MailItem.SaveAs not working

[Chris]

I am trying to save messages as a MSG format. I checked on the forum and
found the code but when I save, the file name is not completely written and
the file size is 0 bytes. Right now the code is only for the open message.
Ideally, I would like the code to be run on an Outlook folder. I am
operating in a Vista Enterprise environment. Any help would be greatly
appreciated.

-----VBA Code-----
Sub SaveAsTXT()
Dim myItem As Outlook.Inspector
Dim objItem As Object
Dim strname As String


Set myItem = Application.ActiveInspector
If Not TypeName(myItem) = "Nothing" Then
Set objItem = myItem.CurrentItem

strname = "U:\E-Mail\" & objItem.SenderName & " " & objItem.Subject
& objItem.Sent & ".msg"
MsgBox strname
'Prompt the user for confirmation
Dim strPrompt As String
strPrompt = "Are you sure you want to save the item? " & _
"If a file with the same name already exists, " & _
"it will be overwritten with this copy of the file."
If MsgBox(strPrompt, vbYesNo + vbQuestion) = vbYes Then
objItem.SaveAs strname, olMSGUnicode
End If
Else
MsgBox "There is no current active inspector."
End If
End Sub
-----End of VBA Code-----

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

See if the file name you end up with has any illegal characters in it. See
if you can save the same item yourself manually, to see if that works.

 

[Chris]

Ken,

That partially solved the problem as it was adding an additional path to the
name which had illegal characters. However, it seems to be missing items
such as read receipts, meeting requests and responses, and tasks. Is there a
way to check for these items and then make the filename based on those
available fields? My thought is to do a Select Case TheEmail.Class but I
don't know if this will work and what fields are availble to create a name.
Right now, messages are created by SenderName, a scrubbed subject, and a
scrubbed received date. I would assume that I have to scrub any of the
fields in the other item types.

Thanks for assisting.

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

Many of those "missing things" would not be available in a saved out MSG
file. You can certainly get any fields you want from a mail item to provide
a naming scheme, but in all cases you will want to make sure there are no
illegal characters in the resulting file name. These days you don't need to
worry about things like making your file name an 8.3 format, but illegal
characters are always a concern.

 

[Chris]

Ken,

Is there a way to save the delivery and read receipts and meeting request
acceptances/declines?

I looked at the Class of the delivery receipt and it came up the same as a
message. There is no ol equivalent for a read or delivery receipt but there
is for meeting requests.

I need to be able to copy everything in a folder to a .msg format. My code
works on messages perfectly but not on those items mentioned. I did scrub
the information and it still would not save. PLEASE HELP!!!!!

Chris

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

I'm not sure what you're talking about.

Delivery reports for example have a MessageClass of "REPORT.IPM.Note.DR".
That's not an email MessageClass.

You would instantiate any item where the MessageClass starts with "REPORT"
as a ReportItem, with which you should be able to use SaveAs().

Most recipients won't allow delivery of either types of reports, but where
you do get them back that's what you'd do.

 

[Chris]

Ken,

The Class I was referring to is the
Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Items.Item(I).Class. I had a return
of 43.

I do not know how to utilize MessageClass to isolate as it seems to call the
delivery receipt IPM.NOTE according to what was outputted to the messagebox
and not as what you had below. I am using Outlook 2007.

Chris

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

You need to check the item's MessageClass property, which is a string. If
you are doing that in a procedure or event handler where the item is an
Object you would do that using reflection.

If you use Class, which won't work for you correctly, you will need to try a
cast to MailItem, if that fails try a cast to ReportItem and so on.
Personally I'd be using MessageClass myself.

I'd get MessageClass and use string.StartsWith() to see if the MessageClass
starts with "REPORT".

 

[Chris]

OK Ken,

It seems so close and yet so far away. I am doing the message class but
anytime it htis a delivery report or read receipt, I cannot get the message
class. I have a check to add the category "Not Copied" (it exists in the
list) and it will change the category of the message prior to the receipt.
The message box never displays a "REPORT" message class just "IPM.NOTE" and
the out of office one. I am including the code and am hoping a light will
shine on the error in the code. Thanks for your continued assistance.

Chris
-----CODE START-----
Dim TheEmail As Outlook.MailItem
Dim eItem As Outlook.Items
Dim EmailNS As NameSpace
Dim fldrCount, EmailPath2, NbrItem, myfolder
Dim strSubj, strTime, mailClassCheck, EmailPath As String
Dim NewFileName As String
Dim Cats
Dim CheckErr, Exists As Boolean

CheckErr = False
Set EmailNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myfolder = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
NbrItem = myfolder.Items.Count
On Error GoTo Error_Handler

'EmailPath = InputBox("Enter the save folder location:", "Email Save
Path", CurDir)
EmailPath = "C:\users\CMPurdom\Desktop\Mail Burn\Tester\"
For i = 1 To NbrItem
Set TheEmail = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Items.Item(i)
mailClassCheck = TheEmail.MessageClass
MsgBox mailClassCheck
If Right(mailClassCheck, 6) = "REPORT" Then
SaveMailAsFile TheEmail, olSaveAsMsg,
"C:\users\CMPurdom\Desktop\Mail Burn\Testers\"
GoTo Step1
End If
If TheEmail.Subject = "" Then strSubj = "no subject"

strSubj = Replace(TheEmail.Subject, "/", "-")
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "\", "-")
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, ":", "--")
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "?", sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, Chr(34), sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "<", sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, ">", sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "|", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(TheEmail.ReceivedTime, "/", "-")
strTime = Replace(strTime, "\", "-")
strTime = Replace(strTime, ":", ".")
strTime = Replace(strTime, "?", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, Chr(34), sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, "<", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, ">", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, "|", sReplace)
'SaveMailAsFile TheEmail, olSaveAsMsg, "C:\users\CMPurdom\Desktop\Mail
Burn\Testers\"
NewFileName = TheEmail.SenderName & "_" & strTime & "_" & strSubj &
".msg"

If NewFileName <> "" Then
TheEmail.SaveAs EmailPath & NewFileName, olMSG
Else
MsgBox "No file name was entered. Operation aborted.", 64,
"Cancel Operation"
Exit Sub
End If
Step1:
Next i
GoTo Done

Error_Handler:
MsgBox TheEmail.MessageClass & Chr$(13) & TheEmail.Subject & Chr$(13) &
Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description
TheEmail.Categories = TheEmail.Categories & ";" & "Not Copied"
TheEmail.Save
Resume Next

Done:
End Sub
-----CODE END-----

 

[Ken Slovak - [MVP - Outlook]]

I'm wondering if possibly declaring TheEmail as Object rather than MailItem
would be helpful. Do you ever hit the error handler code? If you do it
could be because instantiating a MailItem object from a report item would
fire an exception.

 

[Chris]

Ken:

Declaring it as an object worked. I am including the code below which also
includes a browser supported function in case anyone has the same problem
they can find it. Thank you for your help.

Chris

'-----CODE START-----
Public Sub ExportSAR()

Dim TheEmail As Object
Dim ReportEmail As ReportItem
Dim eItem As Outlook.Items
Dim EmailNS As NameSpace
Dim fldrCount, EmailPath2, NbrItem, myfolder
Dim strSubj, strTime, mailClassCheck, EmailPath As String
Dim NewFileName, ReportHeader As String
Dim Cats
Dim CheckErr, Exists As Boolean

CheckErr = False
Set EmailNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set myfolder = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder
NbrItem = myfolder.Items.Count
On Error GoTo Error_Handler

EmailPath = BrowseForFolderShell
MsgBox EmailPath
'EmailPath = InputBox("Enter the save folder location:", "Email Save
Path", CurDir)
For i = 1 To NbrItem
Set TheEmail = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Items.Item(i)
mailClassCheck = TheEmail.MessageClass
If Left(mailClassCheck, 6) = "REPORT" Then
Set ReportEmail =
Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder.Items.Item(i)
If ReportEmail.Subject = "" Then strSubj = "no subject"
If Right(ReportEmail.MessageClass, 2) = "DR" Then ReportHeader =
"DeliveryReport" Else ReportHeader = "Read Receipt"

strSubj = Replace(ReportEmail.Subject, "/", "-")
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "\", "-")
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, ":", "--")
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "?", sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, Chr(34), sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "<", sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, ">", sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "|", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(ReportEmail.CreationTime, "/", "-")
strTime = Replace(strTime, "\", "-")
strTime = Replace(strTime, ":", ".")
strTime = Replace(strTime, "?", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, Chr(34), sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, "<", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, ">", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, "|", sReplace)
NewFileName = ReportHeader & "_" & strSubj & strTime & ".msg"

If NewFileName <> "" Then
ReportEmail.SaveAs EmailPath & NewFileName, olMSG
Else
MsgBox "No file name was entered. Operation aborted.", 64,
"Cancel Operation"
Exit Sub
End If
GoTo Step1
End If
If TheEmail.Subject = "" Then strSubj = "no subject"

strSubj = Replace(TheEmail.Subject, "/", "-")
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "\", "-")
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, ":", "--")
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "?", sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, Chr(34), sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "<", sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, ">", sReplace)
strSubj = Replace(strSubj, "|", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(TheEmail.ReceivedTime, "/", "-")
strTime = Replace(strTime, "\", "-")
strTime = Replace(strTime, ":", ".")
strTime = Replace(strTime, "?", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, Chr(34), sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, "<", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, ">", sReplace)
strTime = Replace(strTime, "|", sReplace)
NewFileName = TheEmail.SenderName & "_" & strTime & "_" & strSubj &
".msg"

If NewFileName <> "" Then
TheEmail.SaveAs EmailPath & NewFileName, olMSG
Else
MsgBox "No file name was entered. Operation aborted.", 64,
"Cancel Operation"
Exit Sub
End If
Step1:
strSubj = ""
strTime = ""
Next i
GoTo Done

Error_Handler:
If TheEmail Is Nothing Then
MsgBox Err.Number & ":" & Err.Description Else
MsgBox TheEmail.MessageClass & Chr$(13) & TheEmail.Subject & Chr$(13) &
Err.Number & ": " & Err.Description
TheEmail.Categories = TheEmail.Categories & ";" & "Not Copied"
TheEmail.Save
End If
Resume Next

Done:
End Sub

Public Function BrowseForFolderShell(Optional Hwnd As Long = 0, Optional
sTitle As String = "Browse for Folder", Optional BIF_Options As Integer,
Optional vRootFolder As Variant) As String

Dim objShell As Object
Dim objFolder As Variant
Dim strFolderFullPath As String

Set objShell = CreateObject("Shell.Application") Set objFolder =
objShell.BrowseForFolder(Hwnd, sTitle, BIF_Options, vRootFolder)

If (Not objFolder Is Nothing) Then
'// NB: If SpecFolder= 0 = Desktop then ....
On Error Resume Next
If IsError(objFolder.Items.Item.Path) Then strFolderFullPath =
CStr(objFolder): GoTo GotIt
On Error GoTo 0
'// Is it the Root Dir?...if so change
If Len(objFolder.Items.Item.Path) > 3 Then
strFolderFullPath = objFolder.Items.Item.Path '&
Application.PathSeparator
Else
strFolderFullPath = objFolder.Items.Item.Path '& Application.
End If
Else
'// User cancelled
GoTo XitProperly
End If

GotIt:
BrowseForFolderShell = strFolderFullPath & "\"

XitProperly:
Set objFolder = Nothing
Set objShell = Nothing

End Function
'-----CODE END-----