I ran the following script to hide folders in outlook and I mistakenly hide my calendar
Option Explicit
Public Sub HideFolders()
Dim oFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim oPA As Outlook.PropertyAccessor
Dim PropName, Value, FolderType As String
PropName = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x10F4000B"
Value = True
Set oFolder = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
Set oPA = oFolder.PropertyAccessor
oPA.SetProperty PropName, Value
Set oFolder = Nothing
Set oPA = Nothing
End Sub
I then tried the following script to recover my outlook calendar but it did not work
Option Explicit
Public Sub FindFolders()
Dim oFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim oPA As Outlook.PropertyAccessor
Dim PropName, Value, FolderType As String
PropName = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x10F4000B"
Value = False
Set oFolder = Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
Set oPA = oFolder.PropertyAccessor
oPA.SetProperty PropName, Value
Set oFolder = Nothing
Set oPA = Nothing
End Sub
any assistance will be greatly appreciated
You can fix a problem like that without a script using OutlookSpy (I am its author) - click IMsgStore button, click "Open Folder", select the folder to open, double click the PR_ATTR_HIDDEN property to edit.
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I created a custom user property field. I am able to add this field in all folders, except a Search folder.
Sub AddStatusProperties()
Dim objNamespace As NameSpace
Dim objFolder As Folder
Dim objProperty As UserDefinedProperty
Dim oNameSpace As Object 'Outlook.Namespace
Dim oStores As Object 'Outlook.Stores
Dim oStore As Object 'Outlook.Store
Dim oFolder As Object 'Outlook.folder
Set objNamespace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
For Each objFolder In objNamespace.Folders
With objFolder.UserDefinedProperties
Set objProperty = .Add("MyNotes1", olText, True)
End With
Next
End Sub
This is the error message:
"Run-time error 440: you don't have appropriate permission to perform this operation"
when I added below line.
Set oFolder = Session.Stores.Item("xxxxx#xxx.com").GetSearchFolders("Inbox 2")
With oFolder.UserDefinedProperties
Set objProperty = .Add("MyNotes1", olText, True)
End With
Do you know what I am doing wrong or if there is a workaround?
This is to be expected - folder properties are stored in a hidden (associated) message in the folder. But search folders cannot contains any messages - they only point to the search results from other folders, a message cannot be created there.
I have created a pst store where the folder structure will be managed by my addin.
Is it possible to remove or hide the "Deleted Items" and "Search Folders" folders ?
No, Outlook always recreates these folders even if you delete them.
To hide, see example on vba
Option Explicit
Private Sub Hide_Folders()
Dim Outlook_Folder As Outlook.folder
Dim oPA As Outlook.PropertyAccessor
Dim Prop_Name, Value, Folder_Type As String
Prop_Name = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x10F4000B"
Value = True ' hide
Set Outlook_Folder = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
Debug.Print Outlook_Folder.Name
Set oPA = Outlook_Folder.PropertyAccessor
oPA.SetProperty Prop_Name, Value
Set Outlook_Folder = Nothing
Set oPA = Nothing
End Sub
I use the Application_ItemSend event to trigger actions on mails I send.
Under certain conditions the mail shall be moved to a new subfolder.
Since one can't move the mail before it is sent without jeopardizing the send, I copy the mail before sending and delete the original after.
Set myCopiedItem = objItem.Copy
myCopiedItem.Move olTempFolder
myCopiedItem.UnRead = False
myCopiedItem.SentOnBehalfOfName = olSession.CurrentUser
myCopiedItem.SendUsingAccount = olSession.Accounts(1)
'myCopiedItem.SenderName = olSession.CurrentUser
'myCopiedItem.SenderEmailAddress = olSession.CurrentUser.Address
objItem.DeleteAfterSubmit = True
I would like to have me as a sender on the copied mail.
I tried to set several different properties:
.SendOnBehalfOfName and .SendUsingAccount do not do what I am after.
.SenderName and .SenderEmailAddress showed to be "read only"
How can I avoid that the mail shows up in the folder without a sender?
Would this work for you:
Save the email in the Application_ItemSend event first:
Private Sub Application_ItemSend(ByVal Item As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
Item.Save
MoveEmail Item, "\\Mailbox - Darren Bartrup-Cook\Inbox\Some Folder\Some Sub Folder"
End Sub
In a separate module (excuse MoveEmail being a function - originally it returned the EmailID of the moved email):
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Procedure : MoveEmail
' Author : Darren Bartrup-Cook
' Date : 03/07/2015
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Public Function MoveEmail(oItem As Object, sTo As String) As String
Dim oNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim oDestinationFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Set oNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set oDestinationFolder = GetFolderPath(sTo)
oItem.Move oDestinationFolder
End Function
'----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
' Procedure : GetFolderPath
' Author : Diane Poremsky
' Original : http://www.slipstick.com/developer/working-vba-nondefault-outlook-folders/
'-----------------------------------------------------------------------------------
Function GetFolderPath(ByVal FolderPath As String) As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim oFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim FoldersArray As Variant
Dim i As Integer
On Error GoTo GetFolderPath_Error
If Left(FolderPath, 2) = "\\" Then
FolderPath = Right(FolderPath, Len(FolderPath) - 2)
End If
'Convert folderpath to array
FoldersArray = Split(FolderPath, "\")
Set oFolder = Application.Session.Folders.Item(FoldersArray(0))
If Not oFolder Is Nothing Then
For i = 1 To UBound(FoldersArray, 1)
Dim SubFolders As Outlook.Folders
Set SubFolders = oFolder.Folders
Set oFolder = SubFolders.Item(FoldersArray(i))
If oFolder Is Nothing Then
Set GetFolderPath = Nothing
End If
Next
End If
'Return the oFolder
Set GetFolderPath = oFolder
Exit Function
GetFolderPath_Error:
Set GetFolderPath = Nothing
Exit Function
End Function
Firstly, Move is a function, not a sub - it returns the newly created item. The original must be immediately discarded.
set myCopiedItem = myCopiedItem.Move(olTempFolder)
Secondly, sender related properties are set only after the message is sent and moved to the Sent Items folder. One solution is to wait until the Items.ItemAdd event fires on the Sent Items folder and make a copy then - the sender properties will be set by that time.
In theory, you can set a dozen or so PR_SENDER_* and PR_SENT_REPRESENTING_* MAPI properties, but if I remember my experiments correctly, MailItem.PropertyAccessor.SetProperty will not let you set sender related properties. If using Redemption is an option (I am its author), it allows to set the RDOMail.Sender and RDOMail.SentOnBehalfOf properties to an instance of an RDOAddressEntry object (such as that returned by RDOSession.CurrentUser).
Okay, I was reading a tutorial on how to access parent folders outside of the Inbox and noticed that it was using "Set". To my knowledge, this command is deprecated and seems so whenever I have tried to use it in my code.
http://blogs.technet.com/b/heyscriptingguy/archive/2006/08/03/how-can-i-get-access-to-a-mail-folder-that-isn-t-a-subfolder-of-my-outlook-inbox.aspx
' Set Outlook parameters
objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
iNameSpace = myOlApp.GetNamespace("MAPI") ' Set current NameSpace
Dim oExp As Outlook.Explorer
Dim oSel As Outlook.Selection
oExp = objOutlook.ActiveExplorer
oSel = oExp.Selection
Dim strFolderName As Object
Dim objInbox As Outlook.Folder
Dim objMailbox As Outlook.Folder
Dim objFolder As Outlook.Folder
Const olFolderInbox = 6
objInbox = iNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
strFolderName = objInbox.Folders.Parent()
objMailbox = iNameSpace.Folders(strFolderName)
objFolder = objMailbox.Folders("Europe")
When trying the code above, I get a type error: Additional information: Type mismatch, on this line:
objMailbox = iNameSpace.Folders(strFolderName)
When I change this to an "Object", I get the same error.
Any Idea what I am doing wrong?
To access the parent of the Inbox folder, try iNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Parent
To access a folder on the same level as the Inbox, try iNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Parent.Folders.Item("The Folder name")
The following code will not work.
strFolderName = objInbox.Folders.Parent()
The Folders collection does't provide the Parent method.
objMailbox = iNameSpace.Folders(strFolderName)
The Folders property doesn't accept an object arguments.
I am tring to programmatically (with VBA) to access calendars others share with me. They are listed in my Outlook under 'People's Calendars.' I have searched the Web for this and all the suggestions have done little more than confuse me. How can I get a listing of all the calendars shared to me, and then one calendar in specific, from among the 'People's Calendars'?
Check out the returned values from the following code. It searches for a person by name, same way as when you are typing a recipient into a new email, and then grabs that persons shared calendar and enumerates all shared appointments.
Dim _namespace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim _recipient As Outlook.Recipient
Dim calendarFolder As Outlook.Folder
Set _namespace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set _recipient = _namespace.CreateRecipient(name)
_recipient.Resolve
If _recipient.Resolved Then
Set calendarFolder = _namespace.GetSharedDefaultFolder(_recipient, olFolderCalendar)
'This would display the calendar on the screen:
'calendarFolder.Display
Dim oItems As Outlook.Items
Set oItems = calendarFolder.Items
'oItems is now a set of all appointments in that person's calendar
'Play on
End if
I think this gets closer. It came from Sue Mosher's outstanding Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming: Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators. I hope she doesn't mind.
Sub ShowOtherUserCalFolders()
Dim objOL As Outlook.Application
Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim objExpCal As Outlook.Explorer
Dim objNavMod As Outlook.CalendarModule
Dim objNavGroup As Outlook.NavigationGroup
Dim objNavFolder As Outlook.NavigationFolder
Dim objFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim colExpl As Outlook.Explorers
Dim objExpl As Outlook.Explorer
Set objOL = Application
Set objNS = objOL.Session
Set colExpl = objOL.Explorers
Set objExpCal = _
objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar).GetExplorer
Set objNavMod = objExpCal.NavigationPane.Modules. _
GetNavigationModule(olModuleCalendar)
Set objNavGroup = objNavMod.NavigationGroups. _
GetDefaultNavigationGroup(olPeopleFoldersGroup)
For Each objNavFolder In objNavGroup.NavigationFolders
Set objFolder = objNavFolder.Folder
Set objExpl = _
colExpl.Add(objFolder, olFolderDisplayNormal)
objExpl.Activate
objExpl.WindowState = olMaximized
objExpl.WindowState = olMinimized
Next
Set objOL = Nothing
Set objNS = Nothing
Set objNavMod = Nothing
Set objNavGroup = Nothing
Set objNavFolder = Nothing
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set colExpl = Nothing
Set objExpl = Nothing
End Sub
Just a suggestion to help people who may be trying to use the ShowOtherUserCalFolders() code posted here. This code will create multiple hidden instances of outlook which if run many times can eventual bog down your machine. Instead of creating a new Outlook.application you can call the current open one (outlook must be open for this to work).
To do this replace Dim objOL As Outlook.Application with Dim objOL as Object and Set objOL = Application with Set myOlApp = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")
Also make sure you close the objExpCal Explorer as this will also create a hidden instance of outlook, add objExpCal.Close to the end of your code.