How to setup VBscript to run in a specific folder in Outlook [duplicate] - vba

Question

How can I in an Outlook VBA macro iterate all email items in a specific Outlook folder (in this case the folder belongs not to my personal inbux but is a sub-folder to the inbox of a shared mailbox.
Something like this but I've never done an Outlook macro...
For each email item in mailboxX.inbox.mySubfolder.items
// do this
next item
I tried this but the inbox subfolder is not found...
Private Sub Application_Startup()
Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim objFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Set objNS = GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objFolder = objNS.Folders("myGroupMailbox")
Set objFolder = objFolder.Folders("Inbox\mySubFolder1\mySubFolder2")
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Dim Msg As Outlook.MailItem
For Each Item In objFolder.Items
If TypeName(Item) = "MailItem" Then
Set Msg = Item
If new_msg.Subject Like "*myString*" Then
strBody = myItem.Body
Dim filePath As String
filePath = "C:\myFolder\test.txt"
Open filePath For Output As #2
Write #2, strBody
Close #2
End If
End If
ProgramExit:
Exit Sub
ErrorHandler:
MsgBox Err.Number & " - " & Err.Description
Resume ProgramExit
Next Item
End Sub

Answer 1

In my case the following worked:
Sub ListMailsInFolder()
Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim objFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Set objNS = GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objFolder = objNS.Folders.GetFirst ' folders of your current account
Set objFolder = objFolder.Folders("Foldername").Folders("Subfoldername")
For Each Item In objFolder.Items
If TypeName(Item) = "MailItem" Then
' ... do stuff here ...
Debug.Print Item.ConversationTopic
End If
Next
End Sub
Likewise, you can as well iterate through calender items:
Private Sub ListCalendarItems()
Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set olNS = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set olRecItems = olNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderTasks)
strFilter = "[DueDate] > '1/15/2009'"
Set olFilterRecItems = olRecItems.Items.Restrict(strFilter)
For Each Item In olFilterRecItems
If TypeName(Item) = "TaskItem" Then
Debug.Print Item.ConversationTopic
End If
Next
End Sub
Note that this example is using filtering and also .GetDefaultFolder(olFolderTasks) to get the builtin folder for calendar items. If you want to access the inbox, for example, use olFolderInbox.

Answer 2

The format is:
Set objFolder = objFolder.Folders("Inbox").Folders("mySubFolder1").Folders("mySubFolder2")
As advised in a comment "move the next item line to before the ProgramExit label"

Answer 3

Sub TheSub()
Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim fldrImAfter As Outlook.Folder
Dim Message As Outlook.MailItem
'This gets a handle on your mailbox
Set objNS = GetNamespace("MAPI")
'Calls fldrGetFolder function to return desired folder object
Set fldrImAfter = fldrGetFolder("Folder Name Here", objNS.Folders)
For Each Message In fldrImAfter.Items
MsgBox Message.Subject
Next
End Sub
Recursive function to loop over all folders until the specified folder name is found....
Function fldrGetFolder( _
strFolderName As String _
, objParentFolderCollection As Outlook.Folders _
) As Outlook.Folder
Dim fldrSubFolder As Outlook.Folder
For Each fldrGetFolder In objParentFolderCollection
'MsgBox fldrGetFolder.Name
If fldrGetFolder.Name = strFolderName Then
Exit For
End If
If fldrGetFolder.Folders.Count > 0 Then
Set fldrSubFolder = fldrGetFolder(strFolderName,
fldrGetFolder.Folders)
If Not fldrSubFolder Is Nothing Then
Set fldrGetFolder = fldrSubFolder
Exit For
End If
End If
Next
End Function