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AppointmentItem.Duration property (Outlook)

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Returns or sets a Long indicating the duration (in minutes) of the AppointmentItem. Read/write.

Syntax

expression. Duration

expression A variable that represents an AppointmentItem object.

Example

This Visual Basic for Applications example uses Application.CreateItem to create an appointment and uses AppointmentItem.MeetingStatus to set the meeting status to "Meeting" to turn it into a meeting request with both a required and an optional attendee.

Sub ScheduleMeeting() 
 
 Dim myItem as AppointmentItem 
 
 Dim myRequiredAttendee As Recipient 
 
 Dim myOptionalAttendee As Recipient 
 
 Dim myResourceAttendee As Recipient 
 
 
 
 Set myItem = Application.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem) 
 
 myItem.MeetingStatus = olMeeting 
 
 myItem.Subject = "Strategy Meeting" 
 
 myItem.Location = "Conference Room B" 
 
 myItem.Start = #9/24/2002 1:30:00 PM# 
 
 myItem.Duration = 90 
 
 Set myRequiredAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add ("Nate Sun") 
 
 myRequiredAttendee.Type = olRequired 
 
 Set myOptionalAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add ("Kevin Kennedy") 
 
 myOptionalAttendee.Type = olOptional 
 
 Set myResourceAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add("Conference Room B") 
 
 myResourceAttendee.Type = olResource 
 
 myItem.Display 
 
End Sub

See also

AppointmentItem Object

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