Inspector Members (Outlook)

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05/04/2016

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Represents the window in which an Outlook item is displayed.

Events

Name	Description
Activate	Occurs when an inspector becomes the active window, either as a result of user action or through program code.
AttachmentSelectionChange	Occurs when the user selects a different or additional attachment of an item in the active inspector programmatically or by interacting with the user interface.
BeforeMaximize	Occurs when an inspector is maximized by the user.
BeforeMinimize	Occurs when the active inspector is minimized by the user.
BeforeMove	Occurs when the Inspector is moved by the user.
BeforeSize	Occurs when the user sizes the current Inspector.
Close	Occurs when the inspector associated with a Microsoft Outlook item is being closed.
Deactivate	Occurs when an inspector stops being the active window, either as a result of user action or through program code.
PageChange	Occurs when the active form page changes, either programmatically or by user action, on an Inspector object.

Methods

Name	Description
Activate	Activates an inspector window by bringing it to the foreground and setting keyboard focus.
Close	Closes the Inspector and optionally saves changes to the displayed Outlook item.
Display	Displays a new Inspector object for the item.
HideFormPage	Hides a form page or a form region in the inspector.
IsWordMail	Determines whether the mail message associated with an inspector is displayed in an Outlook Inspector or in Microsoft Word.
NewFormRegion	Opens a new page in design mode in the inspector for a new form region.
OpenFormRegion	Opens a page in design mode in the inspector for the specified form region.
SaveFormRegion	Saves the specified page in design mode in the inspector to the specified file.
SetControlItemProperty	Binds a built-in property or custom property to a control in an inspector.
SetCurrentFormPage	Displays the specified form page or form region in the inspector.
SetSchedulingStartTime	Sets the start time for a meeting item in the free/busy grid on the Scheduling Assistant tab of the inspector.
ShowFormPage	Displays a button in the Show group of the Microsoft Office Fluent ribbon for the inspector, clicking which shows the page or form region specified by PageName.

Properties

Name	Description
Application	Returns an Application object that represents the parent Outlook application for the object. Read-only.
AttachmentSelection	Returns an AttachmentSelection object consisting of one or more attachments that are selected in the inspector. Read-only.
Caption	Returns a String representing the title. Read-only.
Class	Returns an OlObjectClass constant indicating the object's class. Read-only.
CurrentItem	Returns an Object representing the current item being displayed in the inspector. Read-only.
EditorType	Returns an OlEditorType constant indicating the type of editor. Read-only.
Height	Returns or sets a Long specifying the height (in pixels) of the inspector window. Read/write.
Left	Returns or sets a Long specifying the position (in pixels) of the left vertical edge of an inspector window from the edge of the screen. Read/write.
ModifiedFormPages	Returns the Pages collection that represents all the pages for the item in the inspector. Read-only.
Parent	Returns the parent Object of the specified object. Read-only.
Session	Returns the NameSpace object for the current session. Read-only.
Top	Returns or sets a Long indicating the position (in pixels) of the top horizontal edge of an inspector window from the edge of the screen. Read/write.
Width	Returns or sets a Long indicating the width (in pixels) of the specified object. Read/write.
WindowState	Returns or sets the property with a constant in the OlWindowState enumeration specifying the window state of an explorer or inspector window. Read/write.
WordEditor	Returns the Microsoft Word Document Object Model of the message being displayed. Read-only.