Explorer.BeforeItemCopy Event

Occurs when an Outlook item is copied.

Syntax

expression.BeforeItemCopy(Cancel)

expression   A variable that represents an Explorer object.

Parameters

Remarks

This event can be cancelled after it has started.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic/Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example prompts the user before an item is copied. A message is displayed to the user verifying that the item should be copied. If the user clicks Yes, the item is copied to the Clipboard. The sample code must be placed in a class module such as ThisOutlookSession, and the Initialize_handler routine must be called before the event procedure can be called by Microsoft Outlook.

  Public WithEvents myOlExp As Outlook.Explorer
Sub Initalize_Handler()
Set myOlExp = Application.ActiveExplorer
End Sub
Private Sub myOlExp_BeforeItemCopy(Cancel As Boolean)
'Prompts the user before copying an item
Dim lngAns As Long 'user answer
'Display question to user
lngAns = MsgBox("Are you sure you want to copy the item?", vbYesNo)
If lngAns = vbYes Then
Cancel = False
Else
'Set Cancel argument based on answer
Cancel = True
End If
End Sub

See Also

• Explorer Object
• Explorer Object Members
• BeforeItemCut Event
• BeforeItemPaste Event