I am trying to build a macro to delete a series of emails scattered throughout a MS Outlook Contact's note field. Here is what I have so far, when it executes, it appears nothing visible happens. Thx for any feedback.
Emails look like <name#xyz.com>
Sub OutlookDeleteTextBetween()
Dim olInspector As Outlook.Inspector
Dim olDocument As Word.Document
Dim olSelection As Word.Selection
Set olInspector = Application.ActiveInspector()
Set olDocument = olInspector.WordEditor
Set olSelection = olDocument.Application.Selection
olSelection.WholeStory
With olSelection.Find
.Text = "\<*\>"
.MatchWildcards = True
.Replacement.Text = ""
.Execute Replace:=wdReplaceAll
End With
End Sub
delete a series of emails scattered throughout a MS Outlook Contact's note field
Try to Save the mail item after you did some changes. Outlook may not propagate changes until you save the item or re-open the window.
If you need to find attached mail items, they are stored as attachments in Outlook items. It seems to you need to check out the Attachments collection and use the Attachments.Remove method which removes an object from the collection. For example:
Sub RemoveAttachmentBeforeForwarding()
Dim myinspector As Outlook.Inspector
Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim myattachments As Outlook.Attachments
Set myinspector = Application.ActiveInspector
If Not TypeName(myinspector) = "Nothing" Then
Set myItem = myinspector.CurrentItem.Forward
Set myattachments = myItem.Attachments
While myattachments.Count > 0
myattachments.Remove 1
Wend
myItem.Display
myItem.Recipients.Add "Eugene Astafiev"
myItem.Send
Else
MsgBox "There is no active inspector."
End If
End Sub
Related
We are updating mails from the drafts folder and sending them a few times a day.
I want to open a selected mail resend it save it so it goes back to drafts and then close it.
I tried below
Sub DRAFT()
Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim objInsp As Outlook.Inspector
Dim objActionsMenu As Office.CommandBarControl
Dim olResendMsg As Outlook.MailItem
' get current item & open if needed
On Error Resume Next
Select Case TypeName(Application.ActiveWindow)
Case "Explorer"
Set myItem = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)
myItem.Display
Case "Inspector"
Set myItem = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
Case Else
End Select
On Error GoTo 0
If myItem Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Could not use current item. Please select or open a single email.", _
vbInformation
GoTo exitproc
End If
' run the resend command
Set objInsp = myItem.GetInspector
objInsp.CommandBars.ExecuteMso ("ResendThisMessage")
' save orig email
myItem.Save
' close orig email
myItem.Close
exitproc:
Set myItem = Nothing
Set objInsp = Nothing
Set objActionsMenu = Nothing
Set olResendMsg = Nothing
End Sub
You need to pass a OlInspectorClose enumeration value to the MailItem.Close method. It indicates the close behavior, i.e. the save mode. If the item displayed within the inspector has not been changed, this argument has no effect.
Name Value Description
olDiscard 1 Changes to the document are discarded.
olPromptForSave 2 User is prompted to save documents.
olSave 0 Documents are saved.
So, your code should like that:
' close orig email
myItem.Close olSave
Instead of executing the ribbon control programmatically using the CommandBars.ExecuteMso method you may try to create a cope of the source item and then send it.
The ExecuteMso method is useful in cases where there is no object model for a particular command. Works on controls that are built-in buttons, toggleButtons and splitButtons. On failure it returns E_InvalidArg for an invalid idMso, and E_Fail for controls that are not enabled or not visible.
Instead, you may use the MailItem.Copy method which creates another instance of an object.
Sub CopyItem()
Dim myNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim myFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim myNewFolder As Outlook.Folder
Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim myCopiedItem As Outlook.MailItem
Set myNameSpace = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myFolder = myNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set myNewFolder = myFolder.Folders.Add("Saved Mail", olFolderDrafts)
Set myItem = Application.CreateItem(olMailItem)
myItem.Subject = "Speeches"
Set myCopiedItem = myItem.Copy
myCopiedItem.To = "email#address.com"
myCopiedItem.Send()
End Sub
Although there is a mistake in myItem.Close, you cannot resend mail that has not been sent.
Option Explicit
Sub SendMailBasedOnPermanentDraft()
Dim myItem As MailItem
Dim objInsp As Inspector
Dim myCopyOfUnsentItemInDrafts As MailItem
' get current item & open if needed
On Error Resume Next
Select Case TypeName(ActiveWindow)
Case "Explorer"
Set myItem = ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)
Case "Inspector"
Set myItem = ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
Case Else
End Select
On Error GoTo 0
If myItem Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "Could not use current item. Please select or open a single email.", vbInformation
GoTo exitProc
End If
If myItem.Sent = False Then
Set myCopyOfUnsentItemInDrafts = myItem.copy
With myCopyOfUnsentItemInDrafts
.Subject = "Copied " & Now & ": " & myItem.Subject
.Save
.Display ' change to .Send
End With
Else
MsgBox "Select or open a single unsent email.", vbInformation
End If
exitProc:
Set myItem = Nothing
Set objInsp = Nothing
Set myCopyOfUnsentItemInDrafts = Nothing
End Sub
All my emails have this sentence added " this email has come from an external source. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender."
I would like to delete it.; I have made this macro but it does not work. Nothing happens. Other macros do work in outlook session, so it is not a security issue. I would expect the macro to take a minute or so for 100s of emails to search. but nothing happens at all. Can you help ?
Sub RemoveExpressionFOLDER()
Dim outNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim outFldr As Outlook.Folder
Dim outMailItems As Outlook.Items
'Dim outMailItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim outMailItem As Object
Dim myinspector As Outlook.Inspector
Set outNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set outFldr = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
Set myinspector = Application.ActiveInspector
Set outMailItems = outFldr.Items
K = outFldr.Items.Count
'MsgBox (K)
For i = 1 To K
If outMailItems(i).Class <> olMail Then GoTo 20
outMailItems(i).Display
'outMailItems(i).UnRead = True
outMailItems(i).Body = Replace(outMailItems(i).Body, "THINK SECURE. This
email has come from an external source. Do not click on links or open
attachments unless you recognise the sender.", "")
'outMailItems(i).HTMLBody = Replace(outMailItems(i).HTMLBody, "THINK SECURE.
This email has come from an external source. Do not click on links or open
attachments unless you recognise the sender.", "")
outMailItems(i).Save
Set myinspector = Application.ActiveInspector
Set outMailItems(i) = myinspector.CurrentItem
outMailItems(i).Close olSave
20 Next i
MsgBox ("cleaned ")
Set outMailItems = Nothing
Set outFldr = Nothing
Set outNS = Nothing
End Sub
There is no need to open the mailitems.
Option Explicit
Sub RemoveExpressionFOLDER()
Dim outFldr As folder
Dim outItems As Items
Dim outMailItem As MailItem
Dim i As Long
Dim cleanCount As Long
Set outFldr = ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
Set outItems = outFldr.Items
For i = 1 To outItems.Count
If outItems(i).Class = olMail Then
Set outMailItem = outItems(i)
With outMailItem
'Debug.Print .Subject
If InStr(.Body, "THINK SECURE. This email has come from an external source. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender.") Then
If .BodyFormat = olFormatHTML Then
.HTMLBody = Replace(.HTMLBody, "THINK SECURE. This email has come from an external source. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender.", "")
Else
.Body = Replace(.Body, "THINK SECURE. This email has come from an external source. Do not click on links or open attachments unless you recognise the sender.", "")
End If
.SAVE
cleanCount = cleanCount + 1
End If
End With
End If
Next i
MsgBox (cleanCount & " mailitems cleaned.")
End Sub
I have been successfully programming this in PowerPoint VBA but haven't been able to make it work on Outlook.
I have an email ready to be sent in Outlook 2013
I want to scan the body of the email for bold text (i.e., bold characters) and change its color to red
(nice to have) Exclude from the macro the signature
I tried several attempts with "Substitute", "if"-loop but no success. Thanks a lot for putting me on the right track.
The following code converts the color of the body but does not discriminate for bold words. Any ideas?
Public Sub FormatSelectedText()
Dim objItem As Object
Dim objInsp As Outlook.Inspector
' Add reference to Word library
' in VBA Editor, Tools, References
Dim objWord As Word.Application
Dim objDoc As Word.Document
Dim objSel As Word.Selection
On Error Resume Next
'Reference the current Outlook item
Set objItem = Application.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
If Not objItem Is Nothing Then
If objItem.Class = olMail Then
Set objInsp = objItem.GetInspector
If objInsp.EditorType = olEditorWord Then
Set objDoc = objInsp.WordEditor
Set objWord = objDoc.Application
Set objSel = objWord.Selection
' replace the With block with your code
With objSel
' Formatting code goes here
'.Font.Size = 18
If .Font.Bold = True Then
.Font.Color = wdColorBlue
End If
.Font.Color = wdColorRed
'.Font.Italic = True
'.Font.Name = "Arial"
End With
End If
End If
End If
Set objItem = Nothing
Set objWord = Nothing
Set objSel = Nothing
Set objInsp = Nothing
End Sub
First of all, I'd suggest starting from the Getting Started with VBA in Outlook 2010 article in MSDN.
You can use the HTMLBody property of Outlook items to get the HTML content of the message body or use the Word object model to get the job done. The WordEditor property of the Inspector class returns an instance of the Document class from the WOM (Word object model). See Chapter 17: Working with Item Bodies for more information.
Newbie Outlook VBA. intermediate Excel VBA. Windows 7 Professional, Outlook 2010
I have a script running from a rule that autoforwards all incoming emails. I need it as a rule because otherwise it will not forward the mails in the queue when Outlook loads.
I would like to have the default signature deleted when the mails are forwarded. As the reply is "blank" it is unnecessary to have the sig appended. I have found some code that supposedly worked in Outlook 2007 from the MSDN site. It compiles no errors, executes no errors. I have referenced MS Word in VBA. But the forwarded emails all have the signature still attached.
I cannot just delete the signature because I need it to be there on replies. The switch for the signature is for both replies and forwarded mail.
Here is the code:
Option Explicit
Sub Incoming3(MyMail As MailItem)
Dim strID As String
Dim strSender As String
Dim StrSubject As String
Dim objItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
strID = MyMail.entryID
Set objItem = Application.Session.GetItemFromID(strID)
strSender = objItem.SenderName
StrSubject = objItem.Subject
StrSubject = strSender + ": " + StrSubject
objItem.Subject = StrSubject
objItem.AutoForwarded = False
Set myItem = objItem.Forward
myItem.Recipients.Add "bcc.hwb#gmail.com"
myItem.DeleteAfterSubmit = True
Call DeleteSig(objItem)
myItem.Send
Set myItem = Nothing
Set objItem = Nothing
End Sub
Sub DeleteSig(msg As Outlook.MailItem)
Dim objDoc As Word.Document
Dim objBkm As Word.Bookmark
On Error Resume Next
Set objDoc = msg.GetInspector.WordEditor
Set objBkm = objDoc.Bookmarks("_MailAutoSig")
If Not objBkm Is Nothing Then
objBkm.Select
objDoc.Windows(1).Selection.Delete
End If
Set objDoc = Nothing
Set objBkm = Nothing
End Sub
Any help with Outlook or VBA code would be much appreciated.
Processing the wrong mail in DeleteSig.
myItem.DeleteAfterSubmit = True
Call DeleteSig(myItem)
myItem.Send
Edit 2015 02 26
Debugging VBA Code
Private Sub Incoming3_test()
' Open a mailitem then click F8 repeatedly from this code
Dim currItem As MailItem
Set currItem = ActiveInspector.currentItem
Incoming3 currItem
End Sub
Sub Incoming3(MyMail As MailItem)
Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
Set myItem = MyMail.Forward
myItem.Subject = MyMail.senderName & ": " & MyMail.Subject
myItem.Recipients.Add "bcc.hwb#gmail.com"
myItem.DeleteAfterSubmit = True
myItem.Display ' If you are using F8 you can
' view the action taken in DeleteSig.
' Delete the line later.
Call DeleteSig(myItem)
'myItem.Send
Set myItem = Nothing
End Sub
Sub DeleteSig(msg As Outlook.MailItem)
Dim objDoc As Word.Document
Dim objBkm As Word.Bookmark
On Error Resume Next '<--- Very bad without On Error GoTo 0
Set objDoc = msg.GetInspector.WordEditor
Set objBkm = objDoc.Bookmarks("_MailAutoSig")
On Error GoTo 0
If Not objBkm Is Nothing Then
objBkm.Select ' <--- This is where the action starts.
objDoc.Windows(1).Selection.Delete
End If
Set objDoc = Nothing
Set objBkm = Nothing
End Sub
Edit 2015 02 26 - End
When you assign a VBA macro sub to run by the rule you get an instance of the MailItem object. For example:
Sub Incoming3(MyMail As MailItem)
The MyMail object represents an incoming email message which you should use in the code. But I see that you get a new instance:
strID = MyMail.entryID
Set objItem = Application.Session.GetItemFromID(strID)
There is no need to do so. Use the MyMail object in the code.
Also I see the following code:
Set objBkm = objDoc.Bookmarks("_MailAutoSig")
Try to run the code under the debugger and see whether the bookmark can be found. If there is no such bookmark you need to search the body for the first entry From: in the text and delete all the content before that keyword.
Finally, you may find the Getting Started with VBA in Outlook 2010 article in MSDN helpful.
I'm struggling to insert a string in an incoming email via VBA. The routine works fine when sending mail and it will work on incoming mail if the user clicks Actions Edit. The issue is that incoming mail is locked in read only mode. I've spent the past 13.5 hours searching everywhere. It is possible in earlier versions of Outlook, however Microsoft have removed the CommandBar functionality in Office 2013. Basically I need a way to allow the mail to be editable via a setting in VBA.
Here is the routine
Sub StampReference()
Dim objOL As Outlook.Application
Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim objDoc As Word.Document
Dim objSel As Word.Selection
strFullReference = "Reference: " & Reference
On Error Resume Next
Set objOL = Application
If objOL.ActiveInspector.EditorType = olEditorWord Then
Set objDoc = objOL.ActiveInspector.WordEditor
Set objNS = objOL.Session
Set objSel = objDoc.Windows(1).Selection
objSel.Move wdStory, -1
objDoc.Characters(1).InsertBefore _
strFullReference & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
objSel.Move wdParagraph, 1
End If
Set objOL = Nothing
Set objNS = Nothing
End Sub
EDIT
I've cracked it! Here is the way to change the mode for anyone interested. It is quick and dirty, however it shows how it can be done. I took some code that someone had written to do a Resend and played around with variants to stumble across the correct value to edit. I call this routine just before stamping the information in
Sub SetEditMode()
Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim objInsp As Outlook.Inspector
Dim objActionsMenu As Office.CommandBarControl
Dim olNewMailItem As Outlook.MailItem
On Error Resume Next
Select Case TypeName(Application.ActiveWindow)
Case "Explorer"
Set myItem = ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)
myItem.Display
Case "Inspector"
Set myItem = ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
Case Else
End Select
If myItem Is Nothing Then GoTo ExitProc
'edit mode
Set objInsp = ActiveInspector
objInsp.CommandBars.ExecuteMso ("EditMessage")
objActionsMenu.Execute
ExitProc:
End Sub
I've cracked it! Here is the way to change the mode for anyone interested. It is quick and dirty, however it shows how it can be done. I took some code that someone had written to do a Resend and played around with variants to stumble across the correct value to edit. I call this routine just before stamping the information in
Sub SetEditMode()
Dim myItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim objInsp As Outlook.Inspector
Dim objActionsMenu As Office.CommandBarControl
Dim olNewMailItem As Outlook.MailItem
On Error Resume Next
Select Case TypeName(Application.ActiveWindow)
Case "Explorer"
Set myItem = ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)
myItem.Display
Case "Inspector"
Set myItem = ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
Case Else
End Select
If myItem Is Nothing Then GoTo ExitProc
'edit mode
Set objInsp = ActiveInspector
objInsp.CommandBars.ExecuteMso ("EditMessage")
objActionsMenu.Execute
ExitProc:
End Sub
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