Message Property

Message Property

Returns or sets the message text for the specified routing slip. The text is used as the body text of the mail message for routing the document. Read/write String.

expression   Required. An expression that returns a RoutingSlip object.

Example

This example adds a routing slip to the active document, sets the subject and message text, adds a recipient, and then routes the document.

ActiveDocument.HasRoutingSlip = True
With ActiveDocument.RoutingSlip
    .Subject = "Status Doc"
    .Message = "Please fill in your status."
    .AddRecipient Recipient:="Kate Dresen"
End With
ActiveDocument.Route

If "Monthly Report.doc" has a routing slip attached to it, this example displays the message text.

Set myDoc = Documents("Monthly Report.doc")
If myDoc.HasRoutingSlip = True _
    Then MsgBox myDoc.RoutingSlip.Message