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Associate a web page with an Outlook folder

Applies to: yesVisual Studio noVisual Studio for Mac

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This example checks for a folder named HtmlView in Microsoft Office Outlook. If the folder does not exist, the code creates the folder and assigns a Web page to it. If the folder exists, the code displays the folder contents.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to VSTO Add-in projects for Outlook. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.

Example

private void CreateHtmlFolder()
{
    Outlook.MAPIFolder newView = null;
    string viewName = "HtmlView";
    Outlook.MAPIFolder inBox = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)
        this.Application.ActiveExplorer().Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook
        .OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
    Outlook.Folders searchFolders = (Outlook.Folders)inBox.Folders;
    bool foundView = false;
    foreach (Outlook.MAPIFolder searchFolder in searchFolders)
    {
        if (searchFolder.Name == viewName)
        {
            newView = inBox.Folders[viewName];
            foundView = true;
        }
    }
    if (!foundView)
    {
        newView = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)inBox.Folders.
            Add("HtmlView", Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
        newView.WebViewURL = "http://www.microsoft.com";
        newView.WebViewOn = true;
    }
    Application.ActiveExplorer().SelectFolder(newView);
    Application.ActiveExplorer().CurrentFolder.Display();
}

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