How can I create custom actions or scripts in Outlook Rules?

[Guest]

When you launch the Rules Wizard in Outlook 2003 and go step-by-step through
the creation process, it offers you the option of "Perform[ing] a custom
action" when a certain type of message is received. How can I have Outlook
save the file attached to that message in a remote location (fileserver) when
these messages arrive?

 

[Sue Mosher [MVP-Outlook]]

A "run a script" rule action actually uses not an external script but a VBA procedure with a MailItem or MeetingItem as its parameter. That item is processed by the code:


Sub RunAScriptRuleRoutine(MyMail As MailItem)
Dim strID As String
Dim olNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim msg As Outlook.MailItem

strID = MyMail.EntryID
Set olNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set msg = olNS.GetItemFromID(strID)
' do stuff with msg, e.g.
MsgBox msg.SUbject

Set msg = Nothing
Set olNS = Nothing
End Sub

These samples show various ways to save attachments:

http://www.fontstuff.com/outlook/oltut01.htm
http://www.outlookcode.com/codedetail.aspx?id=70
http://www.slovaktech.com/code_samples.htm#StripAttachments


--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers