PropertyAccessor Object

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Outlook Developer Reference

Provides the ability to create, get, set, and delete properties on objects.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Outlook 2007

Remarks

Use the PropertyAccessor object to get and set item-level properties that are not explicitly exposed in the Outlook object model, or properties for the following non-item objects: AddressEntry, AddressList, Attachment, ExchangeDistributionList, ExchangeUser, Folder, Recipient, and Store.

For more information on using the PropertyAccessor object, see Properties Overview.

Example

The following code sample demonstrates how to use the PropertyAccessor.GetProperty method to read a MAPI property that belongs to a MailItem but that is not exposed in the Outlook object model, PR_TRANSPORT_MESSAGE_HEADERS.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub DemoPropertyAccessorGetProperty()
    Dim PropName, Header As String
    Dim oMail As Object
    Dim oPA As Outlook.PropertyAccessor
    'Get first item in the inbox
    Set oMail = _
        Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Items(1)
    'PR_TRANSPORT_MESSAGE_HEADERS
    PropName = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x007D001E"
    'Obtain an instance of PropertyAccessor class
    Set oPA = oMail.PropertyAccessor
    'Call GetProperty
    Header = oPA.GetProperty(PropName)
    Debug.Print (Header)
End Sub

The next code sample demonstrates how the PropertyAccessor.SetProperties method sets the values of multiple properties. If a property does not exist, then SetProperties will create the property as long as the parent object supports the creation of those properties. If the object supports an explicit Save operation, then the properties are saved to the object when the explicit Save operation is called. If the object does not support an explicit Save operation, then the properties are saved to the object when SetProperties is called.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub DemoPropertyAccessorSetProperties()
    Dim PropNames(), myValues() As Variant
    Dim arrErrors As Variant
    Dim prop1, prop2, prop3, prop4 As String
    Dim i As Integer
    Dim oMail As Outlook.MailItem
    Dim oPA As Outlook.PropertyAccessor
    'Get first item in the inbox
    Set oMail = _
        Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Items(1)
    'Names for properties using the MAPI string namespace
    prop1 = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/string/" & _
        "{FFF40745-D92F-4C11-9E14-92701F001EB3}/mylongprop"
    prop2 = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/string/" & _
        "{FFF40745-D92F-4C11-9E14-92701F001EB3}/mystringprop"
    prop3 = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/string/" & _
        "{FFF40745-D92F-4C11-9E14-92701F001EB3}/mydateprop"
    prop4 = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/string/" & _
        "{FFF40745-D92F-4C11-9E14-92701F001EB3}/myboolprop"
    PropNames = Array(prop1, prop2, prop3, prop4)
    myValues = Array(1020, "111-222-Kudo", Now(), False)
    'Set values with SetProperties call
    'If the properties do not exist, then SetProperties
    'adds the properties to the object when saved.
    'The type of the property is the type of the element
    'passed in myValues array.
    Set oPA = oMail.PropertyAccessor
    arrErrors = oPA.SetProperties(PropNames, myValues)
    If Not (IsEmpty(arrErrors)) Then
        'Examine the arrErrors array to determine if any
        'elements contain errors
        For i = LBound(arrErrors) To UBound(arrErrors)
            'Examine the type of the element
            If IsError(arrErrors(i)) Then
                Debug.Print (CVErr(arrErrors(i)))
            End If
        Next
    End If
    'Save the item
    oMail.Save
End Sub

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