Reminders![]() |
Represents a Microsoft Outlook reminder. Reminders allow users to keep track of upcoming appointments by scheduling a pop-up dialog box to appear at a given time. In addition to appointments, reminders can occur for tasks, contacts and e-mail messages.
Use Reminders (index), where index is the name or index number of the reminder, to return a single Reminder object. The following example displays the caption of the first reminder in the collection.
Sub ViewReminderInfo()
'Displays information about first reminder in collection
Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
Dim objRem As Reminder
Set olApp = Outlook.Application
'If there are reminders, display message
If olApp.Reminders.Count <> 0 Then
Set objRem = olApp.Reminders.Item(1)
MsgBox "The caption of the first reminder in the collection is: " & _
objRem.Caption
Else
MsgBox "There are no reminders in the collection."
End If
End Sub
Reminders are created programmatically when a new Microsoft Outlook item, such as an AppointmentItem object, is created and the item 's ReminderSet property is set to True. Use the item's ReminderTime property to set the time in minutes at which the reminder will occur. The following example creates a new appointment item and sets the ReminderSet property to True, adding a new Reminder object to the Reminders collection.
Sub AddAppt()
'Adds a new appointment and reminder to the reminders collection
Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
Dim objApt As AppointmentItem
Set olApp = Outlook.Application
Set objApt = olApp.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
objApt.ReminderSet = True
objApt.Subject = "Tuesday's meeting"
objApt.Save
End Sub
Use the Reminders collection's Remove method to remove a Reminder object from the collection. Once a reminder is removed from its associated item, the AppointmentItem object's ReminderSet property is set to False.