_NameSpace.OpenSharedItem(String) Method
Definition
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Opens a shared item from a specified path or URL.
public:
System::Object ^ OpenSharedItem(System::String ^ Path);public object OpenSharedItem (string Path);Public Function OpenSharedItem (Path As String) As ObjectParameters
- Path
- String
The path or URL of the shared item to be opened.
Returns
An Object representing the appropriate Outlook item for the shared item.
Remarks
This method is used to open iCalendar appointment (.ics) files, vCard (.vcf) files, and Outlook message (.msg) files. The type of object returned by this method depends on the type of shared item opened, as described in the following table.
| Shared item type | Outlook item | |
| iCalendar appointment (.ics) file | AppointmentItem | |
| vCard (.vcf) file | ContactItem | |
| Outlook message (.msg) file | Type corresponds to the type of the item that was saved as the .msg file |
Note: This method does not support iCalendar calendar (.ics) files. To open iCalendar calendar files, you can use the OpenSharedFolder(String, Object, Object, Object) method of the NameSpace object.