REading from attachment text Outlook 2000

[aheu9]

I want to read from an attachment of an email. I can get the attachment item, but I dont know how to read in the text exactly. I am using Outlook 2000.
Thanks in advance!!
Aheu9

 

[CautionMP]

aheu9,
Based on your question, my first thought would be:[ul]
[li]Open email.[/li]
[li]Double click attachment[/li]
[li]Copy the text[/li]
[li]...[/li][/ul]

Just joking (sort of.)

A couple of questions that may facilitate a better answer.[ol][li]Where are you trying to read the text into (variable, apllication, ...)?[/li]
[li]Do you need all the contents from the file, or only parts?[/li]
[li]What file type is the attachement?[/li]
[li]What have you tried?[/li][/ol]

CMP



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[JerryKlmns]

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[aheu9]

I am trying to read in a text file attachment to a variable inside of Outlook 2000 on application startup. I have tried to use the AttachmentRead(attachment object) function but it seems to not be working correctly because I get an error that says it is not a valid method of a MailItem. The item contains text that I will parse and create task items based on the results.

 

[CautionMP]

aheu9,
My Outlook 2000 shows [tt]AttachmentRead[/tt] as an Event, not a function.

You can use the [tt]Attachment.SaveAsFile()[/tt] function to cache the file to the local hard drive, then read it into your routine using VBA I/O operations, then delete it using [tt]VBA.Kill[/tt].

Application startup?

Hope this helps,
CMP

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