The code below runs in an Excel workbook open event. It does so to retrieve
the attachments excel needs from the nightly emails. The rule i have set up
in Outlook is always unchecked when Excel opens outlook so I put in a line of
code to force the rule. it executes the show progress of the rule but nnoe of
what the rule is supposed to do is done AND when i go to ToolsRules the rule
is unchecked. How can i force the rule i want to be checked when Outlook is
opened via this method?

Sub DoThisonOpen()
Dim objApp As Outlook.Application
Dim objNS As Namespace
Dim objCurrInbox As MAPIFolder, objExplorer As Object

On Error Resume Next
'close outlook if its already open, so I can reopen and do
send/receive all
Set objApp = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")
If Err.Number = 429 Then
Err.Number = 0
Set objApp = New Outlook.Application

Else
objApp.Quit
Sleep 3000
Set objApp = New Outlook.Application
End If

Set objNS = objApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objCurrInbox = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
objCurrInbox.Display
Set objExplorer = objCurrInbox.GetExplorer
objExplorer.Activate
objExplorer.CommandBars("Standard").Controls("Send/Re&ceive").Execute
Sleep 30000
' code to make the rule active
objApp.Session.DefaultStore.GetRules.Item("xtrader export").Execute
ShowProgress:=True

Sleep 30000

'reset the variables
Set objNS = Nothing
Set objCurrInbox = Nothing
Set objExplorer = Nothing

'close outlook
objApp.Quit
Set objApp = Nothing

End Sub

Since the computer is on all night, have you considered rewriting your
code to work from Outlook, instead of Excel? You could rewrite the
rule as VBA.

--JP

On Nov 23, 8:38*am, thomas donino
wrote:
The code below runs in an Excel workbook open event. It does so to retrieve
the attachments excel needs from the nightly emails. The rule i have set up
in Outlook is always unchecked when Excel opens outlook so I put in a line of
code to force the rule. it executes the show progress of the rule but nnoe of
what the rule is supposed to do is done AND when i go to ToolsRules the rule
is unchecked. How can i force the rule i want to be checked when Outlook is
opened via this method?