MailItem.Read Event

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Outlook Developer Reference

Occurs when an instance of the parent object is opened for editing by the user.

Syntax

expression.Read

expression   A variable that represents a MailItem object.

Remarks

The Read event differs from the Open event in that Read occurs whenever the user selects the item in a view that supports in-cell editing as well as when the item is being opened in an Inspector.

Example

This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses the Read event to increment a counter that tracks how often an item is read.

Visual Basic for Applications 
  Public WithEvents myItem As Outlook.MailItem

Sub Initialize_handler()
Set myItem = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Items(1)
myItem.Display
End Sub


Sub myItem_Read()
Dim myProperty As Outlook.UserProperty
Set myProperty = myItem.UserProperties("ReadCount")
If (myProperty Is Nothing) Then
Set myProperty = myItem.UserProperties.Add("ReadCount", olNumber)
End If
myProperty.Value = myProperty.Value + 2
myItem.Save
End Sub

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