OL97: SaveSentMessageFolder Property Renames Folder

ID: Q178343

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Outlook 97

SYMPTOMS

When using the SaveSentMessageFolder property in the Outlook 97 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

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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's name.

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 97, please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

   Article-ID: Q166368
   Title     : OL97: How to Get Help Programming with Outlook

   Article-ID: Q170783
   Title     : OL97: Q&A: Questions about Customizing or
               Programming Outlook

Additional query words: OutSol OutSol97

Keywords          : kbcode kbprg OffVBS OffVBA 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbprb

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999