[python-win32] Extended MAPI : ConfigureMsgService Problem

[administrator at simonwhitaker.net]

Hi all,

This is a pseudo follow-up post to a previous question regarding creating and
configuring MAPI profiles dynamically with Python.

There was no posted solution to the question (as far as I can see) so I thought
I'd opst again to see if anyone had any new ideas.

The code is pretty clearly defined in C on MSDN, but when translated to Python,
it fails when configuring services within the created profile.

Included below is the code snippet

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from win32com.mapi import mapi, mapiutil, mapitags

profileName = "Test"

# Initialise
mapi.MAPIInitialize(None)
profileAdmin = mapi.MAPIAdminProfiles(0)

# Get the current profiles
profileTable = profileAdmin.GetProfileTable(0)
profileRows = mapi.HrQueryAllRows(profileTable, [mapitags.PR_DISPLAY_NAME_A],
None, None, 0)

# Delete the profile if it already exists
for profile in profileRows:
    if profile[0][1] == profileName:
        profileAdmin.DeleteProfile(profileName, 0)
        break

# Create the profile
profileAdmin.CreateProfile(profileName, None, 0, 0)

# Administer the profile services
serviceAdmin = profileAdmin.AdminServices(profileName, None, 0, 0)
serviceAdmin.CreateMsgService('MSEMS', None, 0, 0)
serviceAdmin.CreateMsgService('MSPST MS', None, 0, 0)

# Get the service table - looking for service IDs
msgServiceTable = serviceAdmin.GetMsgServiceTable(0)
msgServiceRows = mapi.HrQueryAllRows(msgServiceTable, None, None, None, 0)

# Get the service ID of the first service
serviceUID = msgServiceRows[1][0][1]

# Configure the MSEMS
propsTuple = ((mapitags.PR_PROFILE_UNRESOLVED_NAME,
"NAME"),(mapitags.PR_PROFILE_UNRESOLVED_SERVER, "SERVER"))
serviceAdmin.ConfigureMsgService(serviceUID, 0, 0, propsTuple) <- !!! FAILS HERE !!!

# Uninitialise
mapi.MAPIUninitialize()
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The error returned when debugging in PythonWin IDE is

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Traceback (most recent call last):
  File "createprofile.py", line 41, in ?
    serviceAdmin.ConfigureMsgService(serviceUID, 0, 0, propsTuple)
com_error: (-2147221005, 'Invalid class string', None, None)
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One possible issue is with the serviceUID, which when viewed in the IDE is
[}YÆ8PÍEÅ–4ƒY] which looks pretty interesting.

Unfortunately, I have no way of telling if this is the problem, or if there is
another issue.

All assistance/ideas greatly appreciated.

Cheers,
Simon