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Represents the entire Outlook application.

The Application type exposes the following members.

Properties

 

Name

Description

AnswerWizard

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _Application.)

Application

Returns an Application object that represents the parent Outlook application for the object. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

Assistance

Returns an IAssistance object used to invoke help. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

Assistant

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _Application.)

Class

Returns an OlObjectClass constant indicating the object's class. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

COMAddIns

Returns a COMAddIns collection that represents all the Component Object Model (COM) add-ins currently loaded in Microsoft Outlook. (Inherited from _Application.)

DefaultProfileName

Returns a String (string in C#) representing the name of the default profile name. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

Explorers

Returns an Explorers collection object that contains the Explorer objects representing all open explorers. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

FeatureInstall

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _Application.)

Inspectors

Returns an Inspectors collection object that contains the Inspector objects representing all open inspectors. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

IsTrusted

Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) to indicate if an add-in or external caller is considered trusted by Outlook. Read-only (Inherited from _Application.)

LanguageSettings

Returns a LanguageSettings object for the application that contains the language-specific attributes of Outlook. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

Name

Returns the display name for the object. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

Parent

Returns the parent Object of the specified object. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

ProductCode

Returns a String (string in C#) specifying the Microsoft Outlook globally unique identifier (GUID). Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

Reminders

Returns a Reminders collection that represents all current reminders. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

Session

Returns the NameSpace object for the current session. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

TimeZones

Returns a TimeZones collection that represents the set of time zones supported by Outlook. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

Version

Returns or sets a String (string in C#) indicating the number of the version. Read-only. (Inherited from _Application.)

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Methods

 

Name

Description

ActiveExplorer

Returns the topmost Explorer object on the desktop. (Inherited from _Application.)

ActiveInspector

Returns the topmost Inspector object on the desktop. (Inherited from _Application.)

ActiveWindow

Returns an object representing the topmost Microsoft Outlook window on the desktop, either an Explorer or an Inspector object. (Inherited from _Application.)

add_AdvancedSearchComplete

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_AdvancedSearchStopped

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_AttachmentContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_BeforeFolderSharingDialog

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_ContextMenuClose

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_FolderContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_ItemContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_ItemLoad

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_ItemSend

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_MAPILogonComplete

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_NewMail

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_NewMailEx

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_OptionsPagesAdd

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_Quit

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_Reminder

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_ShortcutContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_Startup

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_StoreContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

add_ViewContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

AdvancedSearch

Performs a search based on a specified DAV Searching and Locating (DASL) search string. (Inherited from _Application.)

CopyFile

Copies a file from a specified location into a Microsoft Outlook store. (Inherited from _Application.)

CreateItem

Creates and returns a new Microsoft Outlook item. (Inherited from _Application.)

CreateItemFromTemplate

Creates a new Microsoft Outlook item from an Outlook template (.oft) and returns the new item. (Inherited from _Application.)

CreateObject

Creates an Automation object of the specified class. (Inherited from _Application.)

GetNamespace

Returns a NameSpace object of the specified type. (Inherited from _Application.)

GetNewNickNames

This object, member, or enumeration is deprecated and is not intended to be used in your code. (Inherited from _Application.)

GetObjectReference

Creates a strong or weak object reference for a specified Outlook object. (Inherited from _Application.)

IsSearchSynchronous

Returns a Boolean (bool in C#) indicating if a search will be synchronous or asynchronous. (Inherited from _Application.)

Quit

Closes all currently open windows. (Inherited from _Application.)

remove_AdvancedSearchComplete

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_AdvancedSearchStopped

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_AttachmentContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_BeforeFolderSharingDialog

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_ContextMenuClose

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_FolderContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_ItemContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_ItemLoad

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_ItemSend

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_MAPILogonComplete

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_NewMail

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_NewMailEx

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_OptionsPagesAdd

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_Quit

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_Reminder

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_ShortcutContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_Startup

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_StoreContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

remove_ViewContextMenuDisplay

(Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

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Events

 

Name

Description

AdvancedSearchComplete

Occurs when the AdvancedSearch method has completed. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

AdvancedSearchStopped

Occurs when a specified Search object's Stop method has been executed. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

AttachmentContextMenuDisplay

Occurs before a context menu is displayed for a collection of attachments. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

BeforeFolderSharingDialog

Occurs before the Sharing dialog box is displayed for a selected Folder object. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

ContextMenuClose

Occurs after a context menu is closed. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

FolderContextMenuDisplay

Occurs before a context menu is displayed for a folder. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

ItemContextMenuDisplay

Occurs before a context menu is displayed for a collection of Outlook items. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

ItemLoad

Occurs when an Outlook item is loaded into memory. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

ItemSend

Occurs whenever an Outlook item is sent, either by the user through an Inspector (before the inspector is closed, but after the user clicks the Send button) or when the Send method for an Outlook item, such as MailItem, is used in a program. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

MAPILogonComplete

Occurs after the user has logged onto the system. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

NewMail

Occurs when one or more new e-mail messages are received in the Inbox. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

NewMailEx

Occurs when a new item is received in the Inbox. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

OptionsPagesAdd

Occurs whenever the Options dialog box (on the Tools menu) or a folder Properties dialog box is opened. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

Quit

Occurs when Outlook begins to close. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

Reminder

Occurs immediately before a reminder is displayed. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

ShortcutContextMenuDisplay

Occurs before a context menu is displayed for a shortcut. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

Startup

Occurs when Microsoft Outlook is starting, but after all add-in programs have been loaded. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

StoreContextMenuDisplay

Occurs before a context menu is displayed for a store. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

ViewContextMenuDisplay

Occurs before a context menu is displayed for a view. (Inherited from ApplicationEvents_11_Event.)

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See Also

Reference

Application Interface

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook Namespace