How run a macro when i open my out look (with out going to macros and running)

[seshu]

Hi Everybody
I wrote a small macro in my outlook macros it is working fine but i want to run that automatically when i open my outlook and once after opening it
i want to refresh my out look for every five minutes so that my macro will run for every five mins
and here is the code what i wrote

Sub auto_open()
Dim ns As NameSpace
 Dim Inbox As MAPIFolder
 Dim Item As Object
 Dim Atmt As Attachment
 Dim FileName As String
 Dim i As Integer
 
  Set ns = GetNamespace("MAPI")
 Set Inbox = ns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
 i = 0
If Inbox.Items.Count = 0 Then
    MsgBox "There are no messages in the Inbox.", vbInformation, _
           "Nothing Found"
    Exit Sub
 End If
  For Each Item In Inbox.Items
      For Each Atmt In Item.Attachments
       FileName = "C:\Email Attachments\" & Atmt.FileName
       Atmt.SaveAsFile FileName
       i = i + 1
    Next Atmt
 Next Item
 If i > 0 Then
    MsgBox "I found " & i & " attached files." _
       & vbCrLf & "I have saved them into the C:\Email Attachments folder." _
       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Have a nice day.", vbInformation, "Finished!"
 Else
    MsgBox "I didn't find any attached files in your mail.", vbInformation, _
    "Finished!"
End If
End Sub

Regards
Seshu

[seshu]

Some one please look into this

Regards
Seshu

[danp129]

Assuming you only need to check for attachments at startup and everytime you get mail instead of every 5 minutes, this might work:

Private Sub Application_Startup()
    Call SaveAttachments()
End Sub

Private Sub Application_NewMail()
    Call SaveAttachments()
End Sub

Sub SaveAttachments()
 Dim ns As NameSpace
 Dim Inbox As MAPIFolder
 Dim Item As Object
 Dim Atmt As Attachment
 Dim FileName As String
 Dim i As Integer
 
  Set ns = GetNamespace("MAPI")
 Set Inbox = ns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
 i = 0
If Inbox.Items.Count = 0 Then
    MsgBox "There are no messages in the Inbox.", vbInformation, _
           "Nothing Found"
    Exit Sub
 End If
  For Each Item In Inbox.Items
      For Each Atmt In Item.Attachments
       FileName = "C:\Email Attachments\" & Atmt.FileName
       Atmt.SaveAsFile FileName
       i = i + 1
    Next Atmt
 Next Item
 If i > 0 Then
    MsgBox "I found " & i & " attached files." _
       & vbCrLf & "I have saved them into the C:\Email Attachments folder." _
       & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Have a nice day.", vbInformation, "Finished!"
 Else
    MsgBox "I didn't find any attached files in your mail.", vbInformation, _
    "Finished!"
End If
End Sub

Personally I would hate that script to run every time I got new mail or every 5 minutes. You might Google Application_New MailEx(ByVal EntryIDCollecti on As String) event and see if it's possible to only scan the new messages instead of the entire inbox on every new message, it probably is. You might also prompt the user if they want to scan their mailbox in the Application_Sta rtup sub.

[seshu]

so you say that insted of downloading all the attachments again and again you are asking me to download only the new attachments thank you that was a good idea but the thing is i dont how to differentiate the new one with the old one programically but once after seeing your suggestuion if i write the save attachment code in new mail procedure we can down load only the new down load attachments is it true if so what is this id collection please give me a small explination


Regards
Seshu

[Killer42]

(Wow! Thought I was looking in a mirror then, when I saw the avatar...;))

What danp129 suggested was to "Google Application_New MailEx(ByVal EntryIDCollecti on As String) event and see if it's possible to only scan the new messages". Sounds like sound advice, to me.

[danp129]

It should look something like this

Private Sub Application_NewMailEx(ByVal EntryIDCollection As String)
    Dim i&
    Dim itemID
    Dim oMail As MailItem
    Dim Atmt As Attachment
    Dim FileName$
    Dim arIDs() As String
    
    arIDs = Split(EntryIDCollection, ",")

    For Each itemID In arIDs
        On Error Resume Next 'if item is not a "MailItem" following line would fail
        Set oMail = Application.Session.GetItemFromID(itemID)
        On Error GoTo 0
        
        If Not oMail Is Nothing Then
            For Each Atmt In oMail.Attachments
                FileName = "D:\Email Attachments\" & Atmt.FileName
                Atmt.SaveAsFile FileName
            Next Atmt
            Set oMail = Nothing
        End If
    Next
End Sub

[Denburt]

FYI

Version info was not supplied so I thought I would mention.

Outlook 2003 and newer:
Private Sub Application_New MailEx(ByVal EntryIDCollecti on As String)


Older versions would use:

Private Sub Application_New Mail()

For more info you can visit MSDN, if you click on the following link it will provide you with more info and you can browse around to see examples and choose the version of your choice.

http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa155701(office.10).aspx

In the article it mentions the following:
"since the NewMail event does not provide any details about the arriving item(s), you would have to keep track of what items were previously processed and, if you are also running Rules Wizard rules, examine multiple folders for new items."