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Application.GetObjectReference Method

Office 2007

Creates a strong or weak object reference for a specified Outlook object.

Version Information
Version Added: Outlook 2007

Syntax

expression.GetObjectReference(Item, ReferenceType)

expression An expression that returns an Application object.

Parameters

Name	Required/Optional	Data Type	Description
Item	Required	Object	The object from which to obtain a strong or weak object reference.
ReferenceType	Required	OlReferenceType	The type of object reference.

Return Value
An Object object that represents a strong or weak object reference for the specified object.

Remarks

This method returns a weak or strong object reference for the object specified in Item.

Note
Outlook can fail to close successfully if an add-in retains strong object references. Always dereference a strong object reference once it is no longer needed by the add-in.

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