Returns a Date indicating the original date and time of an AppointmentItem before it was altered. This property will return the original date even if the AppointmentItem has been deleted. However, it will not return the original time if deletion has occurred. Read-only.
expression.OriginalDate
expression Required. An expression that returns an Exception object.
Example
This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example uses CreateItem to create an AppointmentItem object. The RecurrencePattern is obtained for this item using the GetRecurrencePattern method. By setting the RecurrencePattern properties, RecurrenceType, PatternStartDate, and PatternEndDate, the appointments are now a recurring series that occur on a daily basis for the period of one year.
An Exception object is created when one instance of this recurring appointment is obtained using the GetOccurrence method and properties for this instance are altered. This exception to the series of appointments is obtained using the GetRecurrencePattern method to access the Exceptions collection associated with this series. Message boxes display the original Subject and OriginalDate for this exception to the series of appointments and the current date, time, and subject for this exception.
For a description of changes required for this example to work in Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript), see the Note at the end of the example.
Public Sub cmdExample()
Dim myOlApp As Outlook.Application
Dim myApptItem As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim myRecurrPatt As Outlook.RecurrencePattern
Dim myNamespace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim myFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim myItems As Outlook.Items
Dim myDate As Date
Dim myOddApptItem As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Dim saveSubject As String
Dim newDate As Date
Dim myException As Outlook.Exception
Set myOlApp = New Outlook.Application
Set myApptItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
myApptItem.Start = #2/2/2003 3:00:00 PM#
myApptItem.End = #2/2/2003 4:00:00 PM#
myApptItem.Subject = "Meet with Boss"
'Get the recurrence pattern for this appointment
'and set it so that this is a daily appointment
'that begins on 2/2/03 and ends on 2/2/04
'and save it.
Set myRecurrPatt = myApptItem.GetRecurrencePattern
myRecurrPatt.RecurrenceType = olRecursDaily
myRecurrPatt.PatternStartDate = #2/2/2003#
myRecurrPatt.PatternEndDate = #2/2/2004#
myApptItem.Save
'Access the items in the Calendar folder to locate
'the master AppointmentItem for the new series.
Set myNamespace = myOlApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myFolder = myNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
Set myItems = myFolder.Items
Set myApptItem = myItems("Meet with Boss")
'Get the recurrence pattern for this appointment
'and obtain the occurrence for 3/12/03.
myDate = #3/12/2003 3:00:00 PM#
Set myRecurrPatt = myApptItem.GetRecurrencePattern
Set myOddApptItem = myRecurrPatt.GetOccurrence(myDate)
'Save the existing subject. Change the subject and
'starting time for this particular appointment
'and save it.
saveSubject = myOddApptItem.Subject
myOddApptItem.Subject = "Meet NEW Boss"
newDate = #3/12/2003 3:30:00 PM#
myOddApptItem.Start = newDate
myOddApptItem.Save
'Get the recurrence pattern for the master
'AppointmentItem. Access the collection of
'exceptions to the regular appointments.
Set myRecurrPatt = myApptItem.GetRecurrencePattern
Set myException = myRecurrPatt.Exceptions.item(1)
'Display the original date, time, and subject
'for this exception.
MsgBox myException.OriginalDate & ": " & saveSubject
'Display the current date, time, and subject
'for this exception.
MsgBox myException.AppointmentItem.Start & ": " & _
myException.AppointmentItem.Subject
End Sub
Note For this example to work properly in VBScript, a few changes need to be made in the code.
You do not have to retrieve the application as an object, and you must use the values of the constants, so:
Set myOlApp = New Outlook.Application
Set myApptItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
becomes:
Set myApptItem = Application.CreateItem(1)
and
myRecurrPatt.RecurrenceType = olRecursDaily
becomes:
myRecurrPatt.RecurrenceType = 0
and
Set myFolder = myNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderCalendar)
becomes:
Set myFolder = myNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(9)