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Activate Method

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Activates an explorer or inspector window by bringing it to the foreground and setting keyboard focus.

expression**.Activate**

expression Required. An expression that returns an Explorer or Inspector object.

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic/Visual Basic for Applications example responds to the NewMail event by activating the explorer window. The sample code must be placed in a class module, and the Initialize_handlers routine must be called before the event procedure can be called by Microsoft Outlook.

Public WithEvents myOlApp As Outlook.Application
Public WithEvents myOlExp As Outlook.Explorer

Public Sub Initialize_handlers()
    Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    Set myOlExp = myOlApp.ActiveExplorer
End Sub

Private Sub myOlApp_NewMail()
    myOlExp.Activate
End Sub

Applies to | Explorer Object | Inspector Object

See Also | Activate Method | Deactivate Event | Display Method | GetExplorer Method | Using events with Automation