![]() |
What tools should I use?
I took a *quick* look, so I probably missed the answer in earlier posts, so
please pardon me if this has been answered already... I'm new to VBA, though I have some beginner-level C++ experience. I'm looking for two pieces of advice. First, what book(s) are good for beginners who want to learn enough VB to script simple actions in Outlook 2003? Second, what environmental tools do I need, or are the VB scripting tools included within O2k3 enough to write and compile scripts (or is compiling even an issue with VB?)? I appreciate your thoughts and recommendations! |
What tools should I use?
If you're doing stuff just for yourself in Outlook 2003, then VBA should be able to handle most of your needs. See my signature for a book you might find useful.
-- 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 "Mark Racicot" wrote in message ... I took a *quick* look, so I probably missed the answer in earlier posts, so please pardon me if this has been answered already... I'm new to VBA, though I have some beginner-level C++ experience. I'm looking for two pieces of advice. First, what book(s) are good for beginners who want to learn enough VB to script simple actions in Outlook 2003? Second, what environmental tools do I need, or are the VB scripting tools included within O2k3 enough to write and compile scripts (or is compiling even an issue with VB?)? I appreciate your thoughts and recommendations! |
What tools should I use?
Sue-
Thanks for your reply. I looked at the second book in your sig and it talks about O2k2. Though I'm sure that VB has probably not changed much between O2k2 and O2k3, odds are good that *something* is different. Are the differences great enough so that novice programmers like me would need both books? If it helps, what I'm going to be attempting is a script that I can run that will search a given folder and save attachments to specific destination folders based on the file extension. I haven't seen how to do that with a rule, and I can't select multiple messages and use the "save attachments" command - that only works with one message at a time... Mark "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: If you're doing stuff just for yourself in Outlook 2003, then VBA should be able to handle most of your needs. See my signature for a book you might find useful. -- 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 "Mark Racicot" wrote in message ... I took a *quick* look, so I probably missed the answer in earlier posts, so please pardon me if this has been answered already... I'm new to VBA, though I have some beginner-level C++ experience. I'm looking for two pieces of advice. First, what book(s) are good for beginners who want to learn enough VB to script simple actions in Outlook 2003? Second, what environmental tools do I need, or are the VB scripting tools included within O2k3 enough to write and compile scripts (or is compiling even an issue with VB?)? I appreciate your thoughts and recommendations! |
What tools should I use?
Very little changed between Outlook 2002 and 2003; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/ol2003problems.htm
These samples show various ways to save attachments: http://www.fontstuff.com/outlook/oltut01.htm http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=70 http://www.slovaktech.com/code_sampl...ripAttachments -- 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 "Mark Racicot" wrote in message ... Sue- Thanks for your reply. I looked at the second book in your sig and it talks about O2k2. Though I'm sure that VB has probably not changed much between O2k2 and O2k3, odds are good that *something* is different. Are the differences great enough so that novice programmers like me would need both books? If it helps, what I'm going to be attempting is a script that I can run that will search a given folder and save attachments to specific destination folders based on the file extension. I haven't seen how to do that with a rule, and I can't select multiple messages and use the "save attachments" command - that only works with one message at a time... Mark "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: If you're doing stuff just for yourself in Outlook 2003, then VBA should be able to handle most of your needs. See my signature for a book you might find useful. "Mark Racicot" wrote in message ... I took a *quick* look, so I probably missed the answer in earlier posts, so please pardon me if this has been answered already... I'm new to VBA, though I have some beginner-level C++ experience. I'm looking for two pieces of advice. First, what book(s) are good for beginners who want to learn enough VB to script simple actions in Outlook 2003? Second, what environmental tools do I need, or are the VB scripting tools included within O2k3 enough to write and compile scripts (or is compiling even an issue with VB?)? I appreciate your thoughts and recommendations! |
What tools should I use?
Thanks, Sue! These look like they'll do nicely.
Mark "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: Very little changed between Outlook 2002 and 2003; see http://www.outlookcode.com/d/ol2003problems.htm These samples show various ways to save attachments: http://www.fontstuff.com/outlook/oltut01.htm http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=70 http://www.slovaktech.com/code_sampl...ripAttachments -- 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 "Mark Racicot" wrote in message ... Sue- Thanks for your reply. I looked at the second book in your sig and it talks about O2k2. Though I'm sure that VB has probably not changed much between O2k2 and O2k3, odds are good that *something* is different. Are the differences great enough so that novice programmers like me would need both books? If it helps, what I'm going to be attempting is a script that I can run that will search a given folder and save attachments to specific destination folders based on the file extension. I haven't seen how to do that with a rule, and I can't select multiple messages and use the "save attachments" command - that only works with one message at a time... Mark "Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]" wrote: If you're doing stuff just for yourself in Outlook 2003, then VBA should be able to handle most of your needs. See my signature for a book you might find useful. "Mark Racicot" wrote in message ... I took a *quick* look, so I probably missed the answer in earlier posts, so please pardon me if this has been answered already... I'm new to VBA, though I have some beginner-level C++ experience. I'm looking for two pieces of advice. First, what book(s) are good for beginners who want to learn enough VB to script simple actions in Outlook 2003? Second, what environmental tools do I need, or are the VB scripting tools included within O2k3 enough to write and compile scripts (or is compiling even an issue with VB?)? I appreciate your thoughts and recommendations! |
All times are GMT +1. The time now is 09:12 AM. |
Powered by vBulletin® Version 3.6.4
Copyright ©2000 - 2025, Jelsoft Enterprises Ltd.
Search Engine Friendly URLs by vBSEO 2.4.0
Copyright ©2004-2006 OutlookBanter.com