_UserDefinedProperties.Add(String, OlUserPropertyType, Object, Object) Method

Reference

Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.dll

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Creates a new UserDefinedProperty object and appends it to the collection.

public Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.UserDefinedProperty Add (string Name, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlUserPropertyType Type, object DisplayFormat, object Formula);

Public Function Add (Name As String, Type As OlUserPropertyType, Optional DisplayFormat As Object, Optional Formula As Object) As UserDefinedProperty

Parameters

Name: String

The name of the new user-defined property.

Type: OlUserPropertyType

The type of the new user-defined property.

DisplayFormat: Object

The display format of the new user-defined property. This parameter can be set to a value from one of several different enumerations, determined by the property type specified in the Type parameter. For more information on how Type and DisplayFormat interact, see DisplayFormat.

Formula: Object

The formula used to calculate values for the new user-defined property. This parameter is ignored if the Type parameter is set to any value other than olCombination or olFormula.

Returns

UserDefinedProperty

A UserDefinedProperty object that represents the new user-defined property.

Remarks

You can create a property of a type that is defined by the OlUserPropertyType enumeration, except for the following types: olEnumeration, olOutlookInternal, and olSmartFrom.

Applies to