INFO: Personal Address Book and Personal Message Store Format

ID: Q184266

The information in this article applies to:

• Extended Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI), version 1.0
• Collaboration Data Objects (CDO), versions 1.0a, 1.1, 1.2
• Microsoft Outlook 97

SUMMARY

The file format for the Personal Address Book (.PAB) and the Personal Message Store (.PST) files is proprietary. Programmatic access to these files is provided directly through MAPI interfaces, Collaboration Data Objects (CDO) and the Outlook object model.

Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,1.0a,1.1,1.2,97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbinfo

Last Reviewed: April 20, 1998