GetMember Method

Returns a Recipient object representing a member in a distribution list.

expression**.GetMember(Index)**

*expression   * Required. An expression that returns a DistListItem object.

Index    Required Long. The index number of the member to be retrieved.

Remarks

If a program tries to reference any type of recipient information by using the Microsoft Outlook object model, a dialog box is displayed that asks you to confirm access to this information. You can allow access to the Address Book or recipient information for up to ten minutes after you receive the dialog box. This allows features, such as mobile device synchronization, to be completed.

You receive the confirmation dialog box when a solution tries to programmatically access the GetMember method.

Example

This Microsoft Visual Basic/Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example locates every distribution list in the default Contacts folder and determines whether the list contains the current user.

Sub DisplayYourDLNames()
    Dim myOlApp As New Outlook.Application
    Dim myNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
    Dim myFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
    Dim myDistList As Outlook.DistListItem
    Dim myFolderItems As Outlook.Items
    Dim x As Integer
    Dim y As Integer
    Dim iCount As Integer
    Set myNameSpace = myOlApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set myFolder = myNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)
    Set myFolderItems = myFolder.Items
    iCount = myFolderItems.Count
    For x = 1 To iCount
        If TypeName(myFolderItems.Item(x)) = "DistListItem" Then
        Set myDistList = myFolderItems.Item(x)
        For y = 1 To myDistList.MemberCount
            If myDistList.GetMember(y).Name = myNameSpace.CurrentUser.Name Then
                MsgBox "Your are a member of " & myDistList.DLName
            End If
            Next y
        End If
    Next x
End Sub

If you use Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) in an Outlook form, you do not create the Application object, and you cannot use named constants. This example shows how to perform the same task using VBScript code.

Set myNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myFolder = myNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(10)
Set myFolderItems = myFolder.Items
iCount = myFolderItems.Count
For x = 1 To iCount
    If TypeName(myFolderItems.Item(x)) = "DistListItem" Then
        Set myDistList = myFolderItems.Item(x)
        For y = 1 To myDistList.MemberCount
            If myDistList.GetMember(y).Name = myNameSpace.CurrentUser.Name Then
                MsgBox "Your are a member of " & myDistList.DLName
            End If
        Next 
    End If
Next

Applies to | DistListItem Object

See Also | AddMembers Method | RemoveMembers Method