Tutorials

Windows Live Mail SDK Tutorials
 

These tutorial videos can help to get started writing professional Windows Live Mail plugins.

Reading email accounts in Windows Live Mail and Outlook programmatically

A tutorial on reading email account settings of Outlook, Windows Live Mail, Outlook Express and Windows Mail using Microsoft C#.

Creating a basic Live Mail plugin with Windows Live Mail SDK

The tutorial shows the first steps of creating plugins for Windows Live Mail 2011 using Microsoft C#.

Interesting facts

  • OEAPI provides a unified application programming interface for customization and integration to popular email client software on Microsoft Windows.
  • It supports Windows Live Mail 2012 and Windows Live Mail 2011 on Windows 8, Windows 7 and Windows Live Mail XP on Windows XP and Vista, also Outlook Express and Windows Mail, including 64 bit versions.
  • An extension once designed for a single email client can automatically work with other supported email clients. For example, an application implemented for a Windows Live Mail will automatically work with Outlook Express and Windows Mail.
  • LiveKit.dll is a lightweight dynamic link library. The size is less than 500KB. It implements a set of COM interfaces.
  • LiveKitInside.dll is a lightweight .Net 2.0 and .Net 4.0 assembly. The size is less than 800KB. It provides a natural support for .Net languages such as C# and Visual Basic.Net.

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