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Asked: 2026-05-19T01:30:54+00:00

Considering Simon Mourier’s answer to this question: Processing Microsoft Office Outlook 2003/2007 email messages…

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Considering Simon Mourier’s answer to this question:
Processing Microsoft Office Outlook 2003/2007 email messages…

I plan to use the PST File Format SDK which is written in C++.

I would take this opportunity to learn more about C++ and to renew with it, since it’s been quite 15 years since the last time I used it. I have already downloaded and configured Boost 1.45 which is required to work with pstsdk.

Now, I’m currently writing a Windows Forms application using CLR C++ and plan to use the pstsdk to read from PST files.

Does it matter in any way that I’m using both CLR C++ and pure C++ altogether?

Shall I consider using it a different way, or is this okay?

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  1. Editorial Team

    If you want to use a .NET (Windows Forms, or maybe even the newer WPF) user interface, the simplest approach is to build an object model in C++/CLI, implemented in terms of the native code but having a .NET interface.

    Then write the UI in C# and call the C++/CLI object model (which differs from using the .NET base class library in only one way — you have to add a reference to the C++/CLI assembly… but the C++/CLI compiler will create all the metadata that C# uses).

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