MailItem.InternetCodepage Property (Outlook)

Returns or sets a Long that determines the Internet code page used by the item. Read/write.

Syntax

expression .InternetCodepage

expression A variable that represents a MailItem object.

Remarks

The Internet code page defines the text encoding scheme used by the item.

The following table lists the values that are supported by the InternetCodePage property.

The following table lists the code pages Microsoft recommends that you use for the best compatiblity with older e-mail systems.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example displays the sender name of the current e-mail item if its Internet code page value is 1256. This value corresponds to the Internet code page value for Arabic text.

Sub FindArabicUser() 
 
 'Tells if the sender of the current item used the Arabic codepage 
 
 Dim objMail As Outlook.MailItem 
 
 Const cstArabic As Long = 1256 
 
 
 
 Set objMail = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem 
 
 If objMail.InternetCodePage = cstArabic Then 
 
 MsgBox objMail.SenderName & " uses an Arabic code page." 
 
 End If 
 
 Set objMail = Nothing 
 
End Sub

See Also

Concepts

MailItem Object Members

MailItem Object