The OutlookDataObject class for the code above, as it was too long for one post
public class OutlookDataObject : System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject
{
#region NativeMethods
private class NativeMethods
{
[DllImport("kernel32.dll")]
static extern IntPtr GlobalLock(IntPtr hMem);
[DllImport("ole32.dll", PreserveSig = false)]
public static extern ILockBytes CreateILockBytesOnHGlobal(IntPtr hGlobal, bool fDeleteOnRelease);
[DllImport("OLE32.DLL", CharSet = CharSet.Auto, PreserveSig = false)]
public static extern IntPtr GetHGlobalFromILockBytes(ILockBytes pLockBytes);
[DllImport("OLE32.DLL", CharSet = CharSet.Unicode, PreserveSig = false)]
public static extern IStorage StgCreateDocfileOnILockBytes(ILockBytes plkbyt, uint grfMode, uint reserved);
[ComImport, InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown), Guid("0000000B-0000-0000-C000-000000000046")]
public interface IStorage
{
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)]
IStream CreateStream([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string pwcsName, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int grfMode, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int reserved1, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int reserved2);
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)]
IStream OpenStream([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string pwcsName, IntPtr reserved1, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int grfMode, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int reserved2);
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)]
IStorage CreateStorage([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string pwcsName, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int grfMode, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int reserved1, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int reserved2);
[return: MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)]
IStorage OpenStorage([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string pwcsName, IntPtr pstgPriority, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int grfMode, IntPtr snbExclude, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int reserved);
void CopyTo(int ciidExclude, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] Guid[] pIIDExclude, IntPtr snbExclude, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] IStorage stgDest);
void MoveElementTo([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string pwcsName, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] IStorage stgDest, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string pwcsNewName, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int grfFlags);
void Commit(int grfCommitFlags);
void Revert();
void EnumElements([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int reserved1, IntPtr reserved2, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int reserved3, [MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.Interface)] out object ppVal);
void DestroyElement([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string pwcsName);
void RenameElement([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string pwcsOldName, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string pwcsNewName);
void SetElementTimes([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.BStr)] string pwcsName, [In] System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME pctime, [In] System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME patime, [In] System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME pmtime);
void SetClass([In] ref Guid clsid);
void SetStateBits(int grfStateBits, int grfMask);
void Stat([Out]out System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG pStatStg, int grfStatFlag);
}
[ComImport, Guid("0000000A-0000-0000-C000-000000000046"), InterfaceType(ComInterfaceType.InterfaceIsIUnknown)]
public interface ILockBytes
{
void ReadAt([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U8)] long ulOffset, [Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray, SizeParamIndex = 1)] byte[] pv, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int cb, [Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] int[] pcbRead);
void WriteAt([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U8)] long ulOffset, IntPtr pv, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int cb, [Out, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.LPArray)] int[] pcbWritten);
void Flush();
void SetSize([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U8)] long cb);
void LockRegion([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U8)] long libOffset, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U8)] long cb, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int dwLockType);
void UnlockRegion([In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U8)] long libOffset, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U8)] long cb, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int dwLockType);
void Stat([Out]out System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG pstatstg, [In, MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.U4)] int grfStatFlag);
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public sealed class POINTL
{
public int x;
public int y;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential)]
public sealed class SIZEL
{
public int cx;
public int cy;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
public sealed class FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORA
{
public uint cItems;
public FILEDESCRIPTORA[] fgd;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Ansi)]
public sealed class FILEDESCRIPTORA
{
public uint dwFlags;
public Guid clsid;
public SIZEL sizel;
public POINTL pointl;
public uint dwFileAttributes;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME ftCreationTime;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME ftLastAccessTime;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME ftLastWriteTime;
public uint nFileSizeHigh;
public uint nFileSizeLow;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 260)]
public string cFileName;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public sealed class FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORW
{
public uint cItems;
public FILEDESCRIPTORW[] fgd;
}
[StructLayout(LayoutKind.Sequential, CharSet = CharSet.Unicode)]
public sealed class FILEDESCRIPTORW
{
public uint dwFlags;
public Guid clsid;
public SIZEL sizel;
public POINTL pointl;
public uint dwFileAttributes;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME ftCreationTime;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME ftLastAccessTime;
public System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.FILETIME ftLastWriteTime;
public uint nFileSizeHigh;
public uint nFileSizeLow;
[MarshalAs(UnmanagedType.ByValTStr, SizeConst = 260)]
public string cFileName;
}
}
#endregion
#region Property(s)
/// <summary>
/// Holds the <see cref="System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject"/> that this class is wrapping
/// </summary>
private System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject underlyingDataObject;
private System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IDataObject comUnderlyingDataObject;
private System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject oleUnderlyingDataObject;
private MethodInfo getDataFromHGLOBLALMethod;
#endregion
#region Constructor(s)
public OutlookDataObject(System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject underlyingDataObject)
{
this.underlyingDataObject = underlyingDataObject;
this.comUnderlyingDataObject = (System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.IDataObject)this.underlyingDataObject;
FieldInfo innerDataField = this.underlyingDataObject.GetType().GetField("innerData", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
this.oleUnderlyingDataObject = (System.Windows.Forms.IDataObject)innerDataField.GetValue(this.underlyingDataObject);
this.getDataFromHGLOBLALMethod = this.oleUnderlyingDataObject.GetType().GetMethod("GetDataFromHGLOBLAL", BindingFlags.NonPublic | BindingFlags.Instance);
}
#endregion
#region IDataObject Members
public object GetData(Type format)
{
return this.GetData(format.FullName);
}
public object GetData(string format)
{
return this.GetData(format, true);
}
public object GetData(string format, bool autoConvert)
{
switch (format)
{
case "FileGroupDescriptor":
IntPtr fileGroupDescriptorAPointer = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
//use the underlying IDataObject to get the FileGroupDescriptor as a MemoryStream
MemoryStream fileGroupDescriptorStream = (MemoryStream)this.underlyingDataObject.GetData("FileGroupDescriptor", autoConvert);
byte[] fileGroupDescriptorBytes = new byte[fileGroupDescriptorStream.Length];
fileGroupDescriptorStream.Read(fileGroupDescriptorBytes, 0, fileGroupDescriptorBytes.Length);
fileGroupDescriptorStream.Close();
//copy the file group descriptor into unmanaged memory
fileGroupDescriptorAPointer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(fileGroupDescriptorBytes.Length);
Marshal.Copy(fileGroupDescriptorBytes, 0, fileGroupDescriptorAPointer, fileGroupDescriptorBytes.Length);
//marshal the unmanaged memory to to FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORA struct
object fileGroupDescriptorObject = Marshal.PtrToStructure(fileGroupDescriptorAPointer, typeof(NativeMethods.FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORA));
NativeMethods.FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORA fileGroupDescriptor = (NativeMethods.FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORA)fileGroupDescriptorObject;
//create a new array to store file names in of the number of items in the file group descriptor
string[] fileNames = new string[fileGroupDescriptor.cItems];
//get the pointer to the first file descriptor
IntPtr fileDescriptorPointer = (IntPtr)((int)fileGroupDescriptorAPointer + Marshal.SizeOf(fileGroupDescriptor.cItems));
//loop for the number of files acording to the file group descriptor
for (int fileDescriptorIndex = 0; fileDescriptorIndex < fileGroupDescriptor.cItems; fileDescriptorIndex++)
{
//marshal the pointer top the file descriptor as a FILEDESCRIPTORA struct and get the file name
NativeMethods.FILEDESCRIPTORA fileDescriptor = (NativeMethods.FILEDESCRIPTORA)Marshal.PtrToStructure(fileDescriptorPointer, typeof(NativeMethods.FILEDESCRIPTORA));
fileNames[fileDescriptorIndex] = fileDescriptor.cFileName;
//move the file descriptor pointer to the next file descriptor
fileDescriptorPointer = (IntPtr)((int)fileDescriptorPointer + Marshal.SizeOf(fileDescriptor));
}
//return the array of filenames
return fileNames;
}
finally
{
//free unmanaged memory pointer
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(fileGroupDescriptorAPointer);
}
case "FileGroupDescriptorW":
//override the default handling of FileGroupDescriptorW which returns a
//MemoryStream and instead return a string array of file names
IntPtr fileGroupDescriptorWPointer = IntPtr.Zero;
try
{
//use the underlying IDataObject to get the FileGroupDescriptorW as a MemoryStream
MemoryStream fileGroupDescriptorStream = (MemoryStream)this.underlyingDataObject.GetData("FileGroupDescriptorW");
byte[] fileGroupDescriptorBytes = new byte[fileGroupDescriptorStream.Length];
fileGroupDescriptorStream.Read(fileGroupDescriptorBytes, 0, fileGroupDescriptorBytes.Length);
fileGroupDescriptorStream.Close();
//copy the file group descriptor into unmanaged memory
fileGroupDescriptorWPointer = Marshal.AllocHGlobal(fileGroupDescriptorBytes.Length);
Marshal.Copy(fileGroupDescriptorBytes, 0, fileGroupDescriptorWPointer, fileGroupDescriptorBytes.Length);
//marshal the unmanaged memory to to FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORW struct
object fileGroupDescriptorObject = Marshal.PtrToStructure(fileGroupDescriptorWPointer, typeof(NativeMethods.FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORW));
NativeMethods.FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORW fileGroupDescriptor = (NativeMethods.FILEGROUPDESCRIPTORW)fileGroupDescriptorObject;
//create a new array to store file names in of the number of items in the file group descriptor
string[] fileNames = new string[fileGroupDescriptor.cItems];
//get the pointer to the first file descriptor
//get the pointer to the first file descriptor
IntPtr fileDescriptorPointer = (IntPtr)((int)fileGroupDescriptorWPointer + Marshal.SizeOf(fileGroupDescriptor.cItems));
//loop for the number of files acording to the file group descriptor
for (int fileDescriptorIndex = 0; fileDescriptorIndex < fileGroupDescriptor.cItems; fileDescriptorIndex++)
{
//marshal the pointer top the file descriptor as a FILEDESCRIPTORW struct and get the file name
NativeMethods.FILEDESCRIPTORW fileDescriptor = (NativeMethods.FILEDESCRIPTORW)Marshal.PtrToStructure(fileDescriptorPointer, typeof(NativeMethods.FILEDESCRIPTORW));
fileNames[fileDescriptorIndex] = fileDescriptor.cFileName;
//move the file descriptor pointer to the next file descriptor
fileDescriptorPointer = (IntPtr)((int)fileDescriptorPointer + Marshal.SizeOf(fileDescriptor));
}
//return the array of filenames
return fileNames;
}
finally
{
//free unmanaged memory pointer
Marshal.FreeHGlobal(fileGroupDescriptorWPointer);
}
case "FileContents":
//override the default handling of FileContents which returns the
//contents of the first file as a memory stream and instead return
//a array of MemoryStreams containing the data to each file dropped
//get the array of filenames which lets us know how many file contents exist
string[] fileContentNames = (string[])this.GetData("FileGroupDescriptor");
//create a MemoryStream array to store the file contents
MemoryStream[] fileContents = new MemoryStream[fileContentNames.Length];
//loop for the number of files acording to the file names
for (int fileIndex = 0; fileIndex < fileContentNames.Length; fileIndex++)
{
//get the data at the file index and store in array
fileContents[fileIndex] = this.GetData(format, fileIndex);
}
//return array of MemoryStreams containing file contents
return fileContents;
}
//use underlying IDataObject to handle getting of data
return this.underlyingDataObject.GetData(format, autoConvert);
}
/// <summary>
/// Retrieves the data associated with the specified data format at the specified index.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format">The format of the data to retrieve. See <see cref="T:System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats"></see> for predefined formats.</param>
/// <param name="index">The index of the data to retrieve.</param>
/// <returns>
/// A <see cref="MemoryStream"/> containing the raw data for the specified data format at the specified index.
/// </returns>
public MemoryStream GetData(string format, int index)
{
//create a FORMATETC struct to request the data with
FORMATETC formatetc = new FORMATETC();
formatetc.cfFormat = (short)DataFormats.GetFormat(format).Id;
formatetc.dwAspect = DVASPECT.DVASPECT_CONTENT;
formatetc.lindex = index;
formatetc.ptd = new IntPtr(0);
formatetc.tymed = TYMED.TYMED_ISTREAM | TYMED.TYMED_ISTORAGE | TYMED.TYMED_HGLOBAL;
//create STGMEDIUM to output request results into
STGMEDIUM medium = new STGMEDIUM();
//using the Com IDataObject interface get the data using the defined FORMATETC
this.comUnderlyingDataObject.GetData(ref formatetc, out medium);
//retrieve the data depending on the returned store type
switch (medium.tymed)
{
case TYMED.TYMED_ISTORAGE:
//to handle a IStorage it needs to be written into a second unmanaged
//memory mapped storage and then the data can be read from memory into
//a managed byte and returned as a MemoryStream
NativeMethods.IStorage iStorage = null;
NativeMethods.IStorage iStorage2 = null;
NativeMethods.ILockBytes iLockBytes = null;
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG iLockBytesStat;
try
{
//marshal the returned pointer to a IStorage object
iStorage = (NativeMethods.IStorage)Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown(medium.unionmember);
Marshal.Release(medium.unionmember);
//create a ILockBytes (unmanaged byte array) and then create a IStorage using the byte array as a backing store
iLockBytes = NativeMethods.CreateILockBytesOnHGlobal(IntPtr.Zero, true);
iStorage2 = NativeMethods.StgCreateDocfileOnILockBytes(iLockBytes, 0x00001012, 0);
//copy the returned IStorage into the new IStorage
iStorage.CopyTo(0, null, IntPtr.Zero, iStorage2);
iLockBytes.Flush();
iStorage2.Commit(0);
//get the STATSTG of the ILockBytes to determine how many bytes were written to it
iLockBytesStat = new System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG();
iLockBytes.Stat(out iLockBytesStat, 1);
int iLockBytesSize = (int)iLockBytesStat.cbSize;
//read the data from the ILockBytes (unmanaged byte array) into a managed byte array
byte[] iLockBytesContent = new byte[iLockBytesSize];
iLockBytes.ReadAt(0, iLockBytesContent, iLockBytesContent.Length, null);
//wrapped the managed byte array into a memory stream and return it
return new MemoryStream(iLockBytesContent);
}
finally
{
//release all unmanaged objects
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(iStorage2);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(iLockBytes);
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(iStorage);
}
case TYMED.TYMED_ISTREAM:
//to handle a IStream it needs to be read into a managed byte and
//returned as a MemoryStream
IStream iStream = null;
System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG iStreamStat;
try
{
//marshal the returned pointer to a IStream object
iStream = (IStream)Marshal.GetObjectForIUnknown(medium.unionmember);
Marshal.Release(medium.unionmember);
//get the STATSTG of the IStream to determine how many bytes are in it
iStreamStat = new System.Runtime.InteropServices.ComTypes.STATSTG();
iStream.Stat(out iStreamStat, 0);
int iStreamSize = (int)iStreamStat.cbSize;
//read the data from the IStream into a managed byte array
byte[] iStreamContent = new byte[iStreamSize];
iStream.Read(iStreamContent, iStreamContent.Length, IntPtr.Zero);
//wrapped the managed byte array into a memory stream and return it
return new MemoryStream(iStreamContent);
}
finally
{
//release all unmanaged objects
Marshal.ReleaseComObject(iStream);
}
case TYMED.TYMED_HGLOBAL:
//to handle a HGlobal the exisitng "GetDataFromHGLOBLAL" method is invoked via
//reflection
return (MemoryStream)this.getDataFromHGLOBLALMethod.Invoke(this.oleUnderlyingDataObject, new object[] { DataFormats.GetFormat((short)formatetc.cfFormat).Name, medium.unionmember });
}
return null;
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether data stored in this instance is associated with, or can be converted to, the specified format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format">A <see cref="T:System.Type"></see> representing the format for which to check. See <see cref="T:System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats"></see> for predefined formats.</param>
/// <returns>
/// true if data stored in this instance is associated with, or can be converted to, the specified format; otherwise, false.
/// </returns>
public bool GetDataPresent(Type format)
{
return this.underlyingDataObject.GetDataPresent(format);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether data stored in this instance is associated with, or can be converted to, the specified format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format">The format for which to check. See <see cref="T:System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats"></see> for predefined formats.</param>
/// <returns>
/// true if data stored in this instance is associated with, or can be converted to, the specified format; otherwise false.
/// </returns>
public bool GetDataPresent(string format)
{
return this.underlyingDataObject.GetDataPresent(format);
}
/// <summary>
/// Determines whether data stored in this instance is associated with the specified format, using a Boolean value to determine whether to convert the data to the format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format">The format for which to check. See <see cref="T:System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats"></see> for predefined formats.</param>
/// <param name="autoConvert">true to determine whether data stored in this instance can be converted to the specified format; false to check whether the data is in the specified format.</param>
/// <returns>
/// true if the data is in, or can be converted to, the specified format; otherwise, false.
/// </returns>
public bool GetDataPresent(string format, bool autoConvert)
{
return this.underlyingDataObject.GetDataPresent(format, autoConvert);
}
/// <summary>
/// Returns a list of all formats that data stored in this instance is associated with or can be converted to.
/// </summary>
/// <returns>
/// An array of the names that represents a list of all formats that are supported by the data stored in this object.
/// </returns>
public string[] GetFormats()
{
return this.underlyingDataObject.GetFormats();
}
public string[] GetFormats(bool autoConvert)
{
return this.underlyingDataObject.GetFormats(autoConvert);
}
/// <summary>
/// Stores the specified data in this instance, using the class of the data for the format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="data">The data to store.</param>
public void SetData(object data)
{
this.underlyingDataObject.SetData(data);
}
/// <summary>
/// Stores the specified data and its associated class type in this instance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format">A <see cref="T:System.Type"></see> representing the format associated with the data. See <see cref="T:System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats"></see> for predefined formats.</param>
/// <param name="data">The data to store.</param>
public void SetData(Type format, object data)
{
this.underlyingDataObject.SetData(format, data);
}
/// <summary>
/// Stores the specified data and its associated format in this instance.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format">The format associated with the data. See <see cref="T:System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats"></see> for predefined formats.</param>
/// <param name="data">The data to store.</param>
public void SetData(string format, object data)
{
this.underlyingDataObject.SetData(format, data);
}
/// <summary>
/// Stores the specified data and its associated format in this instance, using a Boolean value to specify whether the data can be converted to another format.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="format">The format associated with the data. See <see cref="T:System.Windows.Forms.DataFormats"></see> for predefined formats.</param>
/// <param name="autoConvert">true to allow the data to be converted to another format; otherwise, false.</param>
/// <param name="data">The data to store.</param>
public void SetData(string format, bool autoConvert, object data)
{
this.underlyingDataObject.SetData(format, autoConvert, data);
}
#endregion
}
