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Actions.Add Method

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Outlook Developer Reference

Creates a new action in the Actions collection.

Syntax

expression.Add

expression   A variable that represents an Actions object.

Return Value
An Action object that represents the new action.

Example

This VBA example creates a new mail message and uses the Add method to add an Action to it. To run this example without any errors, replace 'Dan Wilson' with a valid recipient name.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub AddAction()
    Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
    Dim myAction As Outlook.Action
 
    Set myItem = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)
    Set myAction = myItem.Actions.Add
    myAction.Name = "Link Original"
    myAction.ShowOn = olMenuAndToolbar
    myAction.ReplyStyle = olLinkOriginalItem
    myItem.To = "Dan Wilson"
    myItem.Send
End Sub

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