VBA script to save attachments with the same name

[Sheldor]

Hi,

I use the below to save attachments in outlook for 100's/1000's of emails however I run into an issue where if there are 2 or more attachments with the same name then the latest attachments just overwrites the previously saved file with the same name.

Can anyone please help with adjusting this so that if the attached files have the same name then they are renamed when being saved instead of being written over?

thanks

Public Sub saveAttachtoDiskRename(itm As Outlook.MailItem)
Dim objAtt As Outlook.Attachment
Dim saveFolder As String
saveFolder = "c:\Folder"

For Each objAtt In itm.Attachments
objAtt.SaveAsFile saveFolder & "" & objAtt.DisplayName
Set objAtt = Nothing
Next
End Sub

[gmayor]

I have posted this before:


Public Sub SaveAttachments(olItem As MailItem)
'Graham Mayor - http://www.gmayor.com - Last updated - 26 May 2017
Dim olAttach As Attachment
Dim strFname As String
Dim strExt As String
Dim j As Long
Const strSaveFldr As String = "C:\Path\Attachments\"

CreateFolders strSaveFldr
On Error GoTo lbl_Exit
If olItem.Attachments.Count > 0 Then
For j = 1 To olItem.Attachments.Count
Set olAttach = olItem.Attachments(j)
If Not olAttach.fileName Like "image*.*" Then
strFname = olAttach.fileName
strExt = Right(strFname, Len(strFname) - InStrRev(strFname, Chr(46)))
strFname = FileNameUnique(strSaveFldr, strFname, strExt)
olAttach.SaveAsFile strSaveFldr & strFname
'olAttach.Delete 'delete the attachment
End If
Next j
olItem.Save
End If
lbl_Exit:
Set olAttach = Nothing
Set olItem = Nothing
Exit Sub
End Sub

Private Function FileNameUnique(strPath As String, _
strFileName As String, _
strExtension As String) As String
'An Outlook macro by Graham Mayor
Dim lngF As Long
Dim lngName As Long
lngF = 1
lngName = Len(strFileName) - (Len(strExtension) + 1)
strFileName = Left(strFileName, lngName)
Do While FileExists(strPath & strFileName & Chr(46) & strExtension) = True
strFileName = Left(strFileName, lngName) & "(" & lngF & ")"
lngF = lngF + 1
Loop
FileNameUnique = strFileName & Chr(46) & strExtension
lbl_Exit:
Exit Function
End Function

Private Function FileExists(filespec) As Boolean
'An Outlook macro by Graham Mayor
Dim FSO As Object
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If FSO.FileExists(filespec) Then
FileExists = True
Else
FileExists = False
End If
lbl_Exit:
Exit Function
End Function

Private Function FolderExists(fldr) As Boolean
'An Outlook macro by Graham Mayor
Dim FSO As Object
Set FSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
If (FSO.FolderExists(fldr)) Then
FolderExists = True
Else
FolderExists = False
End If
lbl_Exit:
Exit Function
End Function

Private Function CreateFolders(strPath As String)
'An Outlook macro by Graham Mayor
Dim strTempPath As String
Dim lngPath As Long
Dim VPath As Variant
VPath = Split(strPath, "\")
strPath = VPath(0) & "\"
For lngPath = 1 To UBound(VPath)
strPath = strPath & VPath(lngPath) & "\"
If Not FolderExists(strPath) Then MkDir strPath
Next lngPath
lbl_Exit:
Exit Function
End Function