Selection.GetSelection Method

Returns a Selection object that contains the kind of objects specified by the SelectionContents parameter, and that are currently selected in the active explorer.

Namespace:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook
Assembly:  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook (in Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.dll)

Syntax

'Declaration
<DispIdAttribute()> _
Function GetSelection ( _
    SelectionContents As OlSelectionContents _
) As Selection
'Usage
Dim instance As Selection
Dim SelectionContents As OlSelectionContents
Dim returnValue As Selection

returnValue = instance.GetSelection(SelectionContents)

[DispIdAttribute()]
Selection GetSelection(
    OlSelectionContents SelectionContents
)

Parameters

• SelectionContents
  Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlSelectionContents

  Specifies the kind of objects in the selection to return.

Return Value

Type: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Selection
Returns a Selection object that contains the specified kind of objects that are selected in the active explorer.

Remarks

Calling GetSelection with olConversationHeaders as the argument returns a Selection object that has the Location property equal to olViewList.

If the current view is not a conversation view, or, if Location is not equal to OlSelectionLocation.olViewList, calling GetSelection with olConversationHeaders as the argument returns a Selection object with Count equal to 0.

See Also

Reference

Selection Interface

Selection Members

Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook Namespace

Other Resources

How to: Get and Enumerate Selected Conversations