How to: Determine the Parent Folder of Unsaved Items

2013-02-04

This example determines the parent MAPIFolder of an unsaved contact item.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to application-level projects for Outlook 2007 and Outlook 2010. For more information, see Features Available by Office Application and Project Type.

Example

Private Sub ThisAddIn_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Startup
    Dim contact As Outlook.ContactItem = _
        Me.Application.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olContactItem)

    Dim folder As Outlook.MAPIFolder = _
        TryCast(contact.Parent, Outlook.MAPIFolder)

    MsgBox(folder.Name)
End Sub

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    Outlook.ContactItem contact =
        this.Application.CreateItem
        (Outlook.OlItemType.olContactItem)
         as Outlook.ContactItem;

    Outlook.MAPIFolder folder =
        contact.Parent as Outlook.MAPIFolder;

    MessageBox.Show(folder.Name);
}

See Also

Tasks

How to: Retrieve a Folder by Name

How to: Create an E-Mail Item

How to: Search for a Specific Contact

How to: Add an Entry to Outlook Contacts

Other Resources

Outlook Object Model Overview