FALSE. In either case, CompareEntryIDs returns S_OK. If CompareEntryIDs returns an error, which can occur if no address book provider has registered a MAPIUID structure that matches the one in the entry identifiers, clients and providers should not take any action based on the result of the comparison. They should instead take the most conservative approach to the action being performed.