Programmatically save attachments from Outlook email items
This example saves e-mail attachments to a specified folder when the mail is received in the inbox.
Important
This example works only if you add a folder named TestFileSave at the root of the C directory.
Applies to: The information in this topic applies to VSTO Add-in projects for Outlook. For more information, see Features available by Office application and project type.
Example
private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
this.Application.NewMail += new Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook
.ApplicationEvents_11_NewMailEventHandler(ThisApplication_NewMail);
}
private void ThisApplication_NewMail()
{
Outlook.MAPIFolder inBox = this.Application.ActiveExplorer()
.Session.GetDefaultFolder(Outlook
.OlDefaultFolders.olFolderInbox);
Outlook.Items inBoxItems = inBox.Items;
Outlook.MailItem newEmail = null;
inBoxItems = inBoxItems.Restrict("[Unread] = true");
try
{
foreach (object collectionItem in inBoxItems)
{
newEmail = collectionItem as Outlook.MailItem;
if (newEmail != null)
{
if (newEmail.Attachments.Count > 0)
{
for (int i = 1; i <= newEmail
.Attachments.Count; i++)
{
newEmail.Attachments[i].SaveAsFile
(@"C:\TestFileSave\" +
newEmail.Attachments[i].FileName);
}
}
}
}
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
string errorInfo = (string)ex.Message
.Substring(0, 11);
if (errorInfo == "Cannot save")
{
MessageBox.Show(@"Create Folder C:\TestFileSave");
}
}
}
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