PR_FOLDER_TYPE 

The PR_FOLDER_TYPE property contains a constant that indicates the folder type.

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Remarks

The PR_FOLDER_TYPE property can have exactly one of the following values:

FOLDER_GENERIC

A generic folder that contains messages and other folders.

FOLDER_ROOT

The root folder of the folder hierarchy table, that is, a folder that has no parent folder.

FOLDER_SEARCH

A folder containing the results of a search, in the form of links to messages that meet search criteria.

The root of a message store should not be confused with the root of the interpersonal message (IPM) subtree in that store. The store s root folder, which has no parent, is obtained by calling the IMsgStore::OpenEntry6KWF09 method with a null entry identifier. The IPM subtree s root folder, which does have a parent, is obtained by using the value of the PR_IPM_SUBTREE_ENTRYIDF_UXR5 property for the OpenEntry call.

MAPI allows only one root folder per message store. This folder contains messages and other folders. The root folder s PR_PARENT_ENTRYIDC9B6GY property contains the folder s own entry identifier.

The information in a search-results folder is mainly stored in its contents table, which contains the same columns as a typical contents table, as well as two extra columns identifying the folder in which each message was found: PR_PARENT_DISPLAYAKSWS (display name, required) and PR_PARENT_ENTRYID (entry identifier, optional).

For more information on folder types, see FoldersY.O0IG.