KB182613 - OL98: SaveSentMessageFolder Property Renames Folder

Article ID: 182613

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2004

Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

This article was previously published under Q182613

SYMPTOMS

When using the SaveSentMessageFolder property in the Microsoft Outlook 98 object model, the folder where sent items are to be stored is renamed instead of being set as the folder for sent items.

CAUSE

You did not use the Set command to set an object variable equal to a particular folder.

MORE INFORMATION

You must use a Set statement to have this property function as expected. If you do not use the Set statement, the property simply renames the default "sent items" folder. This is because without the Set statement, the data type on the left side of the assignment statement defaults to text and therefore the value on the right side of the assignment must also be text. The default text value for a folder object is the folder name.

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The following Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) code example illustrates the correct use of this property. It assumes that a CommandButton has been added to a message form and that you have a top- level MAPI folder named "Mailbox - John Smith," which has a subfolder named "FolderName."

   Sub CommandButton1_Click()

      ' Set the NameSpace object.
      Set olns = Item.Application.GetNameSpace("MAPI")

      ' MyFolder is a variant variable whose subtype is "object" since
      ' a Set statement is used.
      Set MyMailbox = olns.Folders("Mailbox - John Smith")
      Set Myfolder = MyMailbox.Folders("FolderName")

      ' Correctly sets the folder where the "sent item" will be stored.
      Set Item.SaveSentMessageFolder = MyFolder

      ' Sends the current mail item.
      Item.Send

   End Sub

REFERENCES

For more information about creating solutions with Microsoft Outlook 98, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

180826 OL98: Resources for Custom Forms and Programming

182349 OL98: Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

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