Outlook cannot do this action on this type of attachment - script to save attachments

[snowbounduk]

Hi All,

I have some code I am using to save .mpp attachments from emails into a specific folder.

The error message I states outlook cannot do this action on this type of attachment.

This message appears when a message in the inbox does not have an attachment other than the company logo in the footer.

Any suggestions on how to resolve this?

Code below.

Regards,

Gordon

Sub SaveEmailAttachmentsToFolder(OutlookFolderInInbox As String, _
ExtString As String, DestFolder As String)
Dim ns As NameSpace
Dim Inbox As MAPIFolder
Dim SubFolder As MAPIFolder
Dim Item As Object
Dim Atmt As Attachment
Dim FileName As String
Dim MyDocPath As String
Dim I As Integer
Dim wsh As Object
Dim fs As Object
On Error GoTo ThisMacro_err
Set ns = GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set Inbox = ns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set SubFolder = Inbox.Folders(OutlookFolderInInbox)
I = 0
' Check subfolder for messages and exit of none found
If SubFolder.Items.Count = 0 Then
MsgBox "There are no messages in this folder : " & OutlookFolderInInbox, _
vbInformation, "Nothing Found"
Set SubFolder = Nothing
Set Inbox = Nothing
Set ns = Nothing
Exit Sub
End If
'Create DestFolder if DestFolder = ""
If DestFolder = "" Then
Set wsh = CreateObject("WScript.Shell")
Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
MyDocPath = wsh.SpecialFolders.Item("mydocuments")
DestFolder = MyDocPath & "\" & Format(Now, "dd-mmm-yyyy hh-mm-ss")
If Not fs.FolderExists(DestFolder) Then
fs.CreateFolder DestFolder
End If
End If
If Right(DestFolder, 1) <> "\" Then
DestFolder = DestFolder & "\"
End If
' Check each message for attachments and extensions
For Each Item In SubFolder.Items
For Each Atmt In Item.Attachments
If LCase(Right(Atmt.FileName, Len(ExtString))) = LCase(ExtString) Then
FileName = DestFolder & Left(Atmt.FileName, 7) & "." & ExtString
Atmt.SaveAsFile FileName
I = I + 1
End If
Next Atmt
Next Item
' Show this message when Finished
If I > 0 Then
MsgBox "You can find the files here : " _
& DestFolder, vbInformation, "Finished!"
Else
MsgBox "No attached files in your mail.", vbInformation, "Finished!"
End If
' Clear memory
ThisMacro_exit:
Set SubFolder = Nothing
Set Inbox = Nothing
Set ns = Nothing
Set fs = Nothing
Set wsh = Nothing
Exit Sub
' Error information
ThisMacro_err:
MsgBox "An unexpected error has occurred." _
& vbCrLf & "Please note and report the following information." _
& vbCrLf & "Macro Name: SaveEmailAttachmentsToFolder" _
& vbCrLf & "Error Number: " & Err.Number _
& vbCrLf & "Error Description: " & Err.Description _
, vbCritical, "Error!"
Resume ThisMacro_exit
End Sub

[Crocus Crow]

Within For Each Atmt In Item.Attachments, see if Atmt.Type (which is one of Enum OlAttachmentType) distinguishes between the company logo attachment and normal file attachments.

Or maybe simply if Atmt.Filename = "CompanyLogo" for example, then don't save.

[snowbounduk]

No luck there, I am trying a different method, thanks anyway.