Can I use a macro within Outlook ?

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Roger

I am using Outlook 2003. I have written vba for macros in other office apps

but not Outlook. We get a lot of emails with sales details. Many are

forwarded to another email address outside the company once they have been

checked. Because they have to be checked and decision made re forwarding or

not, I cannot use the autoforward as part of a rule.

I want a simple macro to forward a message I highlight in the inbox to a

nominated email address, using the message's subject line as the subject

line in the forwarding email (ie using the default subject). Is this

possible from within Outlook ?

thanks

Roger
 
Yes, Outlook has a VBA environment, accessed just like that in other

applications with Alt+F11 or Tools | Macros | VBA. These pages can help you

get started:

http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=49

http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=40

The item selected in the current window is returned by

Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection(1), so your macro would be something

like this:

Sub MyMacro()

Dim msg As Outlook.MailItem

Set itm = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection(1)

Set msg = itm.Forward

msg.To = "someone@somewhere.com"

msg.Send

Set msg = Nothing

Set itm = Nothing

End Sub

Sue Mosher

"Roger" <help-me@skynet.be> wrote in message

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> I am using Outlook 2003. I have written vba for macros in other office apps
> but not Outlook. We get a lot of emails with sales details. Many are
> forwarded to another email address outside the company once they have been
> checked. Because they have to be checked and decision made re forwarding
> or
> not, I cannot use the autoforward as part of a rule.

> I want a simple macro to forward a message I highlight in the inbox to a
> nominated email address, using the message's subject line as the subject
> line in the forwarding email (ie using the default subject). Is this
> possible from within Outlook ?

> thanks

> Roger

>
 
Great, thanks

Roger

"Sue Mosher [MVP]" <suemvp@gmail.com> wrote in message

news:uJh7jZOdKHA.2164@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> Yes, Outlook has a VBA environment, accessed just like that in other
> applications with Alt+F11 or Tools | Macros | VBA. These pages can help
> you get started:

> http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?id=49
> http://www.outlookcode.com/article.aspx?ID=40

> The item selected in the current window is returned by
> Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection(1), so your macro would be something
> like this:

> Sub MyMacro()
> Dim msg As Outlook.MailItem
> Set itm = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection(1)
> Set msg = itm.Forward
> msg.To = "someone@somewhere.com"
> msg.Send
> Set msg = Nothing
> Set itm = Nothing
> End Sub
> > Sue Mosher
> > >

> "Roger" <help-me@skynet.be> wrote in message
> news:%23yw%23M9LdKHA.5568@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl...
> >I am using Outlook 2003. I have written vba for macros in other office
> >apps
> > but not Outlook. We get a lot of emails with sales details. Many are
> > forwarded to another email address outside the company once they have
> > been
> > checked. Because they have to be checked and decision made re forwarding
> > or
> > not, I cannot use the autoforward as part of a rule.
>

>> I want a simple macro to forward a message I highlight in the inbox to a
> > nominated email address, using the message's subject line as the subject
> > line in the forwarding email (ie using the default subject). Is this
> > possible from within Outlook ?
>

>> thanks
>

>> Roger
>

>>


>
 
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