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MailItem.Subject Property

Outlook Developer Reference

Returns or sets a String indicating the subject for the Outlook item. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.Subject

expression   A variable that represents a MailItem object.

Remarks

This property corresponds to the MAPI property PR_SUBJECT. The Subject property is the default property for Outlook items.

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates a new e-mail message, uses the Add method to add "Dan Wilson" as a To recipient, sets the Subject property, and displays the message.

Visual Basic for Applications
  Sub CreateStatusReportToBoss()
    Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
    Dim myRecipient As Outlook.Recipient
    
    Set myItem = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)
    Set myRecipient = myItem.Recipients.Add("Dan Wilson")
    myItem.Subject = "Status Report"
    myItem.Display
End Sub

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