Downloading Attachments from Unread Emails of MS Outlook - vba

Question

I want to download all attachments of Unread emails from my MS Outlook. I found this below mentioned code on StackExchange which downloads attachments from first Unread email.
Can any one modify this code so i can apply it on all Unread emails.
Const olFolderInbox As Integer = 6
'~~> Path for the attachment
Const AttachmentPath As String = "C:\"
Sub DownloadAttachmentFirstUnreadEmail()
Dim oOlAp As Object, oOlns As Object, oOlInb As Object
Dim oOlItm As Object, oOlAtch As Object
'~~> New File Name for the attachment
Dim NewFileName As String
NewFileName = AttachmentPath & Format(Date, "DD-MM-YYYY") & "-"
'~~> Get Outlook instance
Set oOlAp = GetObject(, "Outlook.application")
Set oOlns = oOlAp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set oOlInb = oOlns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
'~~> Check if there are any actual unread emails
If oOlInb.Items.Restrict("[UnRead] = True").Count = 0 Then
MsgBox "NO Unread Email In Inbox"
Exit Sub
End If
'~~> Extract the attachment from the 1st unread email
For Each oOlItm In oOlInb.Items.Restrict("[UnRead] = True")
'~~> Check if the email actually has an attachment
If oOlItm.Attachments.Count <> 0 Then
For Each oOlAtch In oOlItm.Attachments
'~~> Download the attachment
oOlAtch.SaveAsFile NewFileName & oOlAtch.Filename
Exit For
Next
Else
MsgBox "The First item doesn't have an attachment"
End If
Exit For
Next
End Sub

Answer 1

When using Items.Restrict Method (Outlook) you may want to set the Filter for both Attachment and UnRead Items, Filter = "[attachment] = True And [Unread] = True" then use a For...Next and loop backwards
Example:
Option Explicit
Public Sub Example()
'// Declare your Variables
Dim olNs As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim Inbox As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim Items As Outlook.Items
Dim Item As Outlook.MailItem
Dim Atmt As Attachment
Dim Filter As String
Dim FilePath As String
Dim AtmtName As String
Dim i As Long
'// Set Inbox Reference
Set olNs = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set Inbox = olNs.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
FilePath = "C:\Temp\"
Filter = "[attachment] = True And [Unread] = True"
Set Items = Inbox.Items.Restrict(Filter)
'// Loop through backwards
For i = Items.Count To 1 Step -1
Set Item = Items(i)
DoEvents
If Item.Class = olMail Then
Debug.Print Item.Subject ' Immediate Window
For Each Atmt In Item.Attachments
AtmtName = FilePath & Atmt.FileName
Atmt.SaveAsFile AtmtName
Next
End If
Next
Set Inbox = Nothing
Set Items = Nothing
Set Item = Nothing
Set Atmt = Nothing
Set olNs = Nothing
End Sub
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