Attachment Notification Icon - Create Custom Field to view Attachmentname?

[Rick]

Outlook 2007

I am looking for a way to be able to add a Custom field to my inbox
summary so that I can see the Name of an attachment rather than just
the paperclip.
It appears that I can create a custom field by going to View>Current
View>Customize Current View and selecting the fields button. I then
select New Field, Name it "Att. Name", Type "Formula", Field type
attachment.....then I need to add a function. From my primitive
knowledge of VB I am thinking there should be some way to locate the
Object related to the file name of the attachment...but I may be
reaching here.

The situation I am trying to solve is that we have a user who receives
many e-mails from a network scanner via an exchange connector. We
cannot specify the Subject line of the e-mail....it is generic...but
we can specify the name of the scanned document that is attached to
the e-mail. We need the Outlook user to be able to see the list of
files to help to prioritize which to open based on what they wee in
the attachment name.

Clear as MUD?

Thanks in advance for any advice or ideas.

rick

 

[Michael Bauer [MVP - Outlook]]

You could create the field manually as described but you have to write the
name of an attachment into the field by VBA code. Be aware that a message
can have many files attached.

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Am Fri, 22 Jan 2010 08:28:11 -0800 (PST) schrieb Rick:

 

[Rick]

In our case there will only be one attachment per e-mail. We are
originating all these e-mails in-house. However the names will vary.
All will be all numeric with a maximum of 12 numbers. All will
be .PDF attachements. I'm getting the feeling what we want to do is
not within the capabilites of Outlook 2007...but still hoping...
Any other ways to view the file name?

rick