How to: Programmatically Associate a Web Page with an Outlook Folder
This example checks for a folder named HtmlView in Microsoft Office Outlook. If the folder does not exist, the code creates the folder and assigns a Web page to it. If the folder exists, the code displays the folder contents.
Applies to: The information in this topic applies to application-level projects for Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010. For more information, see Features Available by Office Application and Project Type.
Example
Private Sub CreateHtmlView()
Dim newView As Outlook.MAPIFolder = Nothing
Dim viewName As String = "HtmlView"
Dim inBox As Outlook.MAPIFolder = Me.Application.ActiveExplorer(). _
Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders _
.olFolderInbox)
Dim searchFolders As Outlook.Folders = inBox.Folders()
Dim foundView As Boolean = False
For Each searchFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder In searchFolders
If searchFolder.Name = viewName Then
newView = inBox.Folders(viewName)
foundView = True
End If
Next
If foundView = False Then
newView = inBox.Folders.Add(viewName, _
Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox)
newView.WebViewURL = "https://www.microsoft.com"
newView.WebViewOn = True
End If
Application.ActiveExplorer.SelectFolder(newView)
Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Display()
End Sub
private void CreateHtmlFolder()
{
Outlook.MAPIFolder newView = null;
string viewName = "HtmlView";
Outlook.MAPIFolder inBox = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)
this.Application.ActiveExplorer().Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook
.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
Outlook.Folders searchFolders = (Outlook.Folders)inBox.Folders;
bool foundView = false;
foreach (Outlook.MAPIFolder searchFolder in searchFolders)
{
if (searchFolder.Name == viewName)
{
newView = inBox.Folders[viewName];
foundView = true;
}
}
if (!foundView)
{
newView = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)inBox.Folders.
Add("HtmlView", Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
newView.WebViewURL = "https://www.microsoft.com";
newView.WebViewOn = true;
}
Application.ActiveExplorer().SelectFolder(newView);
Application.ActiveExplorer().CurrentFolder.Display();
}
See Also
Tasks
How to: Programmatically Retrieve a Folder by Name
How to: Programmatically Create Custom Folder Items