Account Object

The Account object represents the relationship with a business or organization. If a service is being provided, such as dental or medical services, then an Account can also be a customer.

Version Information
Outlook 2007

Requirements

Business Contact Manager for Outlook

Remarks

Account records centralize information about business Accounts. You can add one or more Business Contact, Opportunity, Business Project, or communication history items—Appointment, Business Note, E-Mail Message, File, Phone Log, and Task—to an Account record. Adding communication history items gives you a better understanding of Account activity.

By using the Outlook object model, you can programmatically:

  • Create a new Account.
  • Select an existing Account.
  • Edit Account properties.
  • Delete an Account.

The Accounts folder contains Account records.

Example

The following C# and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) examples show how to create a new object instance of type IPM.Contact.BCM.Account.

  [C#]
Outlook.ContactItem newAccount = (Outlook.ContactItem)accounts.Items.Add("IPM.Contact.BCM.Account");

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User Properties (Business Contact Manager only)

Account Name, Account Number, Active, Area of Interest, Created By, Do Not Call, Do Not E-Mail, Do Not Fax, Do Not Send Letter, Employees, Modified By, Payment Status, Preferred Method of Contact, PrimaryContactEntryID, Rating, Referred Entry Id, Revenue, Source of Lead, Territory, Ticker Symbol, Type of Business

Parent Objects

ContactItem Object

For more information, download the Outlook 2007 Developer Reference by going to the 2007 Office System: Updated Developer Content Web site.

See Also

About Communication History Items | Create an Account | Select an Account | Edit an Account | Delete an Account