Folder.ShowItemCount Property

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Outlook Developer Reference

Sets or returns a constant in the OlShowItemCount enumeration that indicates whether to display the number of unread messages in the folder or the total number of items in the folder in the Navigation Pane. Read/write.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Outlook 2007

Syntax

expression.ShowItemCount

expression   A variable that represents a Folder object.

Remarks

The ShowItemCount property does not work with Public Folders.

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example displays the unread count for the Inbox in the Navigation Pane.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub ShowTotalItemCount()
    Dim nmsName As Outlook.NameSpace
    Dim fldFolder As Outlook.Folder

Set nmsName = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set fldFolder = nmsName.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
fldFolder.<strong>ShowItemCount</strong> = olShowUnreadItemCount



End Sub

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