Select a Business Project

To select an Business Project object, use the Collection.Find method to select an item from the MAPI Folder. The Find method accepts as input a String query and filters items based on the query. If there are more than one items matching the query, only the first match is returned.

The following C# and Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) examples show how to select an existing Business Project object.

C#

  private void SelectBusinessProject()
{ 

   Outlook.ApplicationClass _app = new Outlook.ApplicationClass();
   Outlook.Application olApp = (Outlook.Application)_app;
   Outlook.NameSpace olNameSpace = _app.GetNamespace("MAPI");
   Outlook.Folders folders = olNameSpace.Session.Folders;
   Outlook.Folder bcmRootFolder = (Outlook.Folder)folders["Business Contact Manager"];
   Outlook.Folder projectsFolder = (Outlook.Folder)bcmRootFolder.Folders["Business Projects"]; 

   string strQuery = "[Subject] = 'Sales Project with Wide World Importers'"; 

   Outlook.TaskItem projectItem = (Outlook.TaskItem)projectsFolder.Items.Find(strQuery);
   if (projectItem != null)
   { 
      Console.WriteLine("Project Found");    
   }

   else
   { 
      Console.WriteLine("Project Not Found"); 
   }

   Console.ReadLine(); 

}

VBA

  Sub SelectBusinessProject() 

   Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
   Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
   Dim bcmRootFolder As Outlook.Folder
   Dim olFolders As Outlook.Folders
   Dim bcmProjectsFolder As Outlook.Folder
   Dim existingProject As Outlook.TaskItem 

   Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
   Set objNS = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
   Set olFolders = objNS.Session.Folders
   Set bcmRootFolder = olFolders("Business Contact Manager")
   Set bcmProjectsFolder = bcmRootFolder.Folders("Business Projects")
   Set existingProject = bcmProjectsFolder.Items.Find("[Subject] = 'Project For Wide World Importers to enter into Retail Field'") 

   If Not TypeName(existingProject) = "Nothing" Then 

      MsgBox ("Project selected successfully") 

   Else 

      MsgBox ("No Project found with the name of Wide World Importers") 

   End If 

   Set existingProject = Nothing
   Set bcmProjectsFolder = Nothing
   Set bcmRootFolder = Nothing
   Set olFolders = Nothing
   Set objNS = Nothing
   Set olApp = Nothing 

End Sub 

See Also

Create a Business Project linked to a Primary Account | Create a Business Project linked to a Primary Business Contact | Edit a Business Project | Delete a Business Project | 2007 Office System: Updated Developer Content