Set "Assigned To" for a Contact Item

[Koops]

I have a custom contact item form that I would like to set the
"Assigned To" field on. It's not part of the ContactItem object model
so I think I have to use the PropertyAccessor.

Here is my code:

Set oItem = oApp.CreateItemFromTemplate("C:\Contact.oft", oFolder)

schemaN = "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/x0e04001f"
Set oPA = oItem.PropertyAccessor
oPA.SetProperty schemaN, "Eric"

I receive the error:
The property "http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/x0e04001f"
cannot be parsed or has an invalid format

Does anyone know if I'm on the right track here or how to do this
another way?
Thanks for your help

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Where do you get Assigned To from, and where did you find that property tag?

Is this similar to assigning a task to someone? For that you have the Owner
and Delegator properties, not assigned to. Both of those properties are in
the "{00062003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" namespace, along with most task
named properties.

 

[Koops]

I was given a custom form which is a contact item, and it had
"Assigned To" on it, which behaves exactly how it does on a Task
Form. When I looked at the "All Fields" tab and look under "All Task
Fields" there is a property called "Assigned To".
I think it's part of the recipient object though. I don't think it's
the Owner property that will help. I'm not that familiar with the
Delegator one though.

I'm not sure how to use "{00062003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}" -
I'll have to do some research on it.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

That namespace I mentioned ("{00062003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}") is
what's used by Outlook for task properties that aren't standard on a task
item (named properties).

That 0x0E04001F property tag you originally specified would correcpond to
PR_DISPLAY_TO_W, the Unicode equivalent to the To property. That might work
as an assigned to property in some cases but it wouldn't be foolproof. The
properties I mentioned would be a better choice.

 

[Koops]

I'm not sure how to use the {00062003-0000-0000-C00-000000000046} is
it that I just change my Schema to it and away I go?
Thanks,

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

No, you would use it in conjunction with other text to form a complete DASL
property tag. On its own it wouldn't mean anything. For example, you can
access the DelegationState PT_LONG (32 bit long) property using this string
(not a URL):

"http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/id/{00062003-0000-0000-C000-000000000046}/812A0003"

Without knowing the property you want to access the namespace (that Guid
string) is useless. And if you want to access a property such as Owner,
Ownership, DelegationState or Delegator that are exposed in the object model
you just use the property name and don't need to fool around with MAPI or
DASL property tags.