Hi All!
I'm new to writing codes in Outlook. I need a code that looks for a date
string within the filename of an email attachment. I've ask the people in
the field to name their attachment with a date format of "mm-dd-yyyy". And
the string can be anywhere within the filename. If the filename doesn't
contain a date information in the format I need, it exits the macro. If it
does, then it goes and saves the attachment to disk.

Thanks in advance,
Ron

If you can be sure, the people use the format you want to have then this
might work:

For i=1 to Len(text)
If IsDate(Mid$(text,i, Len("mm-dd-yyyy") Then
' match
Exit For
Endif
Next

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

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Am Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:50:00 -0700 schrieb Ron_D:

Hi All!
I'm new to writing codes in Outlook. I need a code that looks for a date
string within the filename of an email attachment. I've ask the people in
the field to name their attachment with a date format of "mm-dd-yyyy".
And
the string can be anywhere within the filename. If the filename doesn't
contain a date information in the format I need, it exits the macro. If
it
does, then it goes and saves the attachment to disk.

Thanks in advance,
Ron

Michael,
That did the trick!! Thank you for your help.

I've also added a 2nd condition in the If statement. Because I can't
guarrantee that the field will always name the file with the proper date
format, I've amended the if statement to look like this:

If IsDate(Mid$(text,i,Len("mm-dd-yyyy"))) AND
Len(trim(Mid$(text,i,Len("mm-dd-yyyy"))))=Len("mm-dd-yyyy") then

' Do Stuff

end if


-Ron

"Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]" wrote:



If you can be sure, the people use the format you want to have then this
might work:

For i=1 to Len(text)
If IsDate(Mid$(text,i, Len("mm-dd-yyyy") Then
' match
Exit For
Endif
Next

--
Best regards
Michael Bauer - MVP Outlook

: VBOffice Reporter for Data Analysis & Reporting
: Outlook Categories? Category Manager Is Your Tool
: http://www.vboffice.net/product.html?pub=6&lang=en


Am Fri, 15 Aug 2008 03:50:00 -0700 schrieb Ron_D:

Hi All!
I'm new to writing codes in Outlook. I need a code that looks for a date
string within the filename of an email attachment. I've ask the people in
the field to name their attachment with a date format of "mm-dd-yyyy".
And
the string can be anywhere within the filename. If the filename doesn't
contain a date information in the format I need, it exits the macro. If
it
does, then it goes and saves the attachment to disk.

Thanks in advance,
Ron