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`IsUnread
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`Incoming Events
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`ShortcutAdded ———_>
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`Memory structures
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`Shortcut
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`ShortcutAction
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`Excluded
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`OldShortcut
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`[ AttachSummary ]
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`FIG. 10A
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`Process each ShortcutEntry as shownin FIG. 11A.
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`Input Parameters
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`= MessageSummary
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`Read ail Shortcuts for Message. Save each Shortcut as an OldShortcut
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`object in ShortcutArray with ShortcutAction of saDelete.
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`Execute Second Layer 2 Automatic Organization Rules
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`Execute Third Layer Correspondent and Bulk Mail Rules
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`For each element in FolderExcludeList, do "ValidateFolderListElement”.
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`If valid element, set Excluded flag in matching ShortcutEntry to True.
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`FIG. 10B
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`Input Parameters
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`= Messageld
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`+ AttachId
`+ Folderld
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`+ TriggerAction
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`+ TriggerDateTime
`+ IsUserShortcut
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`Search ShortcutArray for
`matching Shortcut or
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`OldShortcut (using
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`FolderId as search key)
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`Add ShortcutEntry to
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`ShortcutArray. Set
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`ShortcutAction to saAdd.
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`Build Shortcut object in ShortcutEntry,
`using info from Input Parameters.
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`No
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`Set ShortcutAction
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`ValidateFolderListElemen
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`FIG. 10C
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`Read Folder from Catalog
`database
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`to saKeep.
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`doesn't match value in
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`Folder, delete element from
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`FIG. 10D
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`= ShortcutEntry
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`Read Folder from Catalog
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`database
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` DeleteShortcut
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`With OldShortcut, do
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`“DecrementFolderCounts"
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`Ore 11B)
`saDelete
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`« Delete Shortcut from
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`IsUser
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`Catalog database
`Shortcut?"
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`¢« Generate ShortcutDeleted
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`Event
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`Do "UpdateFolder" (FIG.
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`Yes
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`Yes
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`sakeep
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`Yes
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`No
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`Do "BuildShortcut" (FIG. 11B)
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`Exit
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`"DecrementFolderCounts" (FIG. 11B)
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`Ad De
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`118)With Shortcut,
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`PeeanoeaidesCounts"
`Update Shortcut in Catalog database
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`If the SortKey has changed, generate a
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`ShortcutSortKeyChanged Event
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`Add Shortcut to Catalog
`Do "UpdateFolder" (FIG. 11B)
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`database
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`* Generate ShortcutAdded
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`Do "UpdateFolder” (FIG.
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`FIG. 11A
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`Finish building the Shortcut object in ShortcutEntry:
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`-~ Set SortKey and SortColumn (from Folder)
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`-- Set IsUnread and IsCorresp (from MessageSummary)
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`If Shortcut.IsUnread, increment UnreadCount
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`If Shortcut.IsCorresp, increment CorrespShortcutCount
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`If Shortcut. IsCorresp AND IsUnread, decrement UnreadCorrespCount
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`UpdateFolder
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`« Update Folder in Catalog database
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`¢ Generate FolderChanged Event
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`FIG. 11B
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`SHORTCUT STRUCTURE
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`FLAGS ENCODING
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`Byte
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`Offset Length Field
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`Attachid
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`FolderId
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`SortKey
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`SortColumn
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`TriggerAction
`TriggerDateTime
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`Flags
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`IsCorresp
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`Length Field
`SortDirection
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`IsUnread
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`IsUserShortcut
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`FIELD TYPE
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`SORT KEY FORMAT
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`Notes
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`UnicodeString
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`a
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`uUCcW1
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`uUCcW2
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`UCW3
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`Unicode Character Weights of
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`first 3 characters of string.
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`C2
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`C3
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`C5
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`Values offirst 6 characters of
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`string.
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`DateTime
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`YY
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`DD
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`hh
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`mm|
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`Enumeration OR
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`Boolean
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`(sdDescending)
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`Value
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`DD
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`hh
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`Integer32 OR
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`Integer16
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`the least significant and 31 the
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`mostsignificant.
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`Startup
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`Initialize ShortcutTimer
`to inactive state
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`Readfirst Shortcut
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`from Catalog database
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`using AlternateKey2
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`AddChange
`Shortcut
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`If TriggerDateTime is non-zero and is
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`less than ShortcutTimer, reset
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`ShortcutTimer to TriggerDateTime
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`Shortcut
`Timer
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`*
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`*
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`Read Shortcut from Catalog database
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`If TriggerAction is taDeleteShortcut then
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`generate an internal DeleteShortcut Request.
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`Start
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` Request Parameters
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`143AsdAscending 143B
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`= Folderld
`143
`No
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`+ SortKey
`+ SortDirection
`UseFoklereard
`Position atfirst
`Position at last
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`+ RequestCount
`position on Shortcut
`Shortcut in Folder
`Shortcut in Folder
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`+ CorrespOnly
`AlternateKey1
`using AlternateKey1
`using AlternateKey1
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`145A
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`Set ISEOF to
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`Read Next/Prev Shortcut in Folder
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`(depending on SortDirection)
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`End of
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`No
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`Is (ContentCount >=
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`RequestCount) AND
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`(Current SortKey NOT =
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`Previous SortKey)?
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`No
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`Read
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`Is (CorrespOnly = True)
`AND (IsCorresp = False) ?
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`te
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`Sort ContentArray in
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`memory, using values
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`from MessageSummary
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`and AttachSummary
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`149
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`BuildRep
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`Read related MessageSummary from Catalog
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`database
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`If AttachId is non-zero, read related
`¢
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`AttachSummary from Catalog database
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`Add MessageSummary and AttachSummary (or
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`NULL) to ContentArray
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`*
`Increment ContentCount
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`Set SortKey in Reply from the current Shortcut
`*
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`SortKey
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`No
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`14
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`I
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`«
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`Reply Parameters
`= ResultCode
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`+ SortKey
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`+ ISEOF
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`+ ContentCount
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`+ ContentArray
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`= Array of [ MessageSummary + (AttachSummary OR NULL) ]
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`FIG. 14
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`Read Folder from Catalog
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`Request Parameters
`= FolderlId
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`+ FolderSortColumn
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`+ FolderSortDirection
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`Pa
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`Pototoderusne
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`AlternateKey1
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`Read next Shortcut in Folder
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`155
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`(ToA)e-ves
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`End of
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`Folder?
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`The underlying data type
`for the FolderSortColumn
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`
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`Enumeration
`OR Boolean
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`No
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`Data Type?
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`Need to build SortKey if
`FolderSortColumn
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`NOT = SortColumn
`OR FolderSortDirection
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`NOT = SortDirection
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`156
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`157
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`Need to build
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`SortKeyif
`FolderSortColumn
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`NOT = SortColumn
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`* Update Folder in Catalog database
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`i
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`?
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`Build
`SortKey?
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`Yes
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`If FolderSortColumn is a column in the MessageSummary, read
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`the MessageSummary from the Catalog database
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`If FolderSortColumn is a column in the AttachSummary, read the
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`AttachSummary from the Catalog database
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`Build the SortKey
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`Update Shortcut in Catalog database
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`*
`*
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`Set FolderSortColumn
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`Set FolderSortDirection
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`FIG. 15
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`Containsall tables and fields of Base Layer, plus the following:
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`SearchCriteria
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` MessageSummary
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`Direction
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`SendState
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`IsDeleted
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`IsActive
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`IsKept
`IsTagged
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`MessageSummary
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