What's New in This Edition (Outlook 2010 Auxiliary Reference)

This topic describes what is new in the current edition of the Microsoft Outlook 2010 Auxiliary Reference.

MAPI

Most MAPI-related content that existed in the Microsoft Office Outlook 2007 Auxiliary Reference is now incorporated in the Outlook 2010 MAPI Reference. The Outlook 2010 MAPI Reference is now the centralized location for Outlook MAPI documentation.

Outlook Configuration

Outlook now provides a way for developers of message service providers to specify new message service domains to be configured by corresponding providers during Outlook automatic configuration. New domains must be registered in the Windows registry by using the following key:

HKLM\Software\Microsoft\Office\Outlook\AutoConfigDomains\<domain name>\

In the key, <domain name> is the domain for automatic configuration. For more information, see About Registering a New Domain for Automatic Configuration.

Account Management API

Outlook allows users to specify settings to help protect an account from spam. Programmatically, you can use the PROP_ACCT_PREFERENCES_UID property to obtain the unique ID (UID) for the section in the profile that stores the user’s preferences for this account, including the anti-spam settings. For more details, see About Anti-Spam Settings.

The following table lists the additions to the Account Management API.

Feature area	Description	Related topics
Account manager initialization	Can prevent an account from synchronizing with an associated store.	IOlkAccountManager::Init
Account management	Displays either the Account Settings or Add New Account dialog box.	IOlkAccountManager::DisplayAccountList
Account preferences	Retrieves the user ID for the profile section that stores the account preferences.	PROP_ACCT_PREFERENCES_UID
Account email address	Specifies the email address for the account.	PROP_ACCT_USER_EMAIL_ADDR
Address Book entry ID	Gets the Address Book entry ID for the account.	PROP_MAPI_IDENTITY_ENTRYID

Outlook Exported API

The following table lists the additions to the Outlook Exported API.

Feature area	Description	Related topics
Contact pictures	Use the dispidShowSenderPhoto dispatch ID to invoke the corresponding method on an explorer or inspector to specify whether to display a contact’s picture.	How to: Specify Whether to Display a Contact's Picture in Outlook (Outlook 2010 Auxiliary Reference)
Outlook items	Use the dispidFDirty dispatch ID to invoke the corresponding property on an Outlook item to see whether the item has been modified and has not been saved.	How to: Determine Whether an Outlook Item Has Been Modified but Not Saved (Outlook 2010 Auxiliary Reference)
Mail items	Performs post-send categorization on a mail item based on its PidTagConversationId property.	HrProcessConvActionForSentItem
Time zone support	TZDEFINITION no longer supports time zones identified by GUID.	TZDEFINITION

Enhancements to Existing APIs

Miscellaneous syntax issues have been fixed in existing APIs.