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Search.SearchSubFolders property (Outlook)

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Returns a Boolean indicating whether the scope of the specified search included the subfolders of any folders searched. Read-only.

Syntax

expression. SearchSubFolders

expression A variable that represents a Search object.

Remarks

This property is determined by the SearchSubfolders argument of the AdvancedSearch method and is specified when the search is initiated. If True, the Search object searches through any subfolders in the specified filter path.

Example

The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates a Search object. The user's Inbox is specified as the scope of the search and the SearchSubFolders property is set to True. The event subroutine fires when the search has completed and displays the Tag and Scope properties for the new object as well as the results of the search.

Public blnSearchComp As Boolean 
 
 
 
Private Sub Application_AdvancedSearchComplete(ByVal SearchObject As Search) 
 
 MsgBox "The AdvancedSearchComplete Event fired for " & SearchObject.Tag & _ 
 
 " and the scope was " & SearchObject.Scope 
 
 blnSearchComp = True 
 
End Sub 
 
 
 
Sub TestAdvancedSearchComplete() 
 
 'List all items in the Inbox that do NOT have a flag: 
 
 Dim objSch As Outlook.Search 
 
 Const strF As String = "urn:schemas:httpmail:messageflag IS NULL" 
 
 Const strS As String = "Inbox" 
 
 Dim rsts As Outlook.Results 
 
 Dim i As Integer 
 
 blnSearchComp = False 
 
 Const strF1 As String = "urn:schemas:mailheader:subject = 'Test'" 
 
 Const strS1 As String = "Inbox" 
 
 Set objSch = _ 
 
 Application.AdvancedSearch(Scope:=strS1, Filter:=strF1, _ 
 
 SearchSubFolders:=True, Tag:="FlagSearch") 
 
 While blnSearchComp = False 
 
 DoEvents 
 
 Wend 
 
 Set rsts = objSch.Results 
 
 For i = 1 To rsts.Count 
 
 MsgBox rsts.Item(i).SenderName 
 
 Next 
 
End Sub

See also

Search Object

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