AdvancedSearchComplete not called from Outlook rule

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Hi all,



I’ve been writing a couple of scripts intended for use with Outlook rules which use AdvancedSearch to find related messages, but I’ve run into a strange problem – when these scripts are called by an Outlook rule, and no other time, AdvancedSearchComplete is not being called. Here’s an example:

Sub testAppSearchCompleteScript(NewMail As MailItem)
  
    	Debug.Print "Before macro call"
  
        testAppSearchComplete
  
    	Debug.Print "After Macro call"
  
    End Sub
  
     
  
    Sub testAppSearchComplete()
  
    	Dim s As Outlook.search
  
    	Dim filter As String
  
    	
  
    	filter = "urn:schemas:httpmail:subject = 'Test'"
  
    	Debug.Print "Before search"
  
    	Set s = Application.AdvancedSearch("Inbox", filter, True, "Test")
  
    	Debug.Print "After search"
  
    End Sub
  
     
  
    Private Sub Application_AdvancedSearchComplete(ByVal SearchObject As search)
  
    	Dim results As Outlook.results
  
    	Dim task As MailItem
  
    	
  
    	Set results = SearchObject.results
  
    	
  
    	Debug.Print "Search with tag '" & SearchObject.Tag & "' has completed."
  
    	
  
    	If SearchObject.Tag = "Test" Then
  
    		Debug.Print ("Test Result count: " & results.Count)
  
    	End If
  
    End Sub

The script testAppSearchCompleteScript is called by an outlook rule. It then calls the testAppSearchComplete macro, which does an actual search with hardcoded test information. When I run the macro through the VB editor or through Outlook in Tools->Macro->Macros, it works perfectly – here’s the output:

Before search

After search

Search with tag 'Test' has completed.

Test Result count: 0

But when I run the Outlook rule, everything works but the AdvancedSearchComplete event never fires – here’s the output:

Before macro call

Before search

After search

After Macro call

I’ve looked all over the Internet but I can’t find anything about this. I read somewhere that there is a maximum of 100 searches at a time – could that be related? I’m running Office 2007 on WinXP Pro SP2. My macro is signed and trusted by Outlook. Has anyone seen this before?