How to open PDF attachement upon arrivel new mail

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Hello, i've got a little problem ;)

I'm using a pc fax to receive my faxes, then they automatically are mailed to my mail address and i get them in a normal mail with the fax as an PDF attachment.

Is there a way to open this attachment automatically when this mail is received , so i can see this fax directly on my screen without every time to have to open the mail and then the attachment ?

Greetz, and thx for the help !
 
Diane Poremsky said:
Get the code at Print Outlook email attachments as they arrive - Slipstick Systems and change "print" to "open" in the code. Add .pdf (and/or remove.doc or .xls)
Click to expand...

Hi , thanx for the fast respons , unfortunally i'm doing something wrong because it't not working.

I first am trying the macro as it is (printing) , deal with openening later.

I've added this to see if macro is running , and got a confirmation , so that should be ok.
MsgBox "Welcome, " & Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").CurrentUser
Application.ActiveExplorer.WindowState = olMaximized

but if i receive a mail with an "doc" attachement , nothing happens, no printing...what could be wrong ?

Is it maybe because i'm using the dutch version of 2010 or doesn't this matter ?

Greetz and thx !
 
Is it a doc or a docx?

This line controls which attachments print - you need the *last 4 characters* for each file type.

Case ".xls", ".doc"

To add pdf and docx, you would use

Case ".xls", ".doc", ".pdf", "docx"
 
Diane Poremsky said:
Is it a doc or a docx?

This line controls which attachments print - you need the *last 4 characters* for each file type.

Case ".xls", ".doc"

To add pdf and docx, you would use

Case ".xls", ".doc", ".pdf", "docx"
Click to expand...

I used the original script you wrote and used a email with a .doc file , nothing changed yet...

Is the language of outlook an issue ?
 
maybe i can test my vba with a little script (just opening mail on arrival ) ?
 
I don't think language is the issue - it was written in German originally.

I used this code - and opened pdf and docx

Code: 
' This code looks at the last 3 characters in a filename 
 
' Change it to 5 to work with docx and xlsx files
     sFileType = LCase$(Right$(oAtt.FileName, 4))
     Select Case sFileType 
 
' Add additional file types below
     Case ".xls", ".doc", "docx", ".pdf"
       sFile = ATTACHMENT_DIRECTORY & oAtt.FileName
       oAtt.SaveAsFile sFile
       ShellExecute 0, "open", sFile, vbNullString, vbNullString, 0
     End Select
   Next
 End If 
 
End Sub
 
that's very strange, maybe something wrong with my vba ?

although it's giving me the Welcome Fax message as programmed...

MsgBox "Welcome, " & Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").CurrentUser
Application.ActiveExplorer.WindowState = olMaximized
 
i'm using the open command, just tested on a different pc (with office 2007) but also no opening PDF's .:confused:
 
oke, did a little test with a script that i found on internet.

Sub ChangeSubjectForward(Item As Outlook.MailItem)

Item.Subject = "Test"
Item.Save

Set myForward = Item.Forward

myForward.Recipients.Add "myemailaddress@mymail.com" (real address used of course ;) )

myForward.Send

End Sub

and the result = nothing

i'm getting desperate , what's happening ? :(
 
oke is now working on my outlook 2010 but got 2 more questions

only working in 'standard' inbox , how can i get it in my second 'fax' inbox ?

secondly , i'm making this for outlook 2007 to and got there an 'ShellExecute' sub of function is not difined error ?
 
You said the msgbox worked, right? So that means the other macro is working - VBA is enabled, the Application_Start up is working.

The change subject macro is used with run a script - it should work too, if you made a rule. You can change the myforward.send part to myforward.display - if it works, a message opens on screen. That way you don't actually have to send anything.

If any parts of the macro are red, it won't work, but VBA should tell you something is wrong - it'll highlight the text in yellow and outlook is basically locked until you take care of the macro.

Does the filepath exist? in the code has d:\attachments.

I'm assuming word is installed? <g> In my test Outlook 2007 system, it wasn't. There is no error handling to tell us when something fails - it just ends.

Now, while all of that is things that can go wrong... it's not opening the file on my test system either. The macro is saving the file in MyDocuments and when i added a msgbox to show the filename, it displays it but the shell open command is not running. I'll have to look at it closer this evening - I need to hit the grocery store.
 
Yea, I've narrowed it down to something with either 2007 or winxp (my test system) - the startup not firing is not the problem here - the macro is running, so it is firing. It's not doing the shellexecute though.

I'm not getting the undefined error - I'm not getting any error.
 
Oké, thanks Diane !

I found the shellexecute error, the text at the top of the script was messed up , so i copied it again and "hoera" (dutch for yeeeeeh ;) ) everthing is working.

Now when i receive a email with an attached PDF it opens perfectly !!!

One question tough, i've got 2 folders in my email , one is the normal 'inbox' , the other is called 'fax' , this script is only working in 'inbox' , how do i get it working in another folder ?
 
to clarify my previous post , the scrip is now working on the 'red' arrow (the normal inbox called 'Postvak In ' in dutch , but i should work on the 'green' arrow folder 'Postvak In' under folder named 'FAX' ;) FAX.jpg

I hope this make sense, that's why i included picture ;)
 
Oke , figured this one out...thx to another post i found of you ;)

Thx for all the help !!!

You restored my fait in people again by doing this completely free , you're trully a wonderful woman !

Greetings from Belgium ;)

Werner
 
oke , this is getting addicting !! ;)

is it possible to do this at 2 folders at once ?
 
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