UserDefinedProperty.Type Property (Outlook)
Returns an OlUserPropertyType constant indicating the type of the UserDefinedProperty object. Read-only.
Version Information
Version Added: Outlook 2007
Syntax
expression .Type
expression A variable that represents a UserDefinedProperty object.
Example
The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example displays the name of a specified Folder object, as well as the name and type of every UserDefinedProperty object contained in the UserDefinedProperties collection of the specified Folder object, to the Immediate window.
Sub DisplayUserProperties(ByRef FolderToCheck As Folder)
Dim objProperty As UserDefinedProperty
' Print the name of the specified Folder object
' reference to the Immediate window.
Debug.Print "--- Folder: " & FolderToCheck.Name
' Check if there are any user-defined properties
' associated with the Folder object reference.
If FolderToCheck.UserDefinedProperties.Count = 0 Then
' No user-defined properties are present.
Debug.Print " No user-defined properties."
Else
' Iterate through every user-defined property in
' the folder.
For Each objProperty In FolderToCheck.UserDefinedProperties
' Retrieve the name of the user-defined property.
strPropertyInfo = objProperty.Name
' Retrieve the type of the user-defined property.
Select Case objProperty.Type
Case OlUserPropertyType.olCombination
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Combination)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olCurrency
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Currency)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olDateTime
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Date/Time)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olDuration
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Duration)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olEnumeration
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Enumeration)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olFormula
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Formula)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olInteger
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Integer)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olKeywords
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Keywords)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olNumber
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Number)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olOutlookInternal
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Outlook Internal)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olPercent
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Percent)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olSmartFrom
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Smart From)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olText
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Text)"
Case OlUserPropertyType.olYesNo
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Yes/No)"
Case Else
strPropertyInfo = strPropertyInfo & " (Unknown)"
End Select
' Print the name and type of the user-defined property
' to the Immediate window.
Debug.Print strPropertyInfo
Next
End If
End Sub