How to: Copy Items in Outlook

Applies to
The information in this topic applies only to the specified Visual Studio Tools for Office projects and versions of Microsoft Office. Project type Application-level projects Microsoft Office version Outlook 2003 Outlook 2007 For more information, see Features Available by Application and Project Type.

This example creates a copy of a mail item and displays it to the user.

Example

Private Sub ThisAddIn_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, _
ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Startup
    Dim mail As Outlook.MailItem = _
        TryCast(Me.Application.GetNamespace("MAPI"). _
        GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox). _
        Items.GetFirst(), Outlook.MailItem)

    If mail IsNot Nothing Then 

        ' Create a copy of the item. 
        Dim copyMail As Outlook.MailItem = _
            TryCast(mail.Copy(), Outlook.MailItem)

        ' Show the copy to the user.
        copyMail.Display(True)
    End If 
End Sub

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    Outlook.MailItem mail = this.Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").
        GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox).
        Items.GetFirst() as Outlook.MailItem;

    if (mail != null)
    {
        // Create a copy of the item.
        Outlook.MailItem copyMail = mail.Copy() as Outlook.MailItem;

        // Show the copy to the user.
        copyMail.Display(true);
    }
}

See Also

Tasks

How to: Move Items in Outlook

How to: Create Custom Folder Items

How to: Retrieve a Folder by Name

Concepts

Working with Folders