TaskItem.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 TaskItem object.

Example

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

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub TaskItem()
    'Creates a task item to access ShowCategoriesDialog
    Dim olmyTaskItem As Outlook.TaskItem
    'Create task item
    Set olmyTaskItem = Application.CreateItem(olTaskItem)

olmyTaskItem.Subject = "Sales Reports"
'Display the item
olmyTaskItem.Display
'Display the Show categories dialog
olmyTaskItem.<strong>ShowCategoriesDialog</strong>



End Sub

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