_NameSpace.OpenSharedItem(String) Method

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Definition

Namespace:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook

Assembly:: Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.dll

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Opens a shared item from a specified path or URL.

public:
 System::Object ^ OpenSharedItem(System::String ^ Path);

public object OpenSharedItem (string Path);

Public Function OpenSharedItem (Path As String) As Object

Parameters

Path: String

The path or URL of the shared item to be opened.

Returns

Object

An Object representing the appropriate Outlook item for the shared item.

Remarks

This method is used to open iCalendar appointment (.ics) files, vCard (.vcf) files, and Outlook message (.msg) files. The type of object returned by this method depends on the type of shared item opened, as described in the following table.

	Shared item type	Outlook item
	iCalendar appointment (.ics) file	AppointmentItem
	vCard (.vcf) file	ContactItem
	Outlook message (.msg) file	Type corresponds to the type of the item that was saved as the .msg file

Note: This method does not support iCalendar calendar (.ics) files. To open iCalendar calendar files, you can use the OpenSharedFolder(String, Object, Object, Object) method of the NameSpace object.

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