Search.SearchSubFolders Property (Outlook)
Returns a Boolean indicating whether the scope of the specified search included the subfolders of any folders searched. Read-only.
Syntax
expression .SearchSubFolders
expression A variable that represents a Search object.
Remarks
This property is determined by the SearchSubfolders argument of the AdvancedSearch method and is specified when the search is initiated. If True, the Search object searches through any subfolders in the specified filter path.
Example
The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates a Search object. The user's Inbox is specified as the scope of the search and the SearchSubFolders property is set to True. The event subroutine fires when the search has completed and displays the Tag and Scope properties for the new object as well as the results of the search.
Public blnSearchComp As Boolean
Private Sub Application_AdvancedSearchComplete(ByVal SearchObject As Search)
MsgBox "The AdvancedSearchComplete Event fired for " & SearchObject.Tag & _
" and the scope was " & SearchObject.Scope
blnSearchComp = True
End Sub
Sub TestAdvancedSearchComplete()
'List all items in the Inbox that do NOT have a flag:
Dim objSch As Outlook.Search
Const strF As String = "urn:schemas:httpmail:messageflag IS NULL"
Const strS As String = "Inbox"
Dim rsts As Outlook.Results
Dim i As Integer
blnSearchComp = False
Const strF1 As String = "urn:schemas:mailheader:subject = 'Test'"
Const strS1 As String = "Inbox"
Set objSch = _
Application.AdvancedSearch(Scope:=strS1, Filter:=strF1, _
SearchSubFolders:=True, Tag:="FlagSearch")
While blnSearchComp = False
DoEvents
Wend
Set rsts = objSch.Results
For i = 1 To rsts.Count
MsgBox rsts.Item(i).SenderName
Next
End Sub