SharingItem Object

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Outlook Developer Reference

Represents a sharing message in an Inbox folder.

Version Information
 Version Added:  Outlook 2007

Remarks

Use the CreateSharingItem method of the NameSpace object to create a SharingItem object that represents a new sharing request or sharing invitation.

Use Items (

index

), where

index

is the index number of a sharing message or a value used to match the default property of a message, to return a single SharingItem object from an Inbox folder.

Example

The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates and displays a new sharing invitation for the Tasks folder.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Public Sub CreateTasksSharingItem()
    
    Dim oNamespace As NameSpace
    Dim oFolder As Folder
    Dim oSharingItem As SharingItem
    
    On Error GoTo ErrRoutine
    
    Set oNamespace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set oFolder = oNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderTasks)
    Set oSharingItem = oNamespace.CreateSharingItem(oFolder)

oSharingItem.Display



EndRoutine:
On Error GoTo 0
Set oSharingItem = Nothing
Set oFolder = Nothing
Set oNamespace = Nothing
Exit Sub


ErrRoutine:
MsgBox Err.Description, _
vbOKOnly, _
Err.Number & " - " & Err.Source
GoTo EndRoutine
End Sub

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