UserProperty.ValidationText Property (Outlook)

Returns or sets a String specifying the validation text for the specified user property. Read/write.

Syntax

expression .ValidationText

expression A variable that represents a UserProperty object.

Remarks

The validation text is the error message that a user receives when the Value does not meet the criteria specified in ValidationFormula.

Example

The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example demonstrates the use of ValidationText and ValidationFormula properties.

Sub TestValidation() 
 
 Dim tki As Outlook.TaskItem 
 
 Dim uprs As Outlook.UserProperties 
 
 Dim upr As Outlook.UserProperty 
 
 
 
 Set tki = Application.CreateItem(olTaskItem) 
 
 tki.Subject = "Work hours" 
 
 ' TotalWork is stored in units of minutes 
 
 tki.TotalWork = 3000 
 
 Set uprs = tki.UserProperties 
 
 Set upr = uprs.Add("TotalWork", olFormula) 
 
 upr.Formula = "[Total Work]" 
 
 upr.ValidationFormula = ">= 2400" 
 
 upr.ValidationText = """The Work Hours (TotalWork) should be equal or greater than 5 days """ 
 
 tki.Save 
 
 tki.Display 
 
 MsgBox "The Work Hours are: " & upr.Value / 60 
 
End Sub

See Also

Concepts

UserProperty Object Members

UserProperty Object