Process selection rather than entire folder

Question

In reference to the below code, what I am looking to do is rather than process an entire folder I would like only to process the emails that I selected. Otherwise it works perfectly.

Jeff

Requires the following references:

Visual Basic for Applications
Microsoft Outlook 14.0 Object Library
OLE Automation
Microsoft Office 14.0 Object Library

Microsoft Shell Controls and Automation

Public Sub SaveOLFolderAttachments()

     ' Ask the user to select a file system folder for saving the attachments
     Dim oShell As Object
     Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
     Dim fsSaveFolder As Object
     Set fsSaveFolder = oShell.BrowseForFolder(0, "Please Select a Save Folder:", 1)
     If fsSaveFolder Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
     ' Note:  BrowseForFolder doesn't add a trailing slash

     ' Ask the user to select an Outlook folder to process
     Dim olPurgeFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
     Set olPurgeFolder = Outlook.GetNamespace("MAPI").PickFolder
     If olPurgeFolder Is Nothing Then Exit Sub

     ' Iteration variables
     Dim msg As Outlook.MailItem
     Dim att As Outlook.Attachment
     Dim sSavePathFS As String
     Dim sDelAtts As String

     For Each msg In olPurgeFolder.Items

       sDelAtts = ""

       ' We check each msg for attachments as opposed to using .Restrict("[Attachment] > 0")
       ' on our olPurgeFolder.Items collection.  The collection returned by the Restrict method
       ' will be dynamically updated each time we remove an attachment.  Each update will
       ' reindex the collection.  As a result, it does not provide a reliable means for iteration.
       ' This is why the For Each style loops will not work. ~~
       If msg.Attachments.Count > 0 Then

         ' This While loop is controlled via the .Delete method which
         ' will decrement msg.Attachments.Count by one each time. ~~
         While msg.Attachments.Count > 0

           ' Save the attachment to the file system
           sSavePathFS = fsSaveFolder.Self.path & "\" & msg.Attachments(1).filename
           msg.Attachments(1).SaveAsFile sSavePathFS

           ' Build up a string to denote the file system save path(s)
           ' Format the string according to the msg.BodyFormat.
           If msg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
                sDelAtts = sDelAtts & vbCrLf & "<file://" & sSavePathFS & ">"
           Else
                sDelAtts = sDelAtts & "<br>" & "<a href='file://" & sSavePathFS & "'>" & sSavePathFS & "</a>"
           End If

           ' Delete the current attachment.  We use a "1" here instead of an "i"
           ' because the .Delete method will shrink the size of the msg.Attachments
           ' collection for us.  Use some well placed Debug.Print statements to see
           ' the behavior. ~~
           msg.Attachments(1).Delete

          Wend

         ' Modify the body of the msg to show the file system location of
         ' the deleted attachments.
         If msg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
            msg.Body = msg.Body & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Attachments Deleted:  " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Saved To:  " & vbCrLf & sDelAtts
         Else
            msg.HTMLBody = msg.HTMLBody & "<p></p><p>" & "Attachments Deleted:  " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Saved To:  " & vbCrLf & sDelAtts & "</p>"
         End If

          ' Save the edits to the msg.  If you forget this line, the attachments will not be deleted.  ~~
         msg.Save

        End If

      Next



End Sub

you will want to use: For Each msg In olPurgeFolder.GetExplorer().Selection — Sorceri
Please clarify your specific problem or add additional details to highlight exactly what you need. As it's currently written, it’s hard to tell exactly what you're asking. — user2140173

niton niton · Accepted Answer · 2013-11-17T13:05:51

Drop the pickfolder code and select the items first.

' http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa171941(v=office.11).aspx

Untested code

Sub SaveOLSelectedItemsAttachments()

Dim myOlExp As Outlook.Explorer
Dim myOlSel As Outlook.Selection
Dim x As Integer

Set myOlExp = Application.ActiveExplorer
Set myOlSel = myOlExp.Selection

' Ask the user to select a file system folder for saving the attachments
Dim oShell As Object
Set oShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application")
Dim fsSaveFolder As Object
Set fsSaveFolder = oShell.BrowseForFolder(0, "Please Select a Save Folder:", 1)
If fsSaveFolder Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
' Note:  BrowseForFolder doesn't add a trailing slash

For x = 1 To myOlSel.Count

    ' Iteration variables
    Dim att As Outlook.Attachment
    Dim sSavePathFS As String
    Dim sDelAtts As String

    Dim msg as mailitem
    Set msg = myOlSel.Item(x)

    sDelAtts = ""

    ' We check the item for attachments.
    ' The collection returned by the Restrict method
    ' will be dynamically updated each time we remove an attachment.  Each update will
    ' reindex the collection.  As a result, it does not provide a reliable means for iteration.
    ' This is why the For Each style loops will not work. ~~
    If msg.Attachments.Count > 0 Then

        ' This While loop is controlled via the .Delete method which
        ' will decrement msg.Attachments.Count by one each time. ~~
        While msg.Attachments.Count > 0

            ' Save the attachment to the file system
            sSavePathFS = fsSaveFolder.Self.path & "\" & msg.Attachments(1).filename
            msg.Attachments(1).SaveAsFile sSavePathFS

            ' Build up a string to denote the file system save path(s)
            ' Format the string according to the msg.BodyFormat.
            If msg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
                sDelAtts = sDelAtts & vbCrLf & "<file://" & sSavePathFS & ">"
            Else
                sDelAtts = sDelAtts & "<br>" & "<a href='file://" & sSavePathFS & "'>" & sSavePathFS & "</a>"
            End If

            ' Delete the current attachment.  We use a "1" here instead of an "i"
            ' because the .Delete method will shrink the size of the msg.Attachments
            ' collection for us.  Use some well placed Debug.Print statements to see
            ' the behavior. ~~
            msg.Attachments(1).Delete

         Wend

         ' Modify the body of the msg to show the file system location of
         ' the deleted attachments.
         If msg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
            msg.Body = msg.Body & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Attachments Deleted:  " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Saved To:  " & vbCrLf & sDelAtts
         Else
            msg.HTMLBody = msg.HTMLBody & "<p></p><p>" & "Attachments Deleted:  " & Date & " " & Time & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & "Saved To:  " & vbCrLf & sDelAtts & "</p>"
         End If

          ' Save the edits to the msg.  If you forget this line, the attachments will not be deleted.  ~~
         msg.Save

        End If

      Next

Next x

End Sub

Process selection rather than entire folder

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