Answers for "Save Attachments"

Save Attachments

Option Explicit
'Graham Mayor - https://www.gmayor.com - Last updated - 29 Apr 2021 

Sub ProcessAttachment() 'test with selected message
'An Outlook macro by Graham Mayor
Dim olMsg As MailItem
    On Error Resume Next
    Set olMsg = ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)
    SaveAttachments olMsg
lbl_Exit:
    Exit Sub
End Sub

Sub ProcessFolder() 'process a selected folder
'An Outlook macro by Graham Mayor
Dim olNS As Outlook.NameSpace
Dim olMailFolder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim olItems As Outlook.items
Dim olMailItem As Outlook.MailItem
Dim i As Long
    On Error GoTo err_Handler
    Set olNS = GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set olMailFolder = olNS.PickFolder
    Set olItems = olMailFolder.items
    i = 0
    For Each olMailItem In olItems
        SaveAttachments olMailItem
        DoEvents
    Next olMailItem
    MsgBox "Processing complete!", vbInformation
err_Handler:
    Set olNS = Nothing
    Set olMailFolder = Nothing
    Set olItems = Nothing
    Set olMailItem = Nothing
lbl_Exit:
    Exit Sub
End Sub

Private 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\" 'change as required

    CreateFolders strSaveFldr
    On Error Resume Next
    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
            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


Private Function CleanFileName(strFileName As String) As String
Dim arrInvalid() As String
Dim lng_Index As Long
    'Define illegal characters (by ASCII CharNum)
    arrInvalid = Split("9|10|11|13|34|42|47|58|60|62|63|92|124", "|")
    'Remove any illegal filename characters
    CleanFileName = strFileName
    For lng_Index = 0 To UBound(arrInvalid)
        CleanFileName = Replace(CleanFileName, Chr(arrInvalid(lng_Index)), Chr(95))
    Next lng_Index
lbl_Exit:
    Exit Function
End Function