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AppointmentItem.ShowCategoriesDialog Method

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Outlook Developer Reference

Displays the Show Categories dialog box, which allows you to select categories that correspond to the subject of the item.

Syntax

expression.ShowCategoriesDialog

expression   A variable that represents an AppointmentItem object.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic/Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates a new appointment item, displays the item on the screen, and opens up the Show Categories dialog box.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub Appointment()
'Creates an appointment item to access ShowCategoriesDialog
    Dim olApptItem As Outlook.AppointmentItem
    'Create appointment item
    Set olApptItem = Application.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)

olApptItem.Body = "Please meet with me regarding these sales figures."
olApptItem.Recipients.Add ("Jeff Smith")
olApptItem.Subject = "Sales Reports"
'Display the item
olApptItem.Display
'Display the Show categories dialog
olApptItem.<strong>ShowCategoriesDialog</strong>



End Sub

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