Delphi Code - Search Microsoft Outlook Read Emails within a Date Range
Here is a simple Delphi procedure that searches for Microsoft Outlook emails within a defined date range. As written, the code checks for read emails received within the specified date range (i.e., these emails have already been read and marked as such). This simple code can be modified further to perform sophisticated Outlook email searches. The code works well whether or not Outlook is already open. However, please note that the code will not work if Outlook is closed, and your installed Outlook requires any form of authentication upon launching the program. The most relevant parts of the code are highlighted. Comments are included to explain the code. If you copy and paste the code into your program, be sure to change the form and procedure names to match your setup. For additional Outlook automation solutions, see Microsoft Outlook Automation with Delphi.
procedure TForm1.SearchMicrosoftOutlookReadEmailsWithinADateRange(Sender: TObject); var Count: Integer; StartDate, EndDate: TDate; OutlookFindString: String; OutlookApplication, OutlookNameSpace, OutlookFolder, OutlookFolderEmailItems, OutlookMailItem: Variant; begin //be sure ComObj and Variants units are included in the "uses" clause
Count := 0;
StartDate := StrToDate('5/20/2022'); //start of date window EndDate := StrToDate('5/31/2022'); //end date for search window EndDate := EndDate + 1; //make the search inclusive for the specified window