How to: Determine the Parent Folder of Unsaved Items

Applies to
The information in this topic applies only to the specified Visual Studio Tools for Office projects and versions of Microsoft Office. Project type Application-level projects Microsoft Office version Outlook 2003 Outlook 2007 For more information, see Features Available by Application and Project Type.

This example determines the parent MAPIFolder of an unsaved contact item.

Example

Private Sub ThisAddIn_Startup(ByVal sender As Object, _
    ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Me.Startup
    Dim contact As Outlook.ContactItem = _
        Me.Application.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olContactItem)

    Dim folder As Outlook.MAPIFolder = _
        TryCast(contact.Parent, Outlook.MAPIFolder)

    MessageBox.Show(folder.Name)
End Sub

private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    Outlook.ContactItem contact =
        this.Application.CreateItem
        (Outlook.OlItemType.olContactItem)
         as Outlook.ContactItem;

    Outlook.MAPIFolder folder =
        contact.Parent as Outlook.MAPIFolder;

    MessageBox.Show(folder.Name);
}

See Also

Tasks

How to: Retrieve a Folder by Name

How to: Create an E-Mail Item

How to: Search for a Specific Contact

How to: Add an Entry to Outlook Contacts

Concepts

Outlook Object Model Overview