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    Getting the active mailbox

    Hi,
    I am trying to create a macro that assigns categories to a mail item. The problem is that I am working with several separate inboxes, each having their own category list. So before I assign anything I want to make sure that the category assigned actually exists in the mailbox in which I am working. Thusfar my code (below) is grabbing my (personal and primary) inbox only and ignoring the others. I would imagine the problem is somewhere with the namespace statement where instead of using the Application.GetNamespace("MAPI") I should be pointing to the active namespace, except I have no idea how to do that and Google hasn't been very forthcoming. Thanks in advance for your help.

    Code:
    Public Sub TestCategoryStuff()
      Dim myNameSpace As NameSpace
      Dim myCategory As Category
      Dim strCatName As String
      Dim strResult As String
    
      Set myNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
      If myNameSpace.Categories.Count > 0 Then
        ' The following is just to generate a list of categories so I can see what's there.
        ' The final function will compare the desired category to the list and
        ' return True if there is a match and False if not.
        For Each myCategory In myNameSpace.Categories
          strCatName = myCategory.Name
          strResult = strResult & "; " & strCatName
        Next
      End If
     
      Set myCategory = Nothing
      Set myNameSpace = Nothing
      MsgBox strResult
    End Sub

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    Re: Getting the active mailbox

    Shouldn't you search for a Folder?
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    Re: Getting the active mailbox

    Hmm, could you be more specific? It would appear that categories are associated with mailboxes, since all of the folders within that mailbox reference the same list. However I could be wrong (It has happened before)

    Thanks

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    Re: Getting the active mailbox

    Sub SetCurrentFolder(strMailboxName As String)
    Dim myNamespace As Outlook.NameSpace
    Dim myFolder As Outlook.Folder

    Set myNamespace = ThisOutlookSession.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set myFolder = myNamespace.Folders(strMailboxName)
    Set myFolder = myFolder.Folders("Inbox")
    Set Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = myFolder

    ExitRoutine:
    Set myNamespace = Nothing
    Set myFolder = Nothing

    End Sub
    this code is copied from a recent thread, where the poster was accessing multiple inboxes, but all mailboxes are still within the same namespace, so i believe there would only be one collection of categories per outlook application
    i do my best to test code works before i post it, but sometimes am unable to do so for some reason, and usually say so if this is the case.
    Note code snippets posted are just that and do not include error handling that is required in real world applications, but avoid On Error Resume Next

    dim all variables as required as often i have done so elsewhere in my code but only posted the relevant part

    come back and mark your original post as resolved if your problem is fixed
    pete

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