Programming involving applications other than Excel

[A Mad Doberman]

All,

My Excel VBA programming is decent enough when I stay within Excel.
However, I'm trying to expand my knowledge base and frequently I wish
I could better interact with other Office programs, such as Outlook.
Here's a piece of code that works great but I don't fully understand.

Private Sub UserForm_Activate()

Dim x As Integer

Set objOL = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set olNS = objOL.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myFolder = olNS.GetDefaultFolder(10)
Set myItems = myFolder.Items

myItems.Sort "FullName"

x = 0
For Each myContact In myItems
If TypeName(myContact) = "ContactItem" Then
If Len(myContact.Email1DisplayName) > 0 Then
ListBox1.AddItem
ListBox1.Column(0, x) = myContact.Email1DisplayName
ListBox1.Column(1, x) = myContact.Email1Address
x = x + 1
End If
End If
Next myContact

Set olNS = Nothing
Set objOL = Nothing

End Sub

My basic question is this: Can anyone suggest a good reference to
learn the uses and codes associated with objects, variables,
constants, etc..., which relate to programs outside Excel? For
example, in the above code I do not understand the precise usage of
GetNamespace("MAPI"), GetDefaultFolder(10), myFolder.Items,
Email1DisplayName, Email1Address, etc..., etc...

I don't like using code I don't understand for many obvious reasons.
Clearly, Email1DisplayName is a particular field in the OL Address
Book, but how do I learn what all of these fields are called? Where do
I obtain syntax info for Outlook Object references? Etc.., Etc....I
think you'll all get what I'm asking.

Thanks, everyone!

 

[JLGWhiz]

There are a couple of ways to learn what these things mean. One is to go to
a book store like Barnes & Noble or on line to Amazon.Com and buy a book
that deals with it. The other is to open the Visual Basic Editor in each of
the applications that you are dealing with and type in the questionable
constants, keywords, methods, etc. that you want more information on and
read the associated help file. For instance, I went to Outlook VBE and
typed in GetNameSpace and it gave me a pick list with that method listed.
Selecting that option from the pick list, it gives a description of the
method and an example of how to use it. Or you can keep asking questions in
this forum.

 

[A Mad Doberman]

There are a couple of ways to learn what these things mean.  One is to go to
a book store like Barnes & Noble or on line to Amazon.Com and buy a book
that deals with it.  The other is to open the Visual Basic Editor in each of
the applications that you are dealing with and type in the questionable
constants, keywords, methods, etc. that you want more information on and
read the associated help file.  For instance, I went to Outlook VBE and
typed in GetNameSpace and it gave me a pick list with that method listed.
Selecting that option from the pick list, it gives a description of the
method and an example of how to use it.  Or you can keep asking questions in
this forum.
















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Thanks! I can't believe I didn't think to look in the VBA help files
in the other applications!