Description
This cmdlet opens a previously saved MAPI item that was exported in PowerMAPI's Packed Binary format.
Syntax
Note: Parameters in orange are optional.
| Open-MapiPackedBinary | ||
| -FileName | String | |
Parameters
| FileName | A text string that is the full path to an existing Packed Binary file. |
Remarks
This cmdlet opens a Packed Binary file so that the item's properties, recipients, and attachments can be read or viewed.
Refer to the remarks in Export-MapiPackedBinary for details about PowerMAPI's Packed Binary format.
The returned object is opened offline and does not require a MAPI session. This allows for "offline" work against Packed Binary data.
The Packed Binary object returned has the following key properties to access the item's contents:
| Property | Description |
|---|---|
| MessageClass | This is a text string that identifies the type of item, for example IPM.Appointment for a calendar item. |
| IsAssociatedMessage | This is a Boolean value indicating whether the original MAPI item was an associated item in a folder. Associated items are hidden items in folder to private application data. |
| MessageFlags | This is a flag value from the original MAPI item that indicates various states in which the original item may have been. For example, this value will hold a flag to show whether the item has been read or unread. |
| Props | This is a hashtable of properties from the item where the Key of each item is the Mapi.NET.Tags prop ID of the property and the Value of each item is a Mapi.NET.Wrappers.PropValue item from which the value can be retrieved. |
| Recipients | This is a list of Mapi.NET.Utils.PackedBinaryProperties objects. Each list item is a hash table of properties similar to the Props property listed above and where each list item is the properties of a recipient. All recipient types are in this list: TO, CC, and BCC (if any). |
| Attachments | This is also a list of Mapi.NET.Utils.PackedBinaryProperties object. In the same way that the recipients are listed, the attachments are listed here. Access to both the attachment metadata and the attachment binary are available. |