Get retention settings

The following example shows you how to get retention policy settings.

C# example

using System;
using System.Net;
using System.Collections.Generic;
using Independentsoft.Exchange;

namespace Sample
{
    class Program
    {
        static void Main(string[] args)
        {
            NetworkCredential credential = new NetworkCredential("username", "password");
            Service service = new Service("https://myserver/ews/Exchange.asmx", credential);

            service.RequestServerVersion = RequestServerVersion.Exchange2010SP1;

            try
            {
                RetentionSettings settings = service.GetRetentionSettings(StandardFolder.Inbox);

                foreach (RetentionPolicyTag tag in settings.RetentionPolicyTags)
                {
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.Id);
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.DisplayName);
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.RetentionAction);
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.Period);
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.IsArchive);
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.IsVisible);
                    Console.WriteLine("---------------------------------------------");
                }

                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (ServiceRequestException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.XmlMessage);
                Console.Read();
            }
            catch (WebException ex)
            {
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message);
                Console.Read();
            }
        }
    }
}

VB example

Imports System
Imports System.IO
Imports System.Net
Imports Independentsoft.Exchange

Namespace Sample
    Class Module1
        Shared Sub Main(ByVal args As String())

            Dim credential As New NetworkCredential("username", "password")
            Dim service As New Service("https://myserver/ews/Exchange.asmx", credential)

            service.RequestServerVersion = RequestServerVersion.Exchange2010SP1

            Try

                Dim settings As RetentionSettings = service.GetRetentionSettings(StandardFolder.Inbox)

                For Each tag As RetentionPolicyTag In settings.RetentionPolicyTags

                    Console.WriteLine(tag.Id)
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.DisplayName)
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.RetentionAction.ToString())
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.Period)
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.IsArchive)
                    Console.WriteLine(tag.IsVisible)
                    Console.WriteLine("---------------------------------------------")

                Next

                Console.Read()

            Catch ex As ServiceRequestException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.XmlMessage)
                Console.Read()
            Catch ex As WebException
                Console.WriteLine("Error: " + ex.Message)
                Console.Read()
            End Try

        End Sub
    End Class
End Namespace

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