AppointmentItem.Start Property (Outlook)
Returns or sets a Date indicating the starting date and time for the Outlook item. Read/write.
Syntax
expression .Start
expression A variable that represents an AppointmentItem object.
Example
This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses CreateItem to create an appointment and uses MeetingStatus to set the meeting status to "Meeting" and to make it a meeting request with both a required and an optional attendee.
Sub ScheduleMeeting()
Dim myItem as Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim myRequiredAttendee As Outlook.Recipient
Dim myOptionalAttendee As Outlook.Recipient
Dim myResourceAttendee As Outlook.Recipient
Set myItem = Application.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
myItem.MeetingStatus = olMeeting
myItem.Subject = "Strategy Meeting"
myItem.Location = "Conference Room B"
myItem.Start = #9/24/2003 1:30:00 PM#
myItem.Duration = 90
Set myRequiredAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add ("Nate Sun")
myRequiredAttendee.Type = olRequired
Set myOptionalAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add ("Kevin Kennedy")
myOptionalAttendee.Type = olOptional
Set myResourceAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add("Conference Room B")
myResourceAttendee.Type = olResource
myItem.Display
End Sub
See Also
Concepts
AppointmentItem Object Members
How to: Import Appointment XML Data into Outlook Appointment Objects