Start Property
Returns or sets a Date indicating the starting date and time for the appointment or Journal entry. Read/write.
expression**.Start**
*expression * Required. An expression that returns an AppointmentItem or JournalItem object.
Example
This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses CreateItem to create an appointment and uses MeetingStatus to set the meeting status to "Meeting" and to make it a meeting request with both a required and an optional attendee.
Sub ScheduleMeeting()
Dim myOlApp As Outlook.Application
Dim myItem as Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim myRequiredAttendee As Outlook.Recipient
Dim myOptionalAttendee As Outlook.Recipient
Dim myResourceAttendee As Outlook.Recipient
Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set myItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
myItem.MeetingStatus = olMeeting
myItem.Subject = "Strategy Meeting"
myItem.Location = "Conference Room B"
myItem.Start = #9/24/2003 1:30:00 PM#
myItem.Duration = 90
Set myRequiredAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add ("Nate Sun")
myRequiredAttendee.Type = olRequired
Set myOptionalAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add ("Kevin Kennedy")
myOptionalAttendee.Type = olOptional
Set myResourceAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add("Conference Room B")
myResourceAttendee.Type = olResource
myItem.Send
End Sub
If you use Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) in a Microsoft Outlook form, you do not create the Application object, and you cannot use named constants. This example shows how to perform the same task using VBScript code.
Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Set myItem = Application.CreateItem(1)
myItem.MeetingStatus = 1
myItem.Subject = "Strategy Meeting"
myItem.Location = "Conference Room B"
myItem.Start = #9/24/03 1:30:00 PM#
myItem.Duration = 90
Set myRequiredAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add ("Nate Sun")
myRequiredAttendee.Type = 1
Set myOptionalAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add ("Kevin Kennedy")
myOptionalAttendee.Type = 2
Set myResourceAttendee = myItem.Recipients.Add("Conference Room B")
myResourceAttendee.Type = 3
myItem.Send
End Sub
Applies to | AppointmentItem Object | JournalItem Object
See Also | Duration Property | End Property | Interval Property | OnError Event | PatternEndDate Property | PatternStartDate Property | Progress Event | StartTimer Method | Stop Method | StopTimer Method | SyncEnd Event | SyncObjects Object | SyncStart Event