Items.Sort Method (Outlook)
Sorts the collection of items by the specified property. The index for the collection is reset to 1 upon completion of this method.
Syntax
expression .Sort(Property, Descending)
expression A variable that represents an Items object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Property |
Required |
String |
The name of the property by which to sort, which may be enclosed in brackets, for example, "[CompanyName]". User-defined properties that contain spaces must be enclosed in brackets. May not be a user-defined property of type keywords, and may not be a multi-valued property, such as a category. For user-defined properties, the property must exist in the UserDefinedProperties collection for Items.Parent, which represents the Folder object that contains the items. |
Descending |
Optional |
Variant |
True to sort in descending order. The default value is False (ascending). |
Remarks
Sort only affects the order of items in a collection. It does not affect the order of items in an explorer view.
Sort cannot be used and will cause an error if the Property paramater is one of the following properties:
Categories |
|
Class |
|
Saved |
|
Sent |
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Example
The following Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses the Sort method to sort the Items collection for the default Tasks folder by the "DueDate" property and displays the due dates each in turn.
Sub SortByDueDate()
Dim myNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim myFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim myItem As Outlook.TaskItem
Dim myItems As Outlook.Items
Set myNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myFolder = myNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderTasks)
Set myItems = myFolder.Items
myItems.Sort "[DueDate]", False
For Each myItem In myItems
MsgBox myItem.Subject & "-- " & myItem.DueDate
Next myItem
End Sub