CustomAction Event

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Occurs when a custom action of a Microsoft Outlook item executes. The Action object and the newly created item resulting from the custom action are passed to the event.

Subobject**_CustomAction(ByVal Action As Object, ByVal Response As Object, Cancel As Boolean)**

*object   * An expression that evaluates to one of the objects in the Applies To list. In VBScript, use the word Item.

*Action      * Required. The Action object.

*Response   * Required. The newly created item resulting from the custom action.

Cancel Optional (not used in VBScript). False when the event occurs. If the event procedure sets this argument to True, the custom action is not completed.

Remarks

In Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), if you set the return value of this function to False, the custom action operation is not completed.

Example

This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses the CustomAction event to set the Subject property on the response item. Execute the AddAction procedure before executing the Initialize_Handler to create an item with a custom event called 'Link Original'.

Public WithEvents myItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim myOlApp As New Outlook.Application
    
Sub AddAction()
 Dim myAction As Outlook.Action
 Set myItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
 Set myAction = myItem.Actions.Add
 myAction.Name = "Link Original"
 myAction.ShowOn = olMenuAndToolbar
 myAction.ReplyStyle = olLinkOriginalItem
 myItem.To = "Dan Wilson"
 myItem.Subject = "Before"
 myItem.Send
End Sub

Sub Initialize_Handler()
 Set myItem = myOlApp.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
End Sub

Private Sub myItem_CustomAction(ByVal Action As Object, ByVal Response As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
 Select Case Action.Name
        Case "Link Original"
            Response.Subject = "Changed by VB Script"
        Case Else
  End Select
End Sub

Applies to | AppointmentItem Object | ContactItem Object | DistListItem Object | DocumentItem Object | JournalItem Object | MailItem Object | MeetingItem Object | PostItem Object | RemoteItem Object | ReportItem Object | TaskItem Object | TaskRequestAcceptItem Object | TaskRequestDeclineItem Object | TaskRequestItem Object | TaskRequestUpdateItem Object

See Also | Close Method | CustomPropertyChange Event | Forward Event | Open Event | PropertyChange Event | Read Event | Reply Event | ReplyAll Event | Send Method | Using events with Automation | Write Event