NameSpace.GetSharedDefaultFolder Method

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Returns a Folder object that represents the specified default folder for the specified user.

Syntax

expression.GetSharedDefaultFolder(Recipient, FolderType)

expression   A variable that represents a NameSpace object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
Recipient Required Recipient The owner of the folder. Note that the Recipient object must be resolved.
FolderType Required OlDefaultFolders The type of folder.

Return Value
A Folder object that represents the specified default folder for the specified user.

Remarks

This method is used in a delegation scenario, where one user has delegated access to another user for one or more of their default folders (for example, their shared Calendar folder).

FolderType

can be one of the following OlDefaultFolders constants: olFolderCalendar, olFolderContacts, olFolderDrafts, olFolderInbox, olFolderJournal, olFolderNotes, or olFolderTasks. (The constants olFolderDeletedItems, olFolderOutbox, olFolderJunk, olFolderConflicts, olFolderLocalFailures, olFolderServerFailures, olFolderSyncIssues, olPublicFoldersAllPublicFolders, olFolderRssSubscriptions, olFolderToDo, olFolderManagedEmail, and olFolderSentMail cannot be specified for this argument.)

Example

This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses the GetSharedDefaultFolder method to resolve the Recipient object representing Dan Wilson, and then returns Dan's shared default Calendar folder.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub ResolveName()
    Dim myNamespace As Outlook.NameSpace
    Dim myRecipient As Outlook.Recipient
    Dim CalendarFolder As Outlook.Folder
	
    Set myNamespace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set myRecipient = myNamespace.CreateRecipient("Dan Wilson")
    myRecipient.Resolve
    If myRecipient.Resolved Then
        Call ShowCalendar(myNamespace, myRecipient)
    End If
End Sub

Sub ShowCalendar(myNamespace, myRecipient)
Dim CalendarFolder As Outlook.Folder


Set CalendarFolder = _
    myNamespace.<strong class="bterm">GetSharedDefaultFolder</strong> _
    (myRecipient, olFolderCalendar)
CalendarFolder.Display



End Sub

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