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Search.Scope Property

Outlook Developer Reference

Returns a String that specifies the scope of the specified search. Read-only.

Syntax

expression.Scope

expression   A variable that represents a Search object.

Remarks

The scope of the search is defined when the search is initiated. For more information, see the AdvancedSearch method.

Example

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

Visual Basic for Applications
  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, 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

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