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Displays the Show Categories dialog box, which allows you to select categories that correspond to the subject of the item.
Syntax
expression .ShowCategoriesDialog
expression A variable that represents a PostItem object.
Example
The following Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example creates a new post item, displays the item on the screen, and opens up the Show Categories dialog box.
Sub PostItem()
'Creates a post item to access ShowCategoriesDialog
Dim olmyPostItem As Outlook.PostItem
'Create post item
Set olmyPostItem = Application.CreateItem(olPostItem)
olmyPostItem.Body = "Please comment on these sales figures."
olmyPostItem.Subject = "Sales Reports"
'Display the item
olmyPostItem.Display
'Display the Show categories dialog
olmyPostItem.ShowCategoriesDialog
End Sub