This example adds a routing slip to the active document, sets the subject and message text, adds a recipient, and then routes the document.
ActiveDocument.HasRoutingSlip = True
With ActiveDocument.RoutingSlip
.Subject = "Status Doc"
.Message = "Please fill in your status."
.AddRecipient Recipient:="Kate Dresen"
End With
ActiveDocument.Route
If Monthly Report.doc has a routing slip attached to it, this example displays the message text.
Set myDoc = Documents("Monthly Report.doc")
If myDoc.HasRoutingSlip = True _
Then MsgBox myDoc.RoutingSlip.Message