by Chris Kesler (7 Submissions)
Category: Microsoft Office Apps/VBA
Compatability: Visual Basic 3.0
Difficulty: Beginner
Date Added: Wed 3rd February 2021
Rating: 
(2 Votes)
This code snippet is actually a Macro for Outlook 97, 98 or 2000 but can be easily instituted into VB by creating your Outlook.Application object to completely automate the mod from VB. It could also be used with MAPI mail as well.
Inputs
None...
Assumes
Basic understanding of VBA and VB as well as Office Automation through VB.
Code Returns
None... Could be set as a True or False Method for total automation
Side Effects
None so far...
VBcodersSub AutomateMe()
Dim oApp As Application
Dim oNS As NameSpace
Dim oMsg As Object
Dim oAttachments As Outlook.Attachments
Dim strControl
Set oApp = New Outlook.Application
Set oNS = oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
'Set folder to check the INBOX
Set oFolder = oNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
strControl = 0
For Each oMsg In oFolder.Items
With oMsg
'Check for new mail (unread=true)
If .UnRead Then
'This could use the .Subject as well to search for text in the subject line.
If InStr(1, .Body, "Body Text to look for") > 0 Then
oMsg.Attachments.Item(1).SaveAsFile "Your Drive:\Your Path\" _
& oMsg.Attachments.Item(1).DisplayName
'Set mailItem to read by setting UnRead flag to false.
.UnRead = False
Exit Sub
End If
End If
End With
Next
End Sub
