How to: Programmatically Associate a Web Page with an Outlook Folder

This example checks for a folder named HtmlView in Microsoft Office Outlook. If the folder does not exist, the code creates the folder and assigns a Web page to it. If the folder exists, the code displays the folder contents.

Applies to: The information in this topic applies to application-level projects for Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010. For more information, see Features Available by Office Application and Project Type.

Example

Private Sub CreateHtmlView()
    Dim newView As Outlook.MAPIFolder = Nothing 
    Dim viewName As String = "HtmlView" 
    Dim inBox As Outlook.MAPIFolder = Me.Application.ActiveExplorer(). _
        Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.OlDefaultFolders _
        .olFolderInbox)
    Dim searchFolders As Outlook.Folders = inBox.Folders()
    Dim foundView As Boolean = False 
    For Each searchFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder In searchFolders
        If searchFolder.Name = viewName Then
            newView = inBox.Folders(viewName)
            foundView = True 
        End If 
    Next 
    If foundView = False Then
        newView = inBox.Folders.Add(viewName, _
        Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox)
        newView.WebViewURL = "https://www.microsoft.com"
        newView.WebViewOn = True 
    End If
    Application.ActiveExplorer.SelectFolder(newView)
    Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Display()
End Sub

private void CreateHtmlFolder()
{
    Outlook.MAPIFolder newView = null;
    string viewName = "HtmlView";
    Outlook.MAPIFolder inBox = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)
        this.Application.ActiveExplorer().Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook
        .OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
    Outlook.Folders searchFolders = (Outlook.Folders)inBox.Folders;
    bool foundView = false;
    foreach (Outlook.MAPIFolder searchFolder in searchFolders)
    {
        if (searchFolder.Name == viewName)
        {
            newView = inBox.Folders[viewName];
            foundView = true;
        }
    }
    if (!foundView)
    {
        newView = (Outlook.MAPIFolder)inBox.Folders.
            Add("HtmlView", Outlook.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
        newView.WebViewURL = "https://www.microsoft.com";
        newView.WebViewOn = true;
    }
    Application.ActiveExplorer().SelectFolder(newView);
    Application.ActiveExplorer().CurrentFolder.Display();
}

See Also

Tasks

How to: Programmatically Retrieve a Folder by Name

How to: Programmatically Create Custom Folder Items

Concepts

Working with Folders