MailItem.ShowCategoriesDialog method (Outlook)
Displays the Show Categories dialog box, which allows you to select categories that correspond to the subject of the item.
Syntax
expression. ShowCategoriesDialog
expression A variable that represents a MailItem object.
Example
The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates a new mail item, displays the item on the screen, and opens up the Show Categories dialog box.
Sub MailItem()
'Creates a mail item to access ShowCategoriesDialog
Dim olmyMailItem As Outlook.MailItem
'Create mail item
Set olmyMailItem = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)
olmyMailItem.Body = "Can you help me with these sales figures."
olmyMailItem.Recipients.Add ("Jeff Smith")
olmyMailItem.Subject = "Sales Reports"
'Display the item
olmyMailItem.Display
'Display the Show categories dialog
olmyMailItem.ShowCategoriesDialog
End Sub
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