Add an Outlook Toolbar Button to Create a Business Note

It is often necessary to create a Business Note for a contact when you are in a hurry.  To simplify this process, you can create a button on your Outlook toolbar:
1.) Verify that your security settings will prompt you to run unsigned macros by selecting "Tools | Trust Center..." from the main Outlook window. Then click "Macro Security" and select "Warnings for all macros" and click "OK"
2.) Create a Macro from the main Outlook window by selecting "Tools | Macro | Macros..."
3.) Type "Note" as the Macro Name, then click "Create"
4.) The Visual Basic editing window will open.  On the left-hand side is a project navigation pane.  Right-click on the top-level item named "Project1" and select "Project1 Properties..."
5.) Change "Project1" to "Business" and click "OK"
6.) In the main code area, you'll see "Sub Note()", followed by "End Sub". Replace those two lines with the VBA code below, then click Save.
7.) Close the Visual Basic window to return to Outlook
8.) Right-click on the Outlook toolbar and click "Customize..."
9.) Select the "Commands" tab, select the "Macro" from the Categories list, then drag "Business.Note" to the standard Outlook toolbar and click "Close"
on the "Customize" dialog.
10.) Select a business contact or account, then click the "Business.Note" button.

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' Create a New Business Note for the selected Business Contact
Sub Note()
    ' Get a reference to the MAPI namespace
    Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
    Set objNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")

    ' Get a reference to the currently selected Outlook folder
    Dim currentFolder As Outlook.Folder
    Set currentFolder = Application.ActiveExplorer.currentFolder

    ' Make sure at least one item is selected
    If Application.ActiveExplorer Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "Please select an item"
        Exit Sub
    End If
    If Application.ActiveExplorer.selection Is Nothing Then
        MsgBox "Please select an item"
        Exit Sub
    End If

    ' The parent item's EntryID, if any
    Dim parentEntryID As String
    parentEntryID = "" ' Initialize to empty string
   
    ' Get a reference to the currently selected item
    Dim oItem As Object
    Set oItem = Application.ActiveExplorer.selection(1)
    If Not (oItem Is Nothing) Then
        ' Verify that this item is located in the Business Contact
        ' Manager Outlook Store
        If 1 = InStr(1, currentFolder.FullFolderPath, _
           "\\Business Contact Manager\", vbTextCompare) Then
            ' Only get the EntryID if this is a Business Contact, Account,
            ' Opportunity, or Business Project
            If oItem.MessageClass = "IPM.Contact.BCM.Contact" Or _
               oItem.MessageClass = "IPM.Contact.BCM.Account" Or _
               oItem.MessageClass = "IPM.Task.BCM.Opportunity" Or _
               oItem.MessageClass = "IPM.Task.BCM.Project" Then
                parentEntryID = oItem.EntryID
            End If
        End If
    End If
   
    ' Get the root BCM folder
    Dim olFolders As Outlook.Folders
    Dim bcmRootFolder As Outlook.Folder
    Set olFolders = objNS.Session.Folders
    Set bcmRootFolder = olFolders("Business Contact Manager")

    ' Locate the Communication History folder
    Dim historyFolder As Outlook.Folder
    Set historyFolder = bcmRootFolder.Folders("Communication History")

    ' Create a new history item
    Const BusinessNoteMessageClass = "IPM.Activity.BCM.BusinessNote"
    Dim newBusinessNote As Outlook.JournalItem
    Set newBusinessNote = historyFolder.Items.Add(BusinessNoteMessageClass)
   
    ' Set the type to Business Note
    newBusinessNote.Type = "Business Note"

    ' If we found a valid parent EntryID
    If parentEntryID <> "" Then
        ' Link the new Business Note to the selected BCM item
        Dim parentEntityEntryID As Outlook.userProperty
        Set parentEntityEntryID = _
            newBusinessNote.UserProperties("Parent Entity EntryID")
        If (parentEntityEntryID Is Nothing) Then
            Set parentEntityEntryID = _
                newBusinessNote.UserProperties.Add("Parent Entity EntryID", _
                olText, False, False)
        End If
        parentEntityEntryID.value = parentEntryID
   
        ' Linking cont'd
        Dim parentEntryIDs As Outlook.userProperty
        Set parentEntryIDs = newBusinessNote.UserProperties("Parent Entry IDs")
        If (parentEntryIDs Is Nothing) Then
            Set parentEntryIDs = _
                newBusinessNote.UserProperties.Add("Parent Entry IDs", _
                olKeywords, False, False)
        End If
        parentEntryIDs.value = parentEntryID
    End If
   
    ' Display the new, empty business note
    newBusinessNote.Display (False)
       
    Set parentEntryIDs = Nothing
    Set parentEntityEntryID = Nothing
    Set newBusinessNote = Nothing
    Set historyFolder = Nothing
    Set bcmRootFolder = Nothing
    Set olFolders = Nothing
    Set oItem = Nothing
    Set currentFolder = Nothing
    Set objNS = Nothing

End Sub
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