Chapter 7. Outlook Code Basics
Get ready to dig into coding. This chapter and the others that follow in this part of the book will cover the basics of writing VBA and VBScript programming code in Outlook 2007. The highlights of this chapter include discussions of the following:
What triggers program code to execute
When to use a function instead of a subroutine
How to run an VBA subroutine from a toolbar button
How to run an VBA subroutine from a rule
What user interaction can cause code to run on an Outlook custom form
What syntax to use to refer to Outlook properties and form controls
How to invoke Outlook objects from other environments, such as VBA in Word
Understanding when VBA code runs
Outlook VBA supports five types of procedures:
Macros that you ...
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