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Create a recurring task

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This example creates a recurrent task.

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This code sample creates a TaskItem object and uses the GetRecurrencePattern method of the TaskItem to make the task a recurrent task.

If you use Visual Studio to test this code example, you must first add a reference to the Microsoft Outlook 15.0 Object Library component and specify the Outlook variable when you import the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook namespace. The Imports or using statement must not occur directly before the functions in the code example but must be added before the public Class declaration. The following lines of code show how to do the import and assignment in Visual Basic and C#.

Imports Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook

using Outlook = Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook;

Private Sub CreateRecurringTask()
    Dim task As Outlook.TaskItem = CType(Application.CreateItem( _
        Outlook.OlItemType.olTaskItem), Outlook.TaskItem)
    task.Subject = "Tax Preparation"
    task.StartDate = DateTime.Parse("4/1/2007 8:00 AM")
    task.DueDate = DateTime.Parse("4/15/2007 8:00 AM")
    Dim pattern As Outlook.RecurrencePattern = _
        task.GetRecurrencePattern()
    pattern.RecurrenceType = Outlook.OlRecurrenceType.olRecursYearly
    pattern.PatternStartDate = DateTime.Parse("4/1/2007")
    pattern.NoEndDate = True
    task.ReminderSet = True
    task.ReminderTime = DateTime.Parse("4/1/2007 8:00 AM")
    task.Save()
End Sub

private void CreateRecurringTask()
{
    Outlook.TaskItem task = Application.CreateItem(
        Outlook.OlItemType.olTaskItem) as Outlook.TaskItem;
    task.Subject = "Tax Preparation";
    task.StartDate = DateTime.Parse("4/1/2007 8:00 AM");
    task.DueDate = DateTime.Parse("4/15/2007 8:00 AM");
    Outlook.RecurrencePattern pattern =
        task.GetRecurrencePattern();
    pattern.RecurrenceType = Outlook.OlRecurrenceType.olRecursYearly;
    pattern.PatternStartDate = DateTime.Parse("4/1/2007");
    pattern.NoEndDate = true;
    task.ReminderSet = true;
    task.ReminderTime = DateTime.Parse("4/1/2007 8:00 AM");
    task.Save();
}

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