Chapter Summary
Between Outlook forms, VBA, and the scripting you can do on the Exchange Server, there is little that cannot be accomplished. Functionality is not everything though, and, in some cases, the convenience and portability of components created in VB is very appealing to the collaboration developer. Fortunately, we do have the choice; several interfaces are provided to make it easy for us to take advantage of the power of Exchange and Outlook as well as the features of the full VB language.
These interfaces (MAPI, CDO, and Outlook) are all methods of working with the same underlying system(s), but each of them has advantages and disadvantages. By looking at the requirements of your particular program, you can determine which of the ...
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