ContactItem.HasPicture property (Outlook)
Returns a Boolean value that is True if a Contacts item has a picture associated with it. Read-only
Syntax
expression. HasPicture
expression A variable that represents a ContactItem object.
Example
The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example prompts the user to specify the name of a contact and the file name containing a picture of the contact, and then adds the picture to the contact item. If a picture already exists for the contact item, the example prompts the user to specify if the existing picture should be overwritten by the new file.
Sub AddPictureToAContact()
Dim myNms As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim myFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim myContactItem As Outlook.ContactItem
Dim strName As String
Dim strPath As String
Dim strPrompt As String
Set myNms = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myFolder = myNms.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)
strName = InputBox("Type the name of the contact: ")
Set myContactItem = myFolder.Items(strName)
If myContactItem.HasPicture = True Then
strPrompt = MsgBox("The contact already has a picture associated with it. Do you want to overwrite the existing picture?", vbYesNo)
If strPrompt = vbNo Then
Exit Sub
End If
End If
strPath = InputBox("Type the file name for the contact: ")
myContactItem.AddPicture (strPath)
myContactItem.Save
myContactItem.Display
End Sub
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