CustomAction Event
Occurs when a custom action of a Microsoft Outlook item executes. The Action object and the newly created item resulting from the custom action are passed to the event.
Subobject**_CustomAction(ByVal Action As Object, ByVal Response As Object, Cancel As Boolean)**
*object * An expression that evaluates to one of the objects in the Applies To list. In VBScript, use the word Item.
*Action * Required. The Action object.
*Response * Required. The newly created item resulting from the custom action.
Cancel Optional (not used in VBScript). False when the event occurs. If the event procedure sets this argument to True, the custom action is not completed.
Remarks
In Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), if you set the return value of this function to False, the custom action operation is not completed.
Example
This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses the CustomAction event to set the Subject property on the response item. Execute the AddAction
procedure before executing the Initialize_Handler
to create an item with a custom event called 'Link Original'.
Public WithEvents myItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim myOlApp As New Outlook.Application
Sub AddAction()
Dim myAction As Outlook.Action
Set myItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
Set myAction = myItem.Actions.Add
myAction.Name = "Link Original"
myAction.ShowOn = olMenuAndToolbar
myAction.ReplyStyle = olLinkOriginalItem
myItem.To = "Dan Wilson"
myItem.Subject = "Before"
myItem.Send
End Sub
Sub Initialize_Handler()
Set myItem = myOlApp.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
End Sub
Private Sub myItem_CustomAction(ByVal Action As Object, ByVal Response As Object, Cancel As Boolean)
Select Case Action.Name
Case "Link Original"
Response.Subject = "Changed by VB Script"
Case Else
End Select
End Sub
Applies to | AppointmentItem Object | ContactItem Object | DistListItem Object | DocumentItem Object | JournalItem Object | MailItem Object | MeetingItem Object | PostItem Object | RemoteItem Object | ReportItem Object | TaskItem Object | TaskRequestAcceptItem Object | TaskRequestDeclineItem Object | TaskRequestItem Object | TaskRequestUpdateItem Object
See Also | Close Method | CustomPropertyChange Event | Forward Event | Open Event | PropertyChange Event | Read Event | Reply Event | ReplyAll Event | Send Method | Using events with Automation | Write Event