Deleting a Folder Tree

Deleting a Folder Tree

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The following example deletes a folder tree from the Exchange store. See Managing Exchange Server for an explanation of the folder tree.

Visual Basic

'//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////
'// Name:       DeletePublicFolderTree
'// Purpose:    To delete a Public Folder Tree
'// Input:      strFolderName = contains the name of the folder tree to be deleted
'//             strAdminGroup = contains the name of the Admin Group the Folder Tree is in
'//             strOrganization = contains the name of the Exchange Organization
'//             strDomain = contains the domain components of the LDAP path, eg: "DC=example,DC=com"
'//
'//////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////////

Public Sub DeletePublicFolderTree(ByVal strFolderName As String, _
                                  ByVal strAdminGroup As String, _
                                  ByVal strOrganization As String, _
                                  ByVal strDomain As String)
    On Error Resume Next
    Dim iServer         As New CDOEXM.ExchangeServer
    Dim iPFTree         As New CDOEXM.FolderTree
    Dim strFolderURL    As String
    Dim strFHName       As String

    ' Build the URL to the PublicFolderTree
    strFolderURL = "LDAP://CN=" + strFolderName + _
                         ",CN=Folder Hierarchies" + _
                         ",CN=" + strAdminGroup + _
                         ",CN=Administrative Groups" + _
                         ",CN=" + strOrganization + _
                         ",CN=Microsoft Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration," + strDomain

    ' Bind to the Public Folder Tree
    iPFTree.DataSource.Open strFolderURL

    ' Delete the Public Folder Tree
    iPFTree.DataSource.Delete

    ' Cleanup
    Set iServer = Nothing
    Set iPFTree = Nothing

End Sub

The preceding example needs to build a proper URL for creating a folder tree. See Retrieving Folder Tree URLs for a description of GetFolderTreeURL().

Deleting a folder tree will fail if there are any public stores still associated with the folder tree object when a request is made.

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