How to write a macro to search inbox for certain numbers

[jabri]

Never written a macro in outlook before.
I'm sure this is pretty basic.
How would I write code to highlight everything in my inbox and search for
45678.
I would then take all of those emails and copy them to another folder and
then do another search for 45679 and do the same thing over and over with a
list of numbers. I would have to modify the list daily from an excel file.

Is this possible?

 

[Eric Legault [MVP - Outlook]]

It's actually pretty simple, one line of code:

ActiveExplorer.Search("My search text",
Outlook.OlSearchScope.olSearchScopeCurrentFolder)

See the developer reference for more information:

Search Method [Outlook 2007 Developer Reference]:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb220302.aspx

 

[jabri]

So to be very step by step
just have my inbox open
Go to Tools/Macro/Macros
Macro name =test
Create

Sub test()
ActiveExplorer.Search("45678",
Outlook.OlSearchScope.olSearchScopeCurrentFolder)
End Sub

It's actually pretty simple, one line of code:

ActiveExplorer.Search("My search text",
Outlook.OlSearchScope.olSearchScopeCurrentFolder)

See the developer reference for more information:

Search Method [Outlook 2007 Developer Reference]:
http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/bb220302.aspx


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Never written a macro in outlook before.
I'm sure this is pretty basic.
How would I write code to highlight everything in my inbox and search for
45678.
I would then take all of those emails and copy them to another folder and
then do another search for 45679 and do the same thing over and over with a
list of numbers. I would have to modify the list daily from an excel file.

Is this possible?