Create a Business Project linked to a Primary Account

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06/14/2014

Outlook Developer Reference

Create a Business Project linked to a Primary Account

You can create a Business Project object and link it to one or more Account objects, but the business project can have only one primary Account. If linked to an Account, the History section of the Account form displays details of the business project and the Link To field on the Business Project form displays the Account name.

The following C# and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) examples show how to create a new business project and link it with a new Account object.

  private void CreateBusinessProjectWithAccount()
        {
        Outlook.ApplicationClass _app = new Outlook.ApplicationClass();
        Outlook.Application olApp = (Outlook.Application)_app;
        Outlook.NameSpace olNameSpace = _app.GetNamespace("MAPI");
        Outlook.Folders folders = olNameSpace.Session.Folders;
        Outlook.Folder bcmRootFolder = (Outlook.Folder)folders["Business Contact Manager"];

        Outlook.Folder accounts = (Outlook.Folder)bcmRootFolder.Folders["Accounts"];
        
        Outlook.ContactItem newAccount =
        (Outlook.ContactItem)accounts.Items.Add("IPM.Contact.BCM.Account");

        newAccount.FullName = "Wide World Importers";
        newAccount.FileAs = "WWImporters";
        newAccount.Save();

        string accountEntryID = newAccount.EntryID;

        Outlook.Folder projects = (Outlook.Folder)bcmRootFolder.Folders["Business Projects"];
        Outlook.TaskItem newProject =
        (Outlook.TaskItem)projects.Items.Add("IPM.Task.BCM.Project");
        newProject.Subject = "Sales Project with Wide World Importers";

        if (newProject.UserProperties["Parent Entity EntryID"] == null)
        {
            Outlook.UserProperty userProp = newProject.UserProperties.Add("Parent Entity EntryID", Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlUserPropertyType.olText, false, false);
            userProp.Value = accountEntryID;
        }

        newProject.Save();

    }

  Sub CreateBusinessProjectWithAccount()
Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim olFolders As Outlook.Folders
Dim bcmRootFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim bcmAccountsFldr As Outlook.Folder
Dim existAcct As Outlook.ContactItem
Dim newProject As Outlook.TaskItem
Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set objNS = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set olFolders = objNS.Session.Folders
Set bcmRootFolder = olFolders("Business Contact Manager")
Set bcmAccountsFldr = bcmRootFolder.Folders("Accounts")
Set bcmProjFolder = bcmRootFolder.Folders("Business Projects")
Set newAcct = bcmAccountsFldr.Items.Add("IPM.Contact.BCM.Account")
newAcct.FullName = "Wide World Importers"
newAcct.FileAs = "Wide World Importers"
newAcct.Email1Address = "someone@example.com"
newAcct.Save
Set newProject = bcmProjFolder.Items.Add("IPM.Task.BCM.Project")
newProject.Subject = "Project For Wide World Importers to enter into Retail Field"
If (newProject.UserProperties("Parent Entity EntryID") Is Nothing) Then
Set userProp = newProject.UserProperties.Add("Parent Entity EntryID", olText, False, False)
userProp.Value = newAcct.EntryID
End If
newProject.Save
Set newProject = Nothing
Set existAcct = Nothing
Set bcmAccountsFldr = Nothing
Set bcmRootFolder = Nothing
Set olFolders = Nothing
Set objNS = Nothing
Set olApp = Nothing
End Sub

Create a Business Project linked to a Primary Account

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