Help for a novice
 

I tried

f myItem.Class = olMail Then
If myItem.Sent = True Then

MsgBox "Test"

' it's not a newly created item
' put your code to work with myItem here
End If
End If


The msgbox pops up when a mail is opened for reading the first time,
also when the user selects reply, replyall or forward


I need something that ONLY works when the mail is opened for reading
.....not when a reply, reply all or forward is selected


On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:55:11 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

The problem with your code below is that ActiveInspector is not an item. It's just the window showing an item. In VBA, if you want the item, you use:

Set myItem = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem

Because the Sent property is specific to the MailItem object, you should check that myItem is a MailItem before you do anything else. Then you can check the value of the Sent property:

If myItem.Class = olMail Then
If myItem.Sent = True Then
' it's not a newly created item
' put your code to work with myItem here
End If
End If

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/propsyntax.htm for a basic primer on Outlook property syntax.

Help for a novice
 

How are you instantiating myItem?

I can't duplicate the results here on OUtlook 2003. THis is all my code:

Dim WithEvents colInsp As Inspectors

Private Sub Application_Startup()
Set colInsp = Application.Inspectors
End Sub

Private Sub colInsp_NewInspector(ByVal Inspector As Inspector)
Set itm = Inspector.CurrentItem
If itm.Class = olMail Then
If itm.Sent = True Then
MsgBox "It's not a new item"
End If
End If
End Sub

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"SuperSlueth" wrote in message ...
I tried

f myItem.Class = olMail Then
If myItem.Sent = True Then

MsgBox "Test"

' it's not a newly created item
' put your code to work with myItem here
End If
End If


The msgbox pops up when a mail is opened for reading the first time,
also when the user selects reply, replyall or forward


I need something that ONLY works when the mail is opened for reading
....not when a reply, reply all or forward is selected


On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:55:11 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

The problem with your code below is that ActiveInspector is not an item. It's just the window showing an item. In VBA, if you want the item, you use:

Set myItem = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem

Because the Sent property is specific to the MailItem object, you should check that myItem is a MailItem before you do anything else. Then you can check the value of the Sent property:

If myItem.Class = olMail Then
If myItem.Sent = True Then
' it's not a newly created item
' put your code to work with myItem here
End If
End If

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/propsyntax.htm for a basic primer on Outlook property syntax.

Help for a novice
 

OK, lets take a differnent approach

I've seen "Reply event"

Is there any way in VBA to see if theis event has happened.

What I read it as if the user selects reply, then i should be able to
test to see if this event is "True or False"


many thanks



On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:55:11 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

The problem with your code below is that ActiveInspector is not an item. It's just the window showing an item. In VBA, if you want the item, you use:

Set myItem = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem

Because the Sent property is specific to the MailItem object, you should check that myItem is a MailItem before you do anything else. Then you can check the value of the Sent property:

If myItem.Class = olMail Then
If myItem.Sent = True Then
' it's not a newly created item
' put your code to work with myItem here
End If
End If

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/propsyntax.htm for a basic primer on Outlook property syntax.

Help for a novice
 

Handling the Reply event is ***much*** more difficult because the message you can reply to changes every time you open an item or change your selection in the folder. THat requires a wrapper class; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/vb.htm#wrapper

Did you try my code?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"SuperSlueth" wrote in message ...
OK, lets take a differnent approach

I've seen "Reply event"

Is there any way in VBA to see if theis event has happened.

What I read it as if the user selects reply, then i should be able to
test to see if this event is "True or False"


many thanks



On Tue, 21 Feb 2006 17:55:11 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

The problem with your code below is that ActiveInspector is not an item. It's just the window showing an item. In VBA, if you want the item, you use:

Set myItem = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem

Because the Sent property is specific to the MailItem object, you should check that myItem is a MailItem before you do anything else. Then you can check the value of the Sent property:

If myItem.Class = olMail Then
If myItem.Sent = True Then
' it's not a newly created item
' put your code to work with myItem here
End If
End If

See http://www.outlookcode.com/d/propsyntax.htm for a basic primer on Outlook property syntax.

Help for a novice
 

Yes I tried your code, but it works on open mail (read), as well as
reply, replyall, & forward

If I use it as is, the attachments will open everytime the user
selects reply, replyall or forward ...... not very convenient

I'm looking for a way that it only works when the user opens a mail to
read... it shouldn't work anywhere else



On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:19:29 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

Handling the Reply event is ***much*** more difficult because the message you can reply to changes every time you open an item or change your selection in the folder. THat requires a wrapper class; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/vb.htm#wrapper

Did you try my code?

Help for a novice
 

It works fine here. Did you use exactly the code I posted? If not, show what you're using. Also, try stepping through it to see what's not working for you.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"SuperSlueth" wrote in message ...
Yes I tried your code, but it works on open mail (read), as well as
reply, replyall, & forward

If I use it as is, the attachments will open everytime the user
selects reply, replyall or forward ...... not very convenient

I'm looking for a way that it only works when the user opens a mail to
read... it shouldn't work anywhere else



On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 12:19:29 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

Handling the Reply event is ***much*** more difficult because the message you can reply to changes every time you open an item or change your selection in the folder. THat requires a wrapper class; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/vb.htm#wrapper

Did you try my code?

Help for a novice
 

In desperation I did a machine cleanup including the following
removed ALL vba code from outlook
ran Office repair
ran Scanpst ... errors found
deleted all caches and temps ... 134Mb removed
ran regcleaner..... 207 errors found and repaird or removed
reboot with scandisk
checked for and installed updates for windows & office .... 3 found
defragged hadrdisk
added your code to outlook

and it works now

not sure of the exact reason but at last got it to work

Thanks for all your help




On Thu, 23 Feb 2006 18:17:07 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

It works fine here. Did you use exactly the code I posted? If not, show what you're using. Also, try stepping through it to see what's not working for you.

Help for a novice
 

I'm trying the following



Set myItem = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
Set myAttachments = myItem.Attachments
MsgBox myAttachments.Item(1).DisplayName

This displays the attachments files name ok

but when I try

myAttachments.Item(1).Open
I get an error

The attachmenats are GIF files and when I double click on an
attachment it opens with windows picture and fax viewer OK


Where am i going wrong with my code and is there a simple way in VBA
to open this type of attachment.

Help for a novice
 

You can't open an attachment that way (and you'd know that if you looked in the object browser at the Attachment object; it has no Open method). You must save each attachment first to your hard drive and then open it, either with the appropriate automation for that type of file or with a Shell Execute type of command. See http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=1140 for a code sample.

You might also enjoy Eric's sample at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...PictAttach.asp

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx


"SuperSlueth" wrote in message ...
I'm trying the following



Set myItem = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
Set myAttachments = myItem.Attachments
MsgBox myAttachments.Item(1).DisplayName

This displays the attachments files name ok

but when I try

myAttachments.Item(1).Open
I get an error

The attachmenats are GIF files and when I double click on an
attachment it opens with windows picture and fax viewer OK


Where am i going wrong with my code and is there a simple way in VBA
to open this type of attachment.

Help for a novice
 

Sorry I don't follow

If I double click on the attachment it opens without saving it to disk
therefore why can't it just be opend with code


On Fri, 24 Feb 2006 18:24:12 -0500, "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]"
wrote:

You can't open an attachment that way (and you'd know that if you looked in the object browser at the Attachment object; it has no Open method). You must save each attachment first to your hard drive and then open it, either with the appropriate automation for that type of file or with a Shell Execute type of command. See http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=1140 for a code sample.

You might also enjoy Eric's sample at http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/en...PictAttach.asp