I am investigating the possibility/feasibility of setting up Outlook
via rules so that when certain emails are received, some VBA code
(probably in Excel) will process either the text in the body of the
email or a file attachment.

I've tried setting up a test rule, but when I select "run a script" or
"perform a custom action", there are no scripts or custom actions to
select. It seems these have to be set up first, but Outlook Help
seems to have no information. Can anyone assist?

Thanks in advance

Paul Martin
Melbourne, Australia

OK, I can see from Sue Mosher at http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=62
how to run some code (why MS call it "run a script", I don't know -
that makes it look like one needs some VBScript or a batch file).
That looks fine. What about the option to "perform a custom action"?



On Nov 20, 2:47*pm, Paul Martin wrote:
I am investigating the possibility/feasibility of setting up Outlook
via rules so that when certain emails are received, some VBA code
(probably in Excel) will process either the text in the body of the
email or a file attachment.

I've tried setting up a test rule, but when I select "run a script" or
"perform a custom action", there are no scripts or custom actions to
select. *It seems these have to be set up first, but Outlook Help
seems to have no information. *Can anyone assist?

Thanks in advance

Paul Martin
Melbourne, Australia

custom actions are written in C++ - see
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/324568 for more info.

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"Paul Martin" wrote in message
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OK, I can see from Sue Mosher at
http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=62
how to run some code (why MS call it "run a script", I don't know -
that makes it look like one needs some VBScript or a batch file).
That looks fine. What about the option to "perform a custom action"?



On Nov 20, 2:47 pm, Paul Martin wrote:
I am investigating the possibility/feasibility of setting up Outlook
via rules so that when certain emails are received, some VBA code
(probably in Excel) will process either the text in the body of the
email or a file attachment.

I've tried setting up a test rule, but when I select "run a script" or
"perform a custom action", there are no scripts or custom actions to
select. It seems these have to be set up first, but Outlook Help
seems to have no information. Can anyone assist?

Thanks in advance

Paul Martin
Melbourne, Australia