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AppointmentItem.Categories property (Outlook)

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Returns or sets a String representing the categories assigned to the Outlook item. Read/write.

Syntax

expression. Categories

expression A variable that represents an AppointmentItem object.

Remarks

Categories is a delimited string of category names that have been assigned to an Outlook item. This property uses the character specified in the value name, sList, under HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Control Panel\International in the Windows registry, as the delimiter for multiple categories. To convert the string of category names to an array of category names, use the Microsoft Visual Basic function Split.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates a new appointment, displays the appointment on the screen, and opens the Show Categories dialog box. Finally, it displays the categories that the user assigned using AppointmentItem.ShowCategoriesDialog. Replace 'Dan Wilson' with a valid recipient name before running the example.

Sub Appointment() 
 
 'Creates an appointment to access ShowCategoriesDialog 
 
 Dim olApptItem As Outlook.AppointmentItem 
 
 
 
 'Creates appointment item 
 
 Set olApptItem = Application.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem) 
 
 olApptItem.Body = "Please meet with me regarding these sales figures." 
 
 olApptItem.Recipients.Add ("Dan Wilson") 
 
 olApptItem.Subject = "Sales Reports" 
 
 'Display the appointment 
 
 olApptItem.Display 
 
 'Display the Show Categories dialog box 
 
 olApptItem.ShowCategoriesDialog 
 
 MsgBox olApptItem.Categories 
 
End Sub

See also

AppointmentItem Object

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