Article ID: 206713
Article Last Modified on 11/23/2006
APPLIES TO
- Microsoft Outlook 2000 Standard Edition
This article was previously published under Q206713
SYMPTOMS
When you display a Microsoft Outlook item using Microsoft Visual Basic or Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), you are not able to use the Next or Previous commands to move to the next or previous items in the folder.
CAUSE
This is a limitation of Microsoft Outlook forms.
MORE INFORMATION
If you manually open the item (without using code), the commands are available and perform as expected.
Steps to Reproduce Problem
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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications code illustrates the problem:
Sub DisplayMailItem()
Dim ol As Outlook.Application
Dim olns As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim MyInbox As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim MyItems As Outlook.Items
Set ol = New Outlook.Application
Set olns = ol.GetNamespace("MAPI")
' Set MyInbox to the user's default Inbox.
Set MyInbox = olns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
' Display the Inbox.
MyInbox.Display
' Set MyItems to the collection of items in the Inbox.
Set MyItems = MyInbox.Items
' Display the second item.
MyItems(2).Display
End Sub
After running this sample code to display an Outlook message, if you then point to Next or Previous on the View menu, the commands will be unavailable (dimmed).
REFERENCES
For additional information about available resources and answers to commonly asked questions about Microsoft Outlook 2000 solutions, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
146636 OL2000: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions
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