Returns or sets a String representing the categories assigned to the Microsoft Outlook item. Read/write.
expression.Categories
expression Required. An expression that returns one of the objects in the Applies To list.
Example
The following Microsoft Visual Basic/Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates a new appointment, displays the appointment on the screen, and opens the Show Categories dialog box. Finally, it displays the categories that the user assigned using ShowCategoriesDialog. Replace 'Dan Wilson' with a valid recipient name before running the example.
Sub Appointment()
'Creates an appointment to access ShowCategoriesDialog
Dim appolApp As Outlook.Application
Dim olApptItem As Outlook.AppointmentItem
'Creates an instance of the application
Set appolApp = Outlook.Application
'Creates appointment item
Set olApptItem = appolApp.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
olApptItem.Body = "Please meet with me regarding these sales figures."
olApptItem.Recipients.Add ("Dan Wilson")
olApptItem.Subject = "Sales Reports"
'Display the appointment
olApptItem.Display
'Display the Show Categories dialog box
olApptItem.ShowCategoriesDialog
MsgBox olApptItem.Categories
End Sub