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PostItem.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 a PostItem object.

Example

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

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub PostItem()
    'Creates a post item to access ShowCategoriesDialog
    Dim olmyPostItem As Outlook.PostItem
    'Create post item
    Set olmyPostItem = Application.CreateItem(olPostItem)

olmyPostItem.Body = "Please comment on these sales figures."
olmyPostItem.Subject = "Sales Reports"
'Display the item
olmyPostItem.Display
'Display the Show categories dialog
olmyPostItem.<strong>ShowCategoriesDialog</strong>



End Sub

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