[python-win32] meaning of bin string representation ofPR_ENTRYID

Mark Hammond mhammond at skippinet.com.au
Fri Jun 29 08:08:06 CEST 2007


> > The values above already *are* a hexadecimal value - you
> > can't safely change any part of it.
>
> I do not want to change it. I hoped that the extracted part might be
> enough to identify a message within one message store.

That's what I meant - I should have said "you can't make any assumptions
about any part of it" - indeed, you can't even *compare* 2 values to see if
they are the same - you must ask MAPI to compare them.  You'll have to check
the MS docs for exactly what they do and do not promise...

Cheers,

Mark



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