How to: Retrieve a PIM Item from the Pocket Outlook Database

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08/29/2006

Retrieving a PIM item from the Pocket Outlook database involves calling the IPOutlookItemCollection::Item method on the collection.

The Pocket Outlook database consists of three separate PIM item lists contained in the three default folders: the Appointments folder, the Tasks folder, and the Contacts folder.

To retrieve a particular item from the Tasks folder

Create an instance of the Pocket Outlook application object and then use it to establish a POOM session. For more information, see How to: Establish a POOM Session.
Declare a reference to a generic PIM item collection, as follows:
```
IPOutlookItemCollection *pItems;
```
Declare a reference to a generic PIM item folder:
```
IFolder *pFolder;
```
Declare a reference to a Task item:
```
ITask *pTask;
```
Use the generic PIM item folder to get the Tasks folder:
```
polApp->GetDefaultFolder(olFolderTasks, &pFolder);
```
Use the Tasks folder to get the collection of Task items:
```
pFolder->get_Items(&pItems)
```
Get the third Task item from the collection of Task items:
```
pItems->Item(3, &pTask)
```

Example

The following code demonstrates how to retrieve the third Task item from the Tasks folder.

int index = 3;

void RetrieveTask(IPOutlookApp *polApp, int index)
{
    IPOutlookItemCollection *pItems;
    IFolder *pFolder;
    ITask *pTask;

    polApp->GetDefaultFolder(olFolderTasks, &pFolder)
    pFolder->get_Items(&pItems);
    pItems->Item(index, &pTask)
}

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