Searching Outlook Folder - vba

Question

I want to search a specific Outlook folder using an activecell value.
I tried Excel VBA for searching in mails of Outlook and VBA Search in Outlook.
The closest I was able to get:
Dim myOlApp As New Outlook.Application
Dim myNameSpace As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim myInbox As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim myitems As Outlook.Items
Dim myitem As Object
Dim Found As Boolean
Dim OutlookSearch as string
Outlooksearch = Cstr(Activecell.cells(1,4).Value)
Set myNameSpace = myOlApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myInbox = myNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set myitems = myInbox.Items
Found = False
For Each myitem In myitems
If myitem.Class = olMail Then
If InStr(1, myitem.Subject, "sketch") > 0 Then
Debug.Print "Found"
Found = True
End If
End If
Next myitem
'If the subject isn't found:
If Not Found Then
MsgBox "Cannot find"
End If
myOlApp.Quit
Set myOlApp = Nothing
I want to use the string in Activecell.cells(1, 4) as the subject for a search in a specific Outlook folder in the inbox.
I get is the MsgBox even if I've sent an email containing values that match with activecell.

Answer 1

You can specify the folder to search in, within the inbox, by using the .Folders property.
Set myInbox = myNameSpace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Folders("myFolder")

Answer 2

I've had a play around and come up with the code below. No need to set references to Outlook.
Sub Test1()
Dim oOutlook As Object 'Outlook.Application
Dim nNameSpace As Object 'Outlook.Namespace
Dim mFolderSelected As Object 'Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim cFolder As Object
Dim oItem As Object
Dim oMyItem As Object
Dim sOutlookSearch As String
Dim aFolders() As String
Dim i As Long
'sOutlookSearch needs to be something like:
'"Mailbox - Darren Bartrup-Cook\Inbox"
sOutlookSearch = ThisWorkbook.Worksheets("Sheet1").Cells(1, 4)
sOutlookSearch = Replace(sOutlookSearch, "/", "\")
aFolders() = Split(sOutlookSearch, "\")
Set oOutlook = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")
Set nNameSpace = oOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set mFolderSelected = nNameSpace.Folders.Item(aFolders(0))
If Not mFolderSelected Is Nothing Then
For i = 1 To UBound(aFolders)
Set cFolder = mFolderSelected.Folders
Set mFolderSelected = Nothing
Set mFolderSelected = cFolder.Item(aFolders(i))
If mFolderSelected Is Nothing Then
Exit For
End If
Next i
End If
'Set mFolderSelected = nNameSpace.PickFolder 'Alternative to above code block - just pick the folder.
For Each oItem In mFolderSelected.items
If oItem.class = 43 Then '43 = olmail
If InStr(1, oItem.Subject, "sketch") > 0 Then
Debug.Print "Found: " & oItem.sendername
Exit For
End If
End If
Next oItem
End Sub
The code block for finding the correct folder was taken from here:
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/getfolder.htm