Item_CustomProperty fires before Item_Open?

[willwong]

Hi,

Is that supposed to happen? I was under the impression that to initialise
variables its good practice to do it under Item_Open since it is called once
the form is opened.

Whats happening is the CustomPropertyChange event fires off first and raises
an error since it refers to an object that has not yet been initialised hence
"Object required" error message.

Am I perhaps doing something wrong or is this normal and my only real
workaround is to handle the error?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

Yes, that can definitely happen. The simple solution is to use a module-level Boolean variable to track whether the Open event has fired yet.

 

[willwong]

Thanks for your prompt reply Sue!

Yes, that can definitely happen. The simple solution is to use a module-level Boolean variable to track whether the Open event has fired yet.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Microsoft Outlook 2007 Programming:
Jumpstart for Power Users and Administrators
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=54