Inspector.EditorType (Outlook)

Returns an OlEditorType constant indicating the type of editor. Possible return values are olEditorHTML - HTML editor, olEditorRTF - Real Text Format (RTF) editor, olEditorText - Text editor, olEditorWord - Microsoft Office Word editor.

Since Microsoft Office Outlook 2007, the EditorType property always returns olEditorWord.


Function Item_Open() 
 'Set the HTMLBody of the item. 
 Item.HTMLBody = "

My HTML page.

My body." 'Item displays HTML message. Item.Display 'MsgBox shows EditorType is 2 which represents the HTML editor type MsgBox "HTMLBody EditorType is " & Item.GetInspector.EditorType 'Access the Body and show 'the text of the Body. MsgBox "This is the Body: " & Item.Body 'After accessing, EditorType 'is still 2. MsgBox "After accessing, the EditorType is " & Item.GetInspector.EditorType 'Set the item's Body property. Item.Body = "Back to default body." 'After setting the Body, EditorType is 'still the same. MsgBox "After setting, the EditorType is " & Item.GetInspector.EditorType End Function