Rules.Create Method (Outlook)
Creates a Rule object with the name specified by Name and the type of rule specified by RuleType.
Version Information
Version Added: Outlook 2007
Syntax
expression .Create(Name, RuleType)
expression A variable that represents a Rules object.
Parameters
Name |
Required/Optional |
Data Type |
Description |
|---|---|---|---|
Name |
Required |
String |
A string identifier for the rule, which will be represented by Rule.Name after rule creation. Names of rules in a collection are not unique. |
RuleType |
Required |
A constant in the OlRuleType enumeration that determines whether the rule is applied on sending or receiving a message. |
Return Value
A Rule object that represents the newly created rule.
Remarks
The RuleType parameter of the added rule determines valid rule actions, rule conditions, and rule exception conditions that can be associated with the Rule object.
When a rule is added to the collection, the Rule.ExecutionOrder of the new rule is 1. The ExecutionOrder of other rules in the collection is incremented by 1.
Example
The following code sample in Visual Basic for Applicatons (VBA) uses the Rules object model to create a rule. The code sample uses the RuleAction and RuleCondition objects to specify a rule that forwards messages from a specific sender to a specific folder, unless the message contains certain terms in the subject. Note that the code sample assumes that there already exists a folder "Dan" under the Inbox.
Sub CreateRule()
Dim colRules As Outlook.Rules
Dim oRule As Outlook.Rule
Dim colRuleActions As Outlook.RuleActions
Dim oMoveRuleAction As Outlook.MoveOrCopyRuleAction
Dim oFromCondition As Outlook.ToOrFromRuleCondition
Dim oExceptSubject As Outlook.TextRuleCondition
Dim oInbox As Outlook.Folder
Dim oMoveTarget As Outlook.Folder
'Specify target folder for rule move action
Set oInbox = Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
'Assume that target folder already exists
Set oMoveTarget = oInbox.Folders("Dan")
'Get Rules from Session.DefaultStore object
Set colRules = Application.Session.DefaultStore.GetRules()
'Create the rule by adding a Receive Rule to Rules collection
Set oRule = colRules.Create("Dan's rule", olRuleReceive)
'Specify the condition in a ToOrFromRuleCondition object
'Condition is if the message is sent by "DanWilson"
Set oFromCondition = oRule.Conditions.From
With oFromCondition
.Enabled = True
.Recipients.Add ("DanWilson")
.Recipients.ResolveAll
End With
'Specify the action in a MoveOrCopyRuleAction object
'Action is to move the message to the target folder
Set oMoveRuleAction = oRule.Actions.MoveToFolder
With oMoveRuleAction
.Enabled = True
.Folder = oMoveTarget
End With
'Specify the exception condition for the subject in a TextRuleCondition object
'Exception condition is if the subject contains "fun" or "chat"
Set oExceptSubject = _
oRule.Exceptions.Subject
With oExceptSubject
.Enabled = True
.Text = Array("fun", "chat")
End With
'Update the server and display progress dialog
colRules.Save
End Sub