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_NameSpace.OpenSharedItem(String) Method

Definition

Opens a shared item from a specified path or URL.

public:
 System::Object ^ OpenSharedItem(System::String ^ Path);
public object OpenSharedItem (string Path);
Public Function OpenSharedItem (Path As String) As Object

Parameters

Path
String

The path or URL of the shared item to be opened.

Returns

An Object representing the appropriate Outlook item for the shared item.

Remarks

This method is used to open iCalendar appointment (.ics) files, vCard (.vcf) files, and Outlook message (.msg) files. The type of object returned by this method depends on the type of shared item opened, as described in the following table.

Shared item typeOutlook item
iCalendar appointment (.ics) fileAppointmentItem
vCard (.vcf) fileContactItem
Outlook message (.msg) fileType corresponds to the type of the item that was saved as the .msg file

Note: This method does not support iCalendar calendar (.ics) files. To open iCalendar calendar files, you can use the OpenSharedFolder(String, Object, Object, Object) method of the NameSpace object.

Applies to