Rules.Create Method

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Creates a Rule object with the name specified by

Name

and the type of rule specified by

RuleType

.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Outlook 2007

Syntax

expression.Create(Name, RuleType)

expression   A variable that represents a Rules object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Name Required String A string identifier for the rule, which will be represented by Rule.Name after rule creation. Names of rules in a collection are not unique.
RuleType Required OlRuleType A constant in the OlRuleType enumeration that determines whether the rule is applied on sending or receiving a message.

Return Value
A Rule object that represents the newly created rule.

Remarks

The

RuleType

parameter of the added rule determines valid rule actions, rule conditions, and rule exception conditions that can be associated with the Rule object.

When a rule is added to the collection, the Rule.ExecutionOrder of the new rule is 1. The ExecutionOrder of other rules in the collection is incremented by 1.

Example

The following code sample in Visual Basic for Applicatons (VBA) uses the Rules object model to create a rule. The code sample uses the RuleAction and RuleCondition objects to specify a rule that forwards messages from a specific sender to a specific folder, unless the message contains certain terms in the subject. Note that the code sample assumes that there already exists a folder "Dan" under the Inbox.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub CreateRule()
    Dim colRules As Outlook.Rules
    Dim oRule As Outlook.Rule
    Dim colRuleActions As Outlook.RuleActions
    Dim oMoveRuleAction As Outlook.MoveOrCopyRuleAction
    Dim oFromCondition As Outlook.ToOrFromRuleCondition
    Dim oExceptSubject As Outlook.TextRuleCondition
    Dim oInbox As Outlook.Folder
    Dim oMoveTarget As Outlook.Folder

'Specify target folder for rule move action
Set oInbox = Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
'Assume that target folder already exists
Set oMoveTarget = oInbox.Folders("Dan")

'Get Rules from Session.DefaultStore object
Set colRules = Application.Session.DefaultStore.GetRules()

'Create the rule by adding a Receive Rule to Rules collection
Set oRule = colRules.Create("Dan's rule", olRuleReceive)

'Specify the condition in a ToOrFromRuleCondition object
'Condition is if the message is sent by "DanWilson"
Set oFromCondition = oRule.Conditions.From
With oFromCondition
    .Enabled = True
    .Recipients.Add ("DanWilson")
    .Recipients.ResolveAll
End With

'Specify the action in a MoveOrCopyRuleAction object
'Action is to move the message to the target folder
Set oMoveRuleAction = oRule.Actions.MoveToFolder
With oMoveRuleAction
    .Enabled = True
    .Folder = oMoveTarget
End With

'Specify the exception condition for the subject in a TextRuleCondition object
'Exception condition is if the subject contains "fun" or "chat"
Set oExceptSubject = _
    oRule.Exceptions.Subject
With oExceptSubject
    .Enabled = True
    .Text = Array("fun", "chat")
End With

'Update the server and display progress dialog
colRules.Save



End Sub

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