PRB: MAPI_E_NOT_FOUND Retrieving Global Profile Section Properties

ID: Q236455

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Windows versions 95, 98
Microsoft Outlook 98
Extended Messaging Application Programming Interface (MAPI), version 1.0

SYMPTOMS

When you access Global Profile Section properties using extended MAPI on a Windows 95 or Windows 98 computer with Microsoft Outlook 98 installed, you may get the following error:

MAPI_E_NOT_FOUND

CAUSE

The profile name used contains a space (for example "Default User").

RESOLUTION

The possible workarounds are:

Modify profile name to remove the space.

Call MAPILogonEx to logon to the profile first.

Install Microsoft Outlook 2000 to update the MAPI dlls.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Create a profile named "Default User".

Run the following code.


   #include <mapix.h>
   #include <mapidefs.h>
   #include <mapiguid.h>
   #include <edk.h>
   #include <edkmdb.h>

   HRESULT GetServerName();

   void main()
   {
	GetServerName();
   }

   HRESULT GetServerName()
   {
   HRESULT hRes = S_OK;  
   LPPROFADMIN pAdminProfiles = NULL; 
   LPSERVICEADMIN pSvcAdmin = NULL;  
   LPPROFSECT pGlobalProfSect = NULL; 
   LPSPropValue pProps = NULL; 
                            
   char szServerName[256];

  // initialize the MAPI subsystem,
  if ( FAILED ( hRes = MAPIInitialize ( NULL ) ) )
    return hRes;

  // Get a Profile admin object
  if ( FAILED ( hRes = MAPIAdminProfiles ( 0L, &pAdminProfiles ) ) )
    goto CleanUp;

  // Get a ServiceAdmin object
  if ( FAILED ( hRes = pAdminProfiles -> AdminServices (
                                       "Default User",
                                       NULL,
                                       0L,  
                                       0L,
                                       &pSvcAdmin ) ) )
   goto CleanUp;

   // Get the Global Profile Section 
   if ( FAILED ( hRes = pSvcAdmin -> OpenProfileSection (
                              (LPMAPIUID)pbGlobalProfileSectionGuid,
                              NULL,
                              0L,
                              &pGlobalProfSect ) ) )
     goto CleanUp;

   // Call HrGetOneProp to get PR_PROFILE_HOME_SERVER
   if ( FAILED ( hRes = HrGetOneProp ( pGlobalProfSect,
                                      PR_PROFILE_HOME_SERVER,
                                      &pProps ) ) )
     goto CleanUp;

   strcpy ( szServerName, "PR_PROFILE_HOME_SERVER == " );
   strcat ( szServerName, pProps -> Value.lpszA );

   // Replace window handle param with your application's window handle
   MessageBox ( 0L, szServerName, "Exchange Server Name", MB_OK );

   CleanUp:

   // Free all memory allocated by any MAPI calls

   if ( NULL != pAdminProfiles )
     pAdminProfiles -> Release ();

   if ( NULL != pSvcAdmin )
     pSvcAdmin -> Release ( );

   if ( NULL != pGlobalProfSect )
     pGlobalProfSect -> Release ( );

   if ( NULL != pProps )
     MAPIFreeBuffer ( &pProps );

   pSvcAdmin = NULL;
   pGlobalProfSect = NULL;
   pProps = NULL;
   pAdminProfiles = NULL;

   // Return the HRESULT to the calling function
   return hRes;
   }

You will see that HrGetOneProp on PR_PROFILE_HOME_SERVER returns the following error message:

-2147221233 (MAPI_E_NOT_FOUND)

NOTE: This code sample needs to be compiled using the "Ignore all default libraries" option on the Link tab of the Project Settings dialog box. The following libraries must also be used:

edkguid.lib
msvcrt.lib
edkutils.lib
edkdebug.lib
edkmapi.lib
mapi32.lib
user32.lib
kernel32.lib

REFERENCES

For additional information about how to open the Global Profile Section and retrieve properties that exist in this section, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q188482 HOWTO: Open the Global Profile Section

Additional query words: Profile Space


Keywords          : kbMAPI kbMsg kbOutlook98 kbVC kbWinOS95 kbWinOS98 kbMAPI100 kbGrpMsg kbDSupport 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0,95,98
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: July 21, 1999