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ContactItem.ForwardAsBusinessCard method (Outlook)

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Creates a new MailItem object containing contact information and, optionally, an Electronic Business Card (EBC) image based on the specified ContactItem object.

Syntax

expression. ForwardAsBusinessCard

expression An expression that returns a ContactItem object.

Return value

A MailItem object that represents the new email item containing the business card information.

Remarks

This method creates a new Outlook mail item based on the information stored in the ContactItem object. The information included in the Outlook mail item depends on the value of the BodyFormat property for the MailItem object:

Property value Result
olFormatPlain A vCard (.vcf) file is created and added to the Attachments collection of the MailItem object.
olFormatRichText A vCard file is created and added to the Attachments collection of the MailItem object.
olFormatHTML An image of the Electronic Business Card is generated and included in the Body property of the MailItem object, and a vCard file is created and added to the Attachments collection of the MailItem object.

Note

The attached vCard file contains only the contact information included in the Electronic Business Card associated with the ContactItem object. Any contact information not displayed in the Electronic Business Card is excluded from the vCard file.

See also

ContactItem Object

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