Get tasks

The following example shows you how to get tasks from the Tasks folder. Task date fields are FILETIME tick values (100-ns intervals since 1601-01-01).

C++ example

#include <iostream>
#include <memory>
#include <optional>
#include <vector>

#include "independentsoft/pst/pst_file.hpp"
#include "independentsoft/pst/folder.hpp"
#include "independentsoft/pst/item.hpp"

using namespace independentsoft::pst;

static std::string toUtf8(const text& s)
{
    std::string result;
    for (char16_t c : s)
    {
        if (c < 0x80)
        {
            result += static_cast<char>(c);
        }
        else if (c < 0x800)
        {
            result += static_cast<char>(0xC0 | (c >> 6));
            result += static_cast<char>(0x80 | (c & 0x3F));
        }
        else
        {
            result += static_cast<char>(0xE0 | (c >> 12));
            result += static_cast<char>(0x80 | ((c >> 6) & 0x3F));
            result += static_cast<char>(0x80 | (c & 0x3F));
        }
    }
    return result;
}

int main()
{
    PstFile file("c:\\testfolder\\Outlook.pst");

    Folder* startFolder = file.mailbox_root();

    std::optional<Folder> tasksFolder = startFolder->get_folder(text(u"Tasks"));

    if (tasksFolder)
    {
        std::vector<std::shared_ptr<Item>> items = tasksFolder->get_items();

        for (size_t m = 0; m < items.size(); m++)
        {
            if (items[m]->messageClass.rfind(text(u"IPM.Task"), 0) == 0)
            {
                std::cout << "Id: " << items[m]->id << std::endl;
                std::cout << "Subject: " << toUtf8(items[m]->subject) << std::endl;
                std::cout << "StartDate: " << items[m]->taskStartDate << std::endl;
                std::cout << "DueDate: " << items[m]->taskDueDate << std::endl;
                std::cout << "Owner: " << toUtf8(items[m]->owner) << std::endl;
                std::cout << "Body: " << toUtf8(items[m]->body) << std::endl;
                std::cout << "----------------------------------------------------------------" << std::endl;
            }
        }
    }

    file.close();
    return 0;
}

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