OL98: How to Programmatically Change Displayed Calendar Date

ID: Q186471

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications version 5.0
Microsoft Outlook 98

SUMMARY

When it is activated, the Microsoft Outlook Calendar displays the current date. However, you can use the Inspector object of an appointment to access the View menu and to display the Calendar with a different date.

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The following sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications code automates Outlook from another program. It accesses the first appointment in the Calendar folder, and displays the date of the appointment in the Calendar.

NOTE: Make sure that "Outlook 98 Type Library" is selected in the References dialog box (on the Tools menu, click References) of the program that contains this code.

   Dim ol As Object
   Dim olns As Object
   Dim oCalendar As Object
   Dim oAppt As Object
   Dim oViewCmdBar As Object
   Dim oItem As Object
   Dim nItem As Integer

   Sub ChangeCalendarView()

      ' Create Outlook Application object and log on.
      Set ol = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
      Set olns = ol.GetNameSpace("MAPI")

      ' Retrieve the Calendar folder.
      Set oCalendar = olns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)

      ' You can retrieve your specific appointment differently.
      ' This is just to get the first item, so we can see the calendar
      ' displayed for that day.
      Set oAppt = oCalendar.Items(1)

      ' Retrieve the View menu.
      Set oViewCmdBar = oAppt.GetInspector.CommandBars.Item("View")

      ' Locate the Calendar control on the View menu.
      nMenuItem = 1
      Set oMenuItem = oViewCmdBar.Controls(nMenuItem)
      Do While Not oMenuItem.Caption = "Ca&lendar..."
         nMenuItem = nMenuItem + 1
         Set oMenuItem = oViewCmdBar.Controls(nMenuItem)
      Loop

      ' Display the appointment. This must be done in order for the
      ' calendar to be displayed on the next statement.
      oAppt.GetInspector.Display

      ' Execute the Calendar command on the View menu.
      ' This is the command that displays the calendar.
      oMenuItem.Execute

   End Sub

REFERENCES

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

   Article-ID: Q180826
   Title     : OL98: Resources for Custom Forms and Programming

   Article-ID: Q182349
   Title     : OL98: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions

Additional query words: OutSol OutSol98 vba vbscript kbmacro

Keywords          : kbprg kbdta OffVBS OffVBA AutoGnrl 
Version           : WINDOWS:5.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 17, 1999