Microsoft KB Archive/175962

= OL97: How to Programmatically Change the Displayed Calendar Date =

Article ID: 175962

Article Last Modified on 1/22/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications 5.0
 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q175962





SUMMARY
This article describes how to programmatically set your Outlook calendar to show a specific date, even though the Outlook object model does not provide direct support for changing the date on a calendar.



MORE INFORMATION
When you open the Microsoft Outlook calendar, it displays the current date. If you try to do this programmatically, the Outlook object model does not provide a way to accomplish this. To switch your calendar to a different date, you can, however, use the Inspector object of an appointment to access the CommandBars object.

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NOTE: Make sure that Microsoft Outlook 9.0 Object Library is selected in the References window. In the Microsoft Office Visual Basic Editor, click References on the Tools menu. Dim Outlook As Object Dim oMAPI As Object Dim oCalendar As Object Dim oAppt As Object Dim oViewCmdBar As Object Dim oItem As Object Dim nItem As Integer

' Create Outlook Application object. Set Outlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") Set oMAPI = Outlook.GetNameSpace("MAPI")

' Retrieve the Calendar folder. Set Calendar = mapi.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)

' You can retrieve your specific appointment differently. ' This is just to get the first item, so we can see the calendar ' displayed for that day. Set oAppt = oCalendar.Items(1)

' Retrieve the View menu. Set oViewCmdBar = oAppt.GetInspector.CommandBars.Item("View")

' Locate "Calendar..." on the View menu. nItem = 1 Set oItem = oViewCmdBar.Controls(nItem) Do While Not oItem.Caption = "Ca&lendar..." nItem = nItem + 1 Set oItem = oViewCmdBar.Controls(nItem) Loop

' Display the appointment. This must be done in order for the ' calendar to be displayed on the next statement. oAppt.GetInspector.Display

' Execute the Calendar command on the View menu. ' This is the command that displays the calendar. oItem.Execute

