Comments on: Opening Outlook Attachments

By: iko

iko — Wed, 30 Dec 2009 15:22:00 +0000

i used it for my plugin for "extract attachments from outlook"

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Open Any Email Attachment From Outlook » Code For Excel And Outlook Blog — Fri, 17 Jul 2009 00:30:00 +0000

[...] Update 4/15/2009: Dick Kusleika from Daily Dose of Excel posted his version of the above code. Read his post titled Opening Outlook Attachments. [...]

By: HR72

HR72 — Mon, 20 Apr 2009 05:14:00 +0000

Thanks Dick, This is just what I have looking for. Its works great. There's just one problem. On using the CTRL + SHIFT + F to access the Advanced Find dialog box, I got this Macro inserted in the Menu Bar. However the Macro does not run in this Advanced Find Dialog box menu bar.
Any work round this as it would greatly aid me in my daily work.
Neverthless Thanks so much for this piece of Code.

By: Dick Kusleika

Dick Kusleika — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 20:15:00 +0000

Ugh, good point gruf999. I read my email in plain text. When someone sends an embedded picture, it shows as an attachment - the first attachment. If I'm only opening one, I should be opening the last one. Off to change my code.

By: gruff999

gruff999 — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 19:54:00 +0000

Slightly off topic but bitter personal experience demands I post this. If you are handling multiple attachments on a single Outlook email process them in reverse order. I got caught by a 'known' bug when I tried to process from first to last.

Thanks as usual to a complete stranger somewhere on the web for the insight, and his name was Ken Slovak (Outlook MVP) http://www.slovaktech.com.

By: Dick Kusleika

Dick Kusleika — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 14:37:00 +0000

Zac: Follow the FreeVBCode link to get the API function.

By: Ivan F Moala

Ivan F Moala — Thu, 16 Apr 2009 11:43:00 +0000

It's missing the "GetShortFilename" API Function, I would have run it with ShellExecute so you don't need this Function.

By: Zac

Zac — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 23:59:00 +0000

I tried this out and I receive a compile error when it runs, "Sub or Function not Defined". The debugger is referencing "GetShortFilename" as the error.

By: Dick Kusleika

Dick Kusleika — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 17:11:00 +0000

Everything I post should end with "with the keyboard", so I just started leaving it off.

By: GollyJer

GollyJer — Wed, 15 Apr 2009 01:14:00 +0000

I'm confused. What's wrong with double clicking the attachment icon?
Or should this be titled, "Opening Outlook Attachments with the Keyboard"?