Exchange Provider::DeleteFolder

  • Article

The DeleteFolder method deletes a folder under a MAPI top-level hierarchy (TLH).

Arguments

Input argument Required Description

MdbDN

Yes

The Lightweight directory access protocol (LDAP) path of the Exchange Public Folder store that is part of the MAPI tree.

Folderpath

Yes

The absolute folder path. If the folder is a top-level folder, this parameter should be specified as "/".

Name

Yes

The name of folder.

Remarks

Rollback Calls

The DeleteFolder method provides no transaction rollback calls.

Sample Code

Example XML Requests

The following are examples of XML requests for the DeleteFolder method of the Exchange Provider. Included are examples for deleting a subfolder and a top-level folder.

  • XML Request for Deleting a Top-Level Folder

    <request> 
    <data/> 
        <procedure> 
            <execute namespace='Exchange Provider' 
             procedure='DeleteFolder'> 
                <executeData> 
                <MdbDN> LDAP://CN=Public Folder Store(Exchserv1), 
                 CN=First Storage Group,CN=InformationStore,CN=fabrikam, 
                 CN=Servers,CN=First Administrative Group, 
                 CN=Administrative Groups,CN=First Organization, 
                 CN= Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration, 
                 DC=fabrikam,DC=com</MdbDN> 
                <Folderpath>/</Folderpath> 
                <Name>litware</Name> 
                </executeData> 
            </execute> 
        </procedure> 
</request>

  • XML Request for Deleting a Sub Folder

    <request> 
    <data/> 
        <procedure> 
            <execute namespace='Exchange Provider'  
             procedure='DeleteFolder'> 
                <executeData> 
                <MdbDN> LDAP://CN=Public Folder Store(Exchserv1), 
                 CN=First Storage Group,CN=InformationStore,CN=fabrikam, 
                 CN=Servers,CN=First Administrative Group, 
                 CN=Administrative Groups,CN=First Organization, 
                 CN= Exchange,CN=Services,CN=Configuration, 
                 DC=fabrikam,DC=com</MdbDN> 
                <Folderpath>litware</Folderpath> 
                <Name>f1</Name> 
                </executeData> 
            </execute> 
        </procedure> 
</request>

Example XML Response

No example XML response.

Applies To

Exchange Provider API for:

  • Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 3.5

  • Hosted Messaging and Collaboration version 3.0

See also

Tasks

Exchange Provider::CreateFolder
Exchange Provider::ModifyFolder