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    Outlook an email with .xls attachment, download and open Workbook

    Hello all,

    I receive an email everyday from the same sender in my general inbox "Inbox" with a .xls attachment. The file is always called the same and the email is always the same just with new data each day. Is there a way to Activate this workbook from a VBA macro, i.e. click macro --> go into outlook --> search for email on current day --> download spreadsheet --> activate it

    The email is produced systematically and is always has Subject "Open Report" and always sent from same sender [email protected]

    Can someone pls guide me on the right path.

    Many thanks for your time.

    lougs7

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    Re: Outlook an email with .xls attachment, download and open Workbook

    First write an Outlook filter rule to put the email into a folder for this purpose. Make sure this folder is directly under the INBOX. Set up a subfolder under this folder to put the processed mail.

    Then follow the instructions in this article: https://www.excelforum.com/tips-and-...subfolder.html

    The application was designed to handle multiple mailboxes. You'll just need one row in the table.
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    Re: Outlook an email with .xls attachment, download and open Workbook

    Hi dflak, this will surely help me I will modify accordingly thank you kindly for this. One question, I am not using a shareinbox, it is simply my works email [email protected] and the Main Inbox is called "Inbox". I changed in the sheet where you had Labor Analysis Inbox to -> "Inbox" for Cell B1 Mailbox.

    However I get a break at one of the first lines of code,

    Set FldrIn = oINS,Folders(MailBox).Folders("Inbox").Folders(InFolder)

    How can I configure it using my mailbox, just a standard inbox? Maybe the syntax I put is not right "Inbox"

    EDIT: I put in my email and it worked "[email protected]"
    Last edited by lougs7; 04-09-2020 at 02:14 PM.

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    Re: Outlook an email with .xls attachment, download and open Workbook

    Hi dflak,

    Can you quickly direct me how to open the file in the attachment that is being saved (it is a workbook), run a code that I have - that I will paste, then close that sheet, and then it goes back to your code. where would I insert that in your script?

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    Two things. Your MAilbox is [email protected] That's what goes where I have Labor Analysis.

    To "install" the code is a bit of an issue. The Control Panel has named ranges on it that the code reads. To see what these are (and help you adjust to your code), select a blank part of your spreadsheet and press F3. Then click the button to put in on the sheet. All of these named ranges are static, so it's easy to assign them to your cells. For example, if you want to assign the name Mailbox to Cell C4, select C4 and go to the name box (upper left of screen below the ribbon) - it will read Cr - put the cursor in there and type in Mailbox.


    Once you got that, your can copy and paste the code into a module in your workbook.

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