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How to: Determine the Parent Folder of Unsaved Items

Visual Studio 2008

Applies to
The information in this topic applies only to the specified Visual Studio Tools for Office projects and versions of Microsoft Office. Project type Application-level projects Microsoft Office version Outlook 2003 Outlook 2007 For more information, see Features Available by Application and Project Type.

Applies to

The information in this topic applies only to the specified Visual Studio Tools for Office projects and versions of Microsoft Office.

Project type

Application-level projects

Microsoft Office version

Outlook 2003
Outlook 2007

For more information, see Features Available by Application and Project Type.

This example determines the parent MAPIFolder of an unsaved contact item.

Example

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    Outlook.ContactItem contact =
        this.Application.CreateItem
        (Outlook.OlItemType.olContactItem)
         as Outlook.ContactItem;

    Outlook.MAPIFolder folder =
        contact.Parent as Outlook.MAPIFolder;

    MessageBox.Show(folder.Name);
}

Tasks

How to: Retrieve a Folder by Name

How to: Create an E-Mail Item

How to: Search for a Specific Contact

How to: Add an Entry to Outlook Contacts

Concepts

Outlook Object Model Overview

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