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Category.Color property (Outlook)

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Returns or sets an OlCategoryColor constant that indicates the color used by the Category object. Read/write.

Syntax

expression.Color

expression A variable that represents a Category object.

Remarks

You can share the same color for multiple categories, by specifying the same constant that represents the category color in the OlCategoryColor enumeration for those Category objects.

Example

The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example displays a dialog box containing color assignments for each Category object contained in the Categories collection associated with the default NameSpace object.

Private Sub ListCategoryColors() 
 Dim objNameSpace As NameSpace 
 Dim objCategory As Category 
 Dim strOutput As String 
 
 ' Obtain a NameSpace object reference. 
 Set objNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI") 
 
 ' Check if the Categories collection for the Namespace 
 ' contains one or more Category objects. 
 If objNameSpace.Categories.Count > 0 Then 
 
 ' Enumerate the Categories collection, checking 
 ' the value of the Color property for 
 ' each Category object. 
 For Each objCategory In objNameSpace.Categories 
 
 ' Add the name of the Category object to 
 ' the output string. 
 strOutput = strOutput & objCategory.Name 
 
 ' Add information about the assigned color 
 ' to the output string. 
 Select Case objCategory.Color 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorNone 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": No color" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorBlack 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Black " & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorBlue 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Blue" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorGray 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Gray" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorGreen 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Green" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightBlue 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light blue" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightGray 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light gray" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightGreen 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light green" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightMaroon 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light maroon" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightOlive 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light olive" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightOrange 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light orange" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightPeach 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light peach" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightPurple 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light purple" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightRed 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light red" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightSteel 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light steel" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightTeal 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light teal" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorLightYellow 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Light yellow" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorMaroon 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Maroon" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorOlive 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Olive" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorOrange 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Orange" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorPeach 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Peach" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorPurple 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Purple" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorRed 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Red" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorSteel 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Steel" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorTeal 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Teal" & vbCrLf 
 Case OlCategoryColor.olCategoryColorYellow 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Yellow" & vbCrLf 
 Case Else 
 strOutput = strOutput & ": Unknown" & vbCrLf 
 End Select 
 Next 
 End If 
 
 ' Display the output string. 
 MsgBox strOutput 
 
 ' Clean up. 
 Set objCategory = Nothing 
 Set objNameSpace = Nothing 
 
End Sub

See also

Category Object

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