Process selection rather than entire folder - vba

Question

In reference to the below code, what I am looking to do is rather than process an entire folder I would like only to process the emails that I selected.
Otherwise it works perfectly.
Jeff
Requires the following references:
Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Object Library
OLE Automation
Microsoft Office 14.0 Object Library
Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation
Public Sub SaveOLFolderAttachments()
' Ask the user to select a file system folder for saving the attachments
Dim oShell As Object
Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Dim fsSaveFolder As Object
Set fsSaveFolder = oShell.BrowseForFolder(0, "Please Select a Save Folder:", 1)
If fsSaveFolder Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
' Note: BrowseForFolder doesn't add a trailing slash
' Ask the user to select an Outlook folder to process
Dim olPurgeFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Set olPurgeFolder = Outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI").PickFolder
If olPurgeFolder Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
' Iteration variables
Dim msg As Outlook.MailItem
Dim att As Outlook.Attachment
Dim sSavePathFS As String
Dim sDelAtts As String
For Each msg In olPurgeFolder.Items
sDelAtts = ""
' We check each msg for attachments as opposed to using .Restrict("[Attachment] > 0")
' on our olPurgeFolder.Items collection. The collection returned by the Restrict method
' will be dynamically updated each time we remove an attachment. Each update will
' reindex the collection. As a result, it does not provide a reliable means for iteration.
' This is why the For Each style loops will not work. ~~
If msg.Attachments.Count > 0 Then
' This While loop is controlled via the .Delete method which
' will decrement msg.Attachments.Count by one each time. ~~
While msg.Attachments.Count > 0
' Save the attachment to the file system
sSavePathFS = fsSaveFolder.Self.path & "\" & msg.Attachments(1).filename
msg.Attachments(1).SaveAsFile sSavePathFS
' Build up a string to denote the file system save path(s)
' Format the string according to the msg.BodyFormat.
If msg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
sDelAtts = sDelAtts & vbCrLf & "<file://" & sSavePathFS & ">"
Else
sDelAtts = sDelAtts & "<br>" & "<a href='file://" & sSavePathFS & "'>" & sSavePathFS & "</a>"
End If
' Delete the current attachment. We use a "1" here instead of an "i"
' because the .Delete method will shrink the size of the msg.Attachments
' collection for us. Use some well placed Debug.Print statements to see
' the behavior. ~~
msg.Attachments(1).Delete
Wend
' Modify the body of the msg to show the file system location of
' the deleted attachments.
If msg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
msg.Body = msg.Body & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Attachments Deleted: " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Saved To: " & vbCrLf & sDelAtts
Else
msg.HTMLBody = msg.HTMLBody & "<p></p><p>" & "Attachments Deleted: " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Saved To: " & vbCrLf & sDelAtts & "</p>"
End If
' Save the edits to the msg. If you forget this line, the attachments will not be deleted. ~~
msg.Save
End If
Next
End Sub

Answer 1

Drop the pickfolder code and select the items first.
' http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa171941(v=office.11).aspx
Untested code
Sub SaveOLSelectedItemsAttachments()
Dim myOlExp As Outlook.Explorer
Dim myOlSel As Outlook.Selection
Dim x As Integer
Set myOlExp = Application.ActiveExplorer
Set myOlSel = myOlExp.Selection
' Ask the user to select a file system folder for saving the attachments
Dim oShell As Object
Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Dim fsSaveFolder As Object
Set fsSaveFolder = oShell.BrowseForFolder(0, "Please Select a Save Folder:", 1)
If fsSaveFolder Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
' Note: BrowseForFolder doesn't add a trailing slash
For x = 1 To myOlSel.Count
' Iteration variables
Dim att As Outlook.Attachment
Dim sSavePathFS As String
Dim sDelAtts As String
Dim msg as mailitem
Set msg = myOlSel.Item(x)
sDelAtts = ""
' We check the item for attachments.
' The collection returned by the Restrict method
' will be dynamically updated each time we remove an attachment. Each update will
' reindex the collection. As a result, it does not provide a reliable means for iteration.
' This is why the For Each style loops will not work. ~~
If msg.Attachments.Count > 0 Then
' This While loop is controlled via the .Delete method which
' will decrement msg.Attachments.Count by one each time. ~~
While msg.Attachments.Count > 0
' Save the attachment to the file system
sSavePathFS = fsSaveFolder.Self.path & "\" & msg.Attachments(1).filename
msg.Attachments(1).SaveAsFile sSavePathFS
' Build up a string to denote the file system save path(s)
' Format the string according to the msg.BodyFormat.
If msg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
sDelAtts = sDelAtts & vbCrLf & "<file://" & sSavePathFS & ">"
Else
sDelAtts = sDelAtts & "<br>" & "<a href='file://" & sSavePathFS & "'>" & sSavePathFS & "</a>"
End If
' Delete the current attachment. We use a "1" here instead of an "i"
' because the .Delete method will shrink the size of the msg.Attachments
' collection for us. Use some well placed Debug.Print statements to see
' the behavior. ~~
msg.Attachments(1).Delete
Wend
' Modify the body of the msg to show the file system location of
' the deleted attachments.
If msg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
msg.Body = msg.Body & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Attachments Deleted: " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Saved To: " & vbCrLf & sDelAtts
Else
msg.HTMLBody = msg.HTMLBody & "<p></p><p>" & "Attachments Deleted: " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Saved To: " & vbCrLf & sDelAtts & "</p>"
End If
' Save the edits to the msg. If you forget this line, the attachments will not be deleted. ~~
msg.Save
End If
Next
Next x
End Sub