MailItem.Close Method

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Outlook Developer Reference

Closes and optionally saves changes to the Outlook item.

Syntax

expression.Close(SaveMode)

expression   A variable that represents a MailItem object.

Parameters

Name Required/Optional Data Type Description
SaveMode Required OlInspectorClose The close behavior. If the item displayed within the inspector has not been changed, this argument has no effect.

Example

This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example saves and closes the item displayed in the active inspector without prompting the user. To run this example, you need to have an item displayed in an inspector window.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Sub CloseItem()
    Dim myinspector As Outlook.Inspector
    Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
	
    Set myinspector = Application.ActiveInspector
    Set myItem = myinspector.CurrentItem
    myItem.Close olSave
End Sub

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