Ho to determine the type of item?

[Alan]

Hi All,

In a given folder, we may have multiple item types (mailitem and
postitem being the most common).

In referencing a given item, it appears that I need to know the item
type to be able to access the specific properties for that item, and
to use the appropriate methods (e.g. item.send for a mailitem vs
item.post for a postitem).

If I have a collection of items from a folder (MapiFolder.Items) and I
refer to them one by one Items(1) or Items (5) for example, how can I
tell the item type?

Thanks in advance,

Alan.

 

[Michael Bauer]

Hi Alan,

in general you can check each objecttype with:
If TypeOf YourObjectVariable Is Outlook.MailItem Then ...

The OOM is more comfortable. For each Item a Class property is
available. E.g.: If YourObjectVariable.Class = olMail then ...

Please take a look in your Object Browser for all available values. You
can find them in the OlObjectClass enumeration.

 

[Alan]

Hi Alan,

in general you can check each objecttype with:
If TypeOf YourObjectVariable Is Outlook.MailItem Then ...

The OOM is more comfortable. For each Item a Class property is
available. E.g.: If YourObjectVariable.Class = olMail then ...

Please take a look in your Object Browser for all available values.
You can find them in the OlObjectClass enumeration.

Thank you Michael.

Embarrassingly obvious when you point it out.

Much appreciated,

Alan.