ItemAdd Event

Occurs when one or more items are added to the specified collection. This event does not run when a large number of items are added to the folder at once. This event is not available in Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript).

Sub object_ItemAdd(ByVal Item As Object)

object    An expression that evaluates to one of the objects in the Applies To list.

Item    Required. The item that was added.

Example

In this Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example, when a new contact is added to the Contacts folder, the contact item is attached to an e-mail message and sent to a distribution list named "Sales Team". The sample code must be placed in a class module, and the Initialize_handler routine must be called before the event procedure can be called by Microsoft Outlook.

Dim myOlApp As New Outlook.Application
Public WithEvents myOlItems As Outlook.Items

Public Sub Initialize_handler()
    Set myOlItems = myOlApp.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts).Items
End Sub

Private Sub myOlItems_ItemAdd(ByVal Item As Object)
    Dim myOlMItem As Outlook.MailItem
    Dim myOlAtts As Outlook.Attachments
    Set myOlMItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
    myOlMItem.Save
    Set myOlAtts = myOlMItem.Attachments
    ' Add new contact to attachments in mail message
    myOlAtts.Add Item, olByValue
    myOlMItem.To = "Sales Team"
    myOlMItem.Subject = "New contact"
    myOlMItem.Send
End Sub