Folder.AddressBookName Property (Outlook)
Returns or sets a String that indicates the Address Book name for the Folder object representing a Contacts folder. Read/write.
Version Information
Version Added: Outlook 2007
Syntax
expression .AddressBookName
expression A variable that represents a Folder object.
Remarks
If you try to set the AddressBookName property in a non-Contacts folder, an error will be returned.
Example
The following example changes the Address Book name for the default Contacts folder and displays the new name to the user. The subroutine accepts the folder object and a string representing the new address book name.
Sub BookName()
Dim nmsName As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim fldFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim strAns As String
'Create a reference to namepsace
Set nmsName = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
'Create an instance of the Contacts folder
Set fldFolder = nmsName.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)
'Prompt user for input
strAns = InputBox("Type the name of the new address book")
'Call Sub procedure
Call Changebook(fldFolder, strAns)
End Sub
Sub Changebook(ByRef fldFolder As Folder, ByVal strName As String)
'Changes the name of the address book for a given folder
'Set address book name to user input
fldFolder.AddressBookName = strName
'Display message to user
MsgBox ("The new address book name for the " & fldFolder.Name & " folder is " _
& strName & ".")
End Sub