VBA code to select a signature from the signatures list

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My administrator at work runs a process three or four times a day which deletes my custom signature from the list of signatures I can use in Outlook. I have Outlook VBA code which extracts from a zip file my own signtaure block (it looks identical to the default but has formatting attributes I need for other macros to run on it) and adds it back to the list of available signatures, but I then need to manually select my signature as the one to use when answering emails and creating new ones. Does anyone have any idea how I could code to select my newly recreated signature block to create new emails answer emails instead of doing this manually each time?
 
The default signature is set in the registry... do you have edit permissions on the registry? If so, a reg file can set the default and can be set using VBA.

Not knowing what happens when he deletes it... could you replace the default sig files with your sig files?

That said, I would consider one of two options - a macro to insert the signature or stationery with the signature added. Inserting your signature can be automated for new mail and replies but stationary is new mail only.

This macro inserts a signature....
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Insert or change an Outlook signature using VBA

How to insert or change an Outlook signature using a VBA macro.
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Another thought (just a thought, might not be workable depending on the coding,)... read the HTML and replace the default signature attributes with the ones you need. This macro can give you the basic idea of how to do it...
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How to Change the Font used for Outlook's RSS Feeds

If you don't care for Calibri font as the default for RSS feeds, you need to use a macro to change the font. We have code samples for Outlook 2010 and 2007.
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I have looked at these and similar approaches, but unfortunately they do not work for me for a number of reasons.

I do not have registry edit permissions, which is a pity in this context.

I might be able to replace the default signature files with my own files, but I am reluctant to do that. I do just want to add my own files, which I am allowed to do, not play with what the administrator has done, which I am not allowed to do. I suspect that unless I delete/amend the administrator's signature files I would get two sets of signatures which I definmitely do not want!

My signature block includes images as well as text, which I suspect makes the issue that much more difficult.

If this were Word I would just record in a macro the steps that I take to select my signature files as the default for new messages and for replying to messages from the File → Options → Mail → Signatures dropdown area, and copy that code. That is all that I want to do!
 
You would need to use send keys AFAIK - setting the default signature is a not an
object model option.

The first method should work since it reads your sig file and replaces the text in the body.


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My signature block includes images as well as text, which I suspect makes the issue that much more difficult.
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If it is wildly different from the one they want you to use, it is more difficult. Post (or attach text files) of the two signatures - replace identifying data with 'companyname' 'phone' 'emailaddress' etc (without the quotes) and I'll take a look.
 
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