Extract attachments and indicate a new location

• Bil Mcconoughey
• Published: 12 Jan 2005

This tip is a modification of the Ken Pespisa's tip Extract attachments from e-mail. After saving the attachment in another directory, the new location is appended to the body of the e-mail so that it's easy to find the next time it's needed.

  Code: Sub Initialize
 Dim sDir As String
 Dim s As NotesSession
 Dim w As NotesUIWorkspace
 Dim db As NotesDatabase
 Dim doc As NotesDocument
 Dim uidoc As NotesUIDocument
 
 Set s = New NotesSession
 Set w = New NotesUIWorkspace 
 Set db = s.CurrentDatabase
 Set uidoc = w.CurrentDocument
 Set doc = uidoc.Document
 Dim rtItem As NotesRichTextItem
 Dim sDefaultFolder As String
 Dim x As Integer
 Dim vtDir As Variant
 Dim j As Integer
 Dim text As String
 Dim text2 As String
 text = ""
 text2 = ""
 
 x = Msgbox("This action will extract all
 attachments from the  document and 
place them into the folder of your choice." & _
 Chr(10) & Chr(10) & "Would you like to continue?", 
32 + 4, "Export 
Attachments")
 If x <> 6 Then Exit Sub 
 
 sDefaultFolder = s.GetEnvironmentString("ExtractAgent")
 vtDir = w.SaveFileDialog( False, 
"Export attachments to which folder?", "All 
files|*.*", sDefaultFolder, "Choose Folder and Click Save")
 If Isempty(vtDir) Then Exit Sub
 sDir = Strleftback(vtDir(0), "Choose Folder and Click Save")
 Call s.SetEnvironmentVar("ExtractAgent",vtDir(0))
 
 Set rtitem = doc.GetFirstItem( "Body" )
 If ( rtitem.Type = RICHTEXT ) Then
  Forall o In rtitem.EmbeddedObjects
   If ( o.Type = EMBED_ATTACHMENT )  
And ( o.FileSize > MAX ) Then
    fileCount = fileCount + 1
    Call o.ExtractFile ( sDir + o.Name )
    Call rtItem.AddNewline(1)
    text = o.Name + " has been moved to " +
 sDir + " by " + s.UserName + " 
on " + Str$(Today()) +  ".  "
    Call rtitem.AppendText("<< " + text + " >>") 
    text2 = text2 + text
    Call rtItem.AddNewline(1)
    Call o.Remove
    Call doc.Save( True, True )
   End If
  End Forall
 End If 
 
 Msgbox text2, 16, "Document(s) Detached"
 Call uidoc.Close
 
End Sub

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