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UserDefinedProperty.Type property (Outlook)

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Returns an OlUserPropertyType constant indicating the type of the UserDefinedProperty object. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.Type

expression A variable that represents a UserDefinedProperty object.

Example

The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example displays the name of a specified Folder object, as well as the name and type of every UserDefinedProperty object contained in the UserDefinedProperties collection of the specified Folder object, to the Immediate window.

Sub DisplayUserProperties(ByRef FolderToCheck As Folder) 
 
 Dim objProperty As UserDefinedProperty 
 
 
 
 ' Print the name of the specified Folder object 
 
 ' reference to the Immediate window. 
 
 Debug.Print "--- Folder: " & FolderToCheck.Name 
 
 
 
 ' Check if there are any user-defined properties 
 
 ' associated with the Folder object reference. 
 
 If FolderToCheck.UserDefinedProperties.Count = 0 Then 
 
 ' No user-defined properties are present. 
 
 Debug.Print " No user-defined properties." 
 
 Else 
 
 ' Iterate through every user-defined property in 
 
 ' the folder. 
 
 For Each objProperty In FolderToCheck.UserDefinedProperties 
 
 ' Retrieve the name of the user-defined property. 
 
 strPropertyInfo = objProperty.Name 
 
 ' Retrieve the type of the user-defined property. 
 
 Select Case objProperty.Type 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olCombination 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Combination)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olCurrency 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Currency)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olDateTime 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Date/Time)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olDuration 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Duration)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olEnumeration 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Enumeration)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olFormula 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Formula)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olInteger 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Integer)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olKeywords 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Keywords)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olNumber 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Number)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olOutlookInternal 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Outlook Internal)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olPercent 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Percent)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olSmartFrom 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Smart From)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olText 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Text)" 
 
 Case OlUserPropertyType.olYesNo 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Yes/No)" 
 
 Case Else 
 
 strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Unknown)" 
 
 End Select 
 
 
 
 ' Print the name and type of the user-defined property 
 
 ' to the Immediate window. 
 
 Debug.Print strPropertyInfo 
 
 Next 
 
 End If 
 
End Sub

See also

UserDefinedProperty Object

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