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Search.Tag property (Outlook)

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Returns a String specifying the name of the current search. The Tag property is used to identify a specific search. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.Tag

expression A variable that represents a Search object.

Remarks

The Tag property is set by using the AdvancedSearch method when the Search object is created.

Example

The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example searches through the user's Inbox for all items that don't have a flag. The name "FlagSearch", specified by the Tag property, is given to the search. The AdvanceSearchComplete event procedure sets the boolean blnSearchComp to True when the search is complete. This boolean variable is used by the TestAdvancedSearchComplete() procedure to determine when the search is complete. The sample code must be placed in a class module such as ThisOutlookSession, and the TestAdvancedSearchComplete() subroutine must be called before the event procedure can be called by Outlook. The AdvanceSearchComplete event procedure displays the tag to the user so the user can identify which search was completed because usually the search is asynchronous (use the IsSynchronous property to determine if the search will be synchronous or asynchronous), and you can execute multiple searches simultaneously.

Public blnSearchComp As Boolean 
 
 
 
Private Sub Application_AdvancedSearchComplete(ByVal SearchObject As Search) 
 
 MsgBox "The AdvancedSearchComplete Event fired for " & _ 
 
 SearchObject.Tag & " and the scope was " & SearchObject.Scope 
 
 blnSearchComp = True 
 
End Sub 
 
 
 
Sub TestAdvancedSearch111Complete() 
 
 'List all items in the Inbox that do NOT have a flag: 
 
 Dim objSch As Outlook.Search 
 
 Const strF As String = "urn:schemas:httpmail:messageflag IS NULL" 
 
 Const strS As String = "Inbox" 
 
 Dim rsts As Outlook.Results 
 
 Dim i As Integer 
 
 blnSearchComp = False 
 
 Const strF1 As String = "urn:schemas:mailheader:subject = 'Test'" 
 
 Const strS1 As String = "Inbox" 
 
 Set objSch = _ 
 
 Application.AdvancedSearch(Scope:=strS1, Filter:=strF1, _ 
 
 Tag:="FlagSearch") 
 
 While blnSearchComp = False 
 
 DoEvents 
 
 Wend 
 
 Set rsts = objSch.Results 
 
 For i = 1 To rsts.Count 
 
 MsgBox rsts.Item(i).SenderName 
 
 Next 
 
End Sub

See also

Search Object

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