Question about message options

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rerun101

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Hello all!

I was wondering if there was a way to create a macro to change the text in this field in the "Message Options" popup window. I would have an assortment of different Action phrases. I use this primarily for email task management and their next actionable items.. Seeing as the field is not really used for anything else..

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Any assistance would be appreciated

Thanks
 
that is the contactnames field and it is writable using vba.

This will create a task using the currently selected message and set that field.

Code:
Sub CreateTask()
  Dim objMsg As MailItem
Dim objTask As TaskItem

Set objMsg = Application.ActiveExplorer().Selection(1)

Set objTask = Application.CreateItem(olTaskItem)
With objTask
  .Subject = objMsg.Subject
.Body = objMsg.Body
   .ContactNames = "@smith"
  .Display
End With
 
End Sub
 
Hi Diane!

Thanks for the quick response, I don't use the traditional tasks within Outlook. The macro works beautifully as it did add the @smith to the Contact names field but it did create a task. I would just need the macro to change the Contact names field of a message and not change it to a task.. But that was pretty cool

Thank you for your quick response
 
Probably should paraphrase better, is it possible to just change the message options of an email message and not convert it to a task?
 
that is the contactnames field and it is writable using vba.

This will create a task using the currently selected message and set that field.

Code:
Sub CreateTask()
  Dim objMsg As MailItem
Dim objTask As TaskItem

Set objMsg = Application.ActiveExplorer().Selection(1)

Set objTask = Application.CreateItem(olTaskItem)
With objTask
  .Subject = objMsg.Subject
.Body = objMsg.Body
   .ContactNames = "@smith"
  .Display
End With

End Sub
is it possible to just change the message options of an email message and not convert it to a task?
 
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