PostItem.DownloadState Property (Outlook)
Returns a constant that belongs to the OlDownloadState enumeration indicating the download state of the item. Read-only.
Syntax
expression .DownloadState
expression A variable that represents a PostItem object.
Example
The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example searches through the user's Inbox for items that have not yet been fully downloaded. If any not yet fully downloaded items are found, a message is displayed to the user, and the item is marked for download.
Sub DownloadItems()
Dim mpfInbox As Outlook.Folder
Dim objItems As Outlook.Items
Dim obj As Object
Dim i As Integer
Dim iCount As Integer
Set mpfInbox = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set objItems = mpfInbox.Items
iCount = objItems.Count
'Loop all items in the Inbox folder
For i = 1 To iCount
Set obj = objItems.Item(i)
'Verify if the state of the item is olHeaderOnly
If obj.DownloadState = olHeaderOnly Then
MsgBox "This item has not been fully downloaded."
'Mark the item to be downloaded
obj.MarkForDownload = olMarkedForDownload
obj.Save
End If
Next
End Sub