Script needed for replying to email address in body of receiving email

[Diane Poremsky]

Copy and paste it into notepad and save as... change the extension to vbs.

Are you having any weirdness when you post? My replies are all getting the reposted. I'm not sure if its a problem in my browser or with the forum software.

 

[FRS]

Copy and paste it into notepad and save as... change the extension to vbs.

Are you having any weirdness when you post? My replies are all getting the reposted. I'm not sure if its a problem in my browser or with the forum software.

No weirdness here......

Thank you for the directions.

What directory do I place the script in for Outlook to find it?

 

[Diane Poremsky]

It's a vbs script so it can go anywhere - it's not a VBA macro and outlook won't "find it" - you need to double click to run it.

 

[FRS]

It's a vbs script so it can go anywhere - it's not a VBA macro and outlook won't "find it" - you need to double click to run it.

I made the changes and the script has been working fine since last time we chatted.....

However... I had made the changes to the previous script, which is not working.

Once again I will remind you that I am a novice.

But it appears to me that I can't have 2 scripts loaded at the same time.

That was why I thought the script files had to be loaded in a certain directory/folder

 

[Diane Poremsky]

Damn software keeps double posting on me. I've been thinking about moving to new forum software and this might just be the thing that makes me actually do it.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

I'll have to review the thread and refresh my memory, i was looking at this:

Copy and paste it into notepad and save as... change the extension to vbs.

when i answered. If its a VBS it's outside of outlook.

I somehow missed your last message and was reviewing some stats and saw this thread has like 255,000 views and looked at it to see what was so interesting. Most threads are under 1000, a few are in the low 1000's, some older ones are in the 5 digits, but i think this is the only one with 6 digits.

 

[FRS]

Wow... 6 digits

You would think some of them would have left a cheerio

I understand the - edit, cut and paste and save - then change from txt to vbs.

But do I just leave that file on the desktop???

Or - does it need to be in a certain directory for outlook and VB to read it??

 

[Diane Poremsky]

I think the next most popular post is like 40,000 and its like 2 yrs old, so I'm not sure where the extra 200,000+ came from. It really is a lot.

Anyway, you can move the vbs anywhere. It doesn't matter where it is, it will find outlook when you run it.

 

[FRS]

So excuse my ignorance - but when I open outlook, does it crawl my hard drive for all the vbs files?

 

[FRS]

it has opened as a project, but I cant get a 2nd project open.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

No. It doesn't look for vbs files (they are actual run by the scripting host engine in windows) and it only loads the VbaProject.OTM (Outlook VB project file) in %appdata%\Microsoft\outlook.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

it has opened as a project, but I cant get a 2nd project open.

Right, outlook can only open one Project file at a time. However, you can add more modules or put multiple macros in the ThisOutlooksession.

 

[FRS]

Re Modules... I understand... and loaded a second module.

But now..... something has happened.....

What do I do when my select script box is empty ?

I'm editing my rules and alerts thru Outlook....... and when I go to select my script...... the script box is empty.

 

[Diane Poremsky]

where is the script? If it's in a module, try putting it in thisoutlook session? It should work in either a module or thisoutlooksession, but i had one that was only visible in thisoutlooksession.




what is the name of the script? the name line needs to be formatted like this, run a scripts only see subs with item as mailitem (and in newer versions, as appointment item)




Sub SendNew(Item As Outlook.MailItem)

 

[FRS]

Here is a screen view

And here is the view of outlook , while I was trying to edit an existing rule that was working... it appears the Select script box is empty

 

[Diane Poremsky]

That looks like two subs with the same name? That will confuse outlook - either delete or rename one. If it still doesn't work, copy and paste it in ThisOutlookSession.

 

[FRS]

ok... how do I go about renaming one ( VB Novice )

 

[Forum Admin]

You just type a new name

If both are called Sub SendNew(Item As Outlook.MailItem)

you change one to Sub SendNew1(Item As Outlook.MailItem) or Sub SendNewOld(Item As Outlook.MailItem)

But, if both are identical, you only need delete. Delete one and see if it is visible in the rules dialog, if not, cut and paste it into ThisOutlookSession.

 

[FRS]

Ok, I got them both back ( thank you )

Now - lets see if they work.

Thanks

Diane

 

[Diane Poremsky]

Think positive - they WILL work.