What I want to do is: when user double click a attachment, chick open
in the Open, Save, Cancel dialog. normally it will display the
attachment file.
Now what I want to do is replace the file, display another file to
user.
So I do some code in Item_AttachmentRead() in outlook form, but the
AttachmentRead isn't a cancelable event. what ever I code in this
function, outlook will display the original attachment file after all.
But I found another way to do that: when the user double click a
attachment, click open, then outlook will download the attachment into
a Temporary directory, it's path is: "%USERPROFILE%\Local
Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK*", with filename: attachment
filename(number). then outlook will run the Item_AttachmentRead()
method, after that display the attachment file. So I think I can write
some code into Item_AttachmentRead() to replace the downloaded
Temporary attachments file in the Temporary directory.
So if I can get the "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet
Files\OLK*" and the attachment filename(number), I can replace the
attachment to display.
My question is how can the get the exactly value of
"%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK*" and
attachment filename(number).
I have another question: If use double chick a attachment, then chick
save button in Open, Save, Cancel dialog, then save the attachment to a
disk, I can do nothing in this steps. I found BeforeAttachmentSave is
not work here. Is there any way I can do the purpose like
before(replace the attachment)? OR can I prevent user chick the
attachment(double chick and right chick)?
My outlook is outlook 2003. The code I want to write in is outlook
form.
Lanwench [MVP - Exchange] wrote:
> In news:(E-Mail Removed),
> (E-Mail Removed) <(E-Mail Removed)> typed:
> > I want to replace the attachment when double chick the attachment. I
> > use outlook form to do it.
> > Beause attachment read in outlook is not a cancelable event, I can't
> > do it directly.
> >
> > I found outlook always store attachments file in directory:
> > "%USERPROFILE%\Local Settings\Temporary Internet Files\OLK*".
> > So if I want to replace the attachment when user double chick the
> > attachment, I can repalce the attachment file(will display) in that
> > directory.
> >
> > I have some test, outlook allow me do that. But I meet two question:
> > First: the directory is different with each user, I always start with
> > the work I type before and end with a random value. How can I get the
> > exactly value of it in vbscript?
> >
> > Second. When user chick the attachment, outlook will download the
> > attachment and save to the directory with the name: attachment
> > filename(number). If I have a attachment name "aaa.txt", it maybe save
> > with "aaa(10).txt". Can I get the exactly name of it?
>
> Hi - unfortunately, I'm not sure I understand what it is you're trying to
> do. You can't really control what happens to your mail once the user
> receives it. Can you not just instruct the users to save the attachment
> rather than merely opening it?
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