OutlookBarShortcut.Target Property

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Outlook Developer Reference

Returns a Variant indicating the target of the specified shortcut in a Shortcuts pane group. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.Target

expression   A variable that represents an OutlookBarShortcut object.

Remarks

The return type depends on the shortcut type. If the shortcut represents an Outlook folder, the return type is Folder. If the shortcut represents a file-system folder, the return type is an Object. If the shortcut represents a file-system path or URL, the return type is a String.

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic/Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example steps through the shortcuts in the first Shortcuts pane group. It counts the number of shortcuts that are Outlook folders and displays the count.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub DeleteShortcuts()
    Dim myOlBar As Outlook.OutlookBarPane
    Dim myolGroup As Outlook.OutlookBarGroup
    Dim myOlShortcuts As Outlook.OutlookBarShortcuts
    Dim myOlShortcut As Outlook.OutlookBarShortcut
    Dim myTop As Integer
    Dim x As Integer
    Dim count As Integer

Set myOlBar = Application.ActiveExplorer.Panes.Item("OutlookBar")
Set myolGroup = myOlBar.Contents.Groups.Item(1)
Set myOlShortcuts = myolGroup.Shortcuts
myTop = myOlShortcuts.Count
For x = myTop To 1 Step -1
    Set myOlShortcut = myOlShortcuts.Item(x)
    If TypeName(myOlShortcut.<strong class="bterm">Target</strong>) = "Folder" Then
        count = count + 1
    End If
Next x
MsgBox ("Number of shortcuts that are Outlook folders:" &amp; count)



End Sub

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