Recreate the Attachment button

  • Thread starter cmonroe21 via OfficeKB.com
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cmonroe21 via OfficeKB.com

I am creating an OL2007 task and want to create my own attachment button. I
figured out that the user can select the "Insert" tab at the top of the
window and then has access to the paperclip attahcment button, and if I add
an email message body to the task then that's where the icons of the
attachments show up. This works fine, but I want to create my own attachment
button that will open up the standard attachment dialog box with folder
directory. I did some research and came up with this:

Dim instance As Attachments
Dim Source As Object
Dim Type As Object
Dim Position As Object
Dim DisplayName As Object
Dim returnValue As Attachment
returnValue = instance.Add(Source, Type, Position, DisplayName)
'(Have to add Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook namespace ??)

But I don't think this is exactly what I need... I just need to trigger the
attachment event, I think? And the dialog box with directory is part of that?
Any input would be greatly appreciated!


Also found this...
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dim mail as emailMessage 'would change to task
dim file as emailAttachment
dim f as FolderItem
f = GetOpenFolderItem ("")
if f <> Nil then
file = new emailAttachment
file.loadFromFile f
mail.attachments.append file
end

'would this resemble code I could drop into a command button subroutine that
would bring up a file directory and let a user select an attachment, as the
standard attachment button does??
 

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