Select a Project Task

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Select a Project Task

To select a Project Task object, use the Collection.Find method to select an item from the MAPI Folder. The Find method accepts as input a String query and filters items based on the query. If there are more than one item matching the query, only the first match is returned.

The following C# and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) examples show how to select a Project Task object.

  private void SelectProjectTask()
        {
        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 projects = (Outlook.Folder)bcmRootFolder.Folders["Business Projects"];

        Outlook.Folder projectTasksFolder = (Outlook.Folder)projects.Folders["Project Tasks"];

        string strQuery = "[Subject] = 'Task 1 for Sales Project with Wide World Importers'";

        Outlook.TaskItem projectTaskItem = (Outlook.TaskItem)projectTasksFolder.Items.Find(strQuery);
        if (projectTaskItem != null)
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Project Task found");
            Console.ReadLine();
        }

        else
        {
            Console.WriteLine("Project Task not found");
        }

    }
  Sub SelectProjectTask()

Dim olApp As Outlook.Application Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace Dim olFolders As Outlook.Folders Dim bcmRootFolder As Outlook.Folder Dim bcmProjFolder As Outlook.Folder Dim bcmProjectTasksFolder As Outlook.Folder Dim existProjectTask As Outlook.TaskItem Dim userProp As Outlook.UserProperty

Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Set objNS = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI") Set olFolders = objNS.Session.Folders Set bcmRootFolder = olFolders("Business Contact Manager") Set bcmProjFolder = bcmRootFolder.Folders("Business Projects") Set bcmProjectTasksFolder = bcmProjFolder.Folders("Project Tasks")

Set existProjectTask = bcmProjectTasksFolder.Items.Find("[Subject] = 'Task 1 for Sales Project with Wide World Importers'") If Not TypeName(existProjectTask) = "Nothing" Then

  MsgBox ("Project Task found")

Else

  MsgBox ("Project Task not found")

End If

Set existProjectTask = Nothing Set bcmProjFolder = Nothing Set bcmProjectTasksFolder = Nothing Set bcmRootFolder = Nothing Set olFolders = Nothing Set objNS = Nothing Set olApp = Nothing

End Sub

See Also

Create a Project Task | Edit a Project Task | Delete a Project Task | Office Developer Center: Outlook 2007