Pause Outlook for a given amount of time

Question

I'm trying to run Outlook code 10 seconds after an email is received.

I tried using application.wait but it appears that you cannot do this with Outlook.

How do I pause Outlook for a given amount of time?

Answer 1

You can create a Sub that will mimic the Application.Wait, something like.

Public Declare Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)
'For 64-Bit
'Declare PtrSafe Sub Sleep Lib "kernel32" (ByVal dwMilliseconds As Long)

Public Sub Pause(intSeconds As Variant)
  ' Comments: Waits for a specified number of seconds
  ' Params  : intSeconds      Number of seconds to wait
  ' Source  : Total Visual SourceBook

On Error GoTo PROC_ERR

    Dim datTime As Date
    datTime = DateAdd("s", intSeconds, Now)
    Do
        ' Yield to other programs (better than using DoEvents which eats up all the CPU cycles)
        Sleep 100
        DoEvents
    Loop Until Now >= datTime
PROC_EXIT:
    Exit Sub

PROC_ERR:
    MsgBox "Error: " & Err.Number & ". " & Err.Description, , "Pause Method"
    Resume PROC_EXIT
End Sub

To call this you could use Pause 3