Returns or sets a String that indicates the Address Book name for the MAPIFolder object representing a contact items folder. Read/write.
expression.AddressBookName
expression Required. An expression that returns a MAPIFolder object representing a contact items folder.
If you try to set the AddressBookName property in a non-Contacts items folder, an error will be returned.
The following example changes the Address Book name for the contact items folder and displays the new name to the user. The subroutine accepts the folder object and a String representing the new address book name.
Sub BookName()
Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
Dim nmsName As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim fldFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim strAns As String
Set olApp = New Outlook.Application
'Create a reference to namepsace
Set nmsName = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
'Create an instance of the Contacts folder
Set fldFolder = nmsName.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)
'Prompt user for input
strAns = InputBox("Type the name of the new address book")
'Call Sub procedure
Call Changebook(fldFolder, strAns)
End Sub
Sub Changebook(ByRef fldFolder As MAPIFolder, ByVal strName As String)
'Changes the name of the address book for a given folder
'Set address book name to user input
fldFolder.AddressBookName = strName
'Display message to user
MsgBox ("The new address book name for the " & fldFolder.Name & " folder is " _
& strName & ".")
End Sub