Class FollowUpOptions

FollowUpOptions class

Represents configuration options for follow-up flags, reminders, categories, and voting buttons in Outlook messages. This class encapsulates all the properties needed to set follow-up behavior on MapiMessage objects through the FollowUpManager class.

public sealed class FollowUpOptions

Constructors

Name	Description
FollowUpOptions()	Initializes a new instance of the `FollowUpOptions` class.
FollowUpOptions(string)	Initializes a new instance of the `FollowUpOptions` class.
FollowUpOptions(string, DateTime, DateTime)	Initializes a new instance of the `FollowUpOptions` class.
FollowUpOptions(string, DateTime, DateTime, DateTime)	Initializes a new instance of the `FollowUpOptions` class.

Properties

Name	Description
Categories { get; set; }	Gets or sets string that represents list of the categories, separated by semicolons (;).
CodePage { get; set; }	Gets or sets the code page.
DueDate { get; set; }	Gets or sets a date indicating the due date for the flagged message.
FlagRequest { get; set; }	Gets or sets a string indicating the requested action for an e-mail message.
IsCompleted { get; }	Gets a value indicating whether the Message object was flagged as completed.
RecipientsFlagRequest { get; set; }	Gets or sets a string indicating the requested action for recipients of an e-mail message.
RecipientsReminderTime { get; set; }	Gets or sets a date for recipients indicating the date and time at which the reminder should occur.
ReminderTime { get; set; }	Gets or sets a date indicating the date and time at which the reminder should occur.
StartDate { get; set; }	Gets or sets a date specifying the starting date and time for the flagged message.
VotingButtons { get; set; }	Gets or sets string that represents list of the voting buttons names, separated by semicolons (;).

Remarks

Use this class to configure follow-up settings such as flag request text, start date, due date, reminder time, categories, and voting buttons. The FlagRequest property sets the follow-up text, StartDate and DueDate define the task timeline, Categories specifies message categories, and VotingButtons configures voting response options.

Examples

The following example shows how to use FollowUpOptions to configure follow-up settings for a message.

[C#]

// Create follow-up options with flag request
var options = new FollowUpOptions("Follow up on this message")
{
    StartDate = DateTime.Now,
    DueDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(7),
    ReminderTime = DateTime.Now.AddHours(1),
    Categories = "Important;Work",
    VotingButtons = "Approve;Reject;More Information"
};

// Mark as completed
options.MarkAsCompleted(true);

// Apply options to a MapiMessage
MapiMessage message = MapiMessage.FromFile("message.msg");
FollowUpManager.SetOptions(message, options);

// Save the message with follow-up settings
message.Save("message_with_options.msg", SaveOptions.DefaultMsgUnicode);

[Visual Basic]

' Create follow-up options with flag request
Dim options As New FollowUpOptions("Follow up on this message") With {
    .StartDate = DateTime.Now,
    .DueDate = DateTime.Now.AddDays(7),
    .ReminderTime = DateTime.Now.AddHours(1),
    .Categories = "Important;Work",
    .VotingButtons = "Approve;Reject;More Information"
}

' Mark as completed
options.MarkAsCompleted(True)

' Apply options to a MapiMessage
Dim message As MapiMessage = MapiMessage.FromFile("message.msg")
FollowUpManager.SetOptions(message, options)

' Save the message with follow-up settings
message.Save("message_with_options.msg", SaveOptions.DefaultMsgUnicode)