ContactItem.AddPicture Method (Outlook)
Adds a picture to a contact item.
Syntax
expression .AddPicture(Path)
expression A variable that represents a ContactItem object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Path |
Required |
String |
A string containing the complete path and filename of the picture to be added to the contact item. |
Remarks
If the contact item already has a picture attached to it, this method will overwrite the existing picture.
The picture can be an icon, GIF, JPEG, BMP, TIFF, WMF, EMF, or PNG file. Microsoft Outlook will automatically perform the necessary resizing of the picture.
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