Embedded Visual Basic Windows Ce And Pocket Pc Mobile Applications [Electronic resources]

Chapter 6. The Pocket Outlook Object Model: Accessing Contacts and Calendar Items

IN THIS CHAPTER

• Installing POOM

• Looking at Pocket Outlook's Object Model

• Creating the Pocket PIM Sample Application

Microsoft provides the Pocket Outlook Object Model (POOM) to access, modify, and delete the native Pocket PC Personal Information Manager (PIM) data. Currently implemented in POOM are contacts, appointments, and tasks, but not e-mail. POOM can be very powerful, allowing eVB developers to extend the PIM applications or replace their GUI applications while leaving the data-store and current synchronization in place.

In this chapter, we'll investigate Contacts, Appointments, and Tasks. How to access, modify, copy, display, delete and beam via infrared these items are explained and demonstrated. The library is relatively simple, but does have some limitations in eMbedded Visual Basic (eVB).

In this chapter you will discover

• How to obtain and install the POOM SDK

• The POOM object model

• How to use the POOM Contact object (ContactItem)

• How to build PocketPIM, a sample application that uses POOM to extend functionality of the native PIM applications