[python-win32] force outlook ui update

[Tim Roberts]

Christan K. wrote:
> Tim Roberts <timr <at> probo.com> writes:
>   
>> Christian K. wrote:
>>     
>>> the subject field in the inbox list changes immedately but the subject
>>> line of the message itself (either shown in the embedded panel or in
>>> its own frame) does not. After a couple of other actions, i.e.
>>> selecting and deslecting other items the message subject will be
>>> updated in every place.
>>>
>>> Is there a way to force an UI update?
>>>       
>> No.  MAPI controls the mail engine, not the user interface.
>>     
>
> Actually I did not expect to find something within mapi. Do you have any ideas 
> where to look for these gui related issues?
>   

I guess it depends on what you are really trying to do, and on how
general you need this to be.  MAPI is an abstraction.  There is no
promise that MAPI requests will have any effect at all on a user
interface.  The fact that you are seeing something update at all
surprises me.  The effect would be very different if you happened to be
running a different MAPI provider.  It might not even show a UI at all.

If what you really want to do is control Outlook, then Tim G is right --
you need to control Outlook through Outlook's object model.  If what you
really want to do is send email, then MAPI is a more general answer, but
you give up the user interface.

-- 
Tim Roberts, timr at probo.com
Providenza & Boekelheide, Inc.