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IConverterSession::SetEncoding

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Applies to: Outlook 2013 | Outlook 2016

Initializes the encoding to be used during conversion.

HRESULT IConverterSession:: SetEncoding ( 
     ENCODINGTYPE et 
);

Parameters

et

An ENCODINGTYPE value. Only the following values are supported:

  • IET_BASE64
  • IET_UUENCODE
  • IET_QP
  • IET_7BIT
  • IET_8BIT

Return value

E_INVALIDARG

The encoding type passed was invalid.

Remarks

Call SetEncoding before using IConverterSession::MAPIToMIMEStm to perform conversion.

Use SetEncoding to set the encoding for only the outermost message body of a mail item. Microsoft Outlook 2010 and Microsoft Outlook 2013 choose the encoding for any individual attachments.

MFCMAPI reference

For MFCMAPI sample code, see the following table.

File Function Comment
MapiMime.cpp
ImportEMLToIMessage
MFCMAPI uses MimeToMAPI to convert an EML file to a MAPI message.
MapiMime.cpp
ExportIMessageToEML
MFCMAPI uses MAPIToMIMEStm to convert a MAPI message to an EML file.

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