Select email that triggers script

Question

I am working on a Outlook script that will automatically select an email, and download the attachments, from a specific sender.

Reports are generated on a database and emailed to a specified address.

The next step is to automatically download those reports to a specified folder. Currently if an email comes in from the specified sender the script downloads attachments from the currently selected email.

I need the script to run on the email that triggers the script.

Public Sub SaveAttachments(Item As Outlook.MailItem)
    Dim objOL As Outlook.Application
    Dim objMsg As Outlook.MailItem 'Object
    Dim objAttachments As Outlook.Attachments
    Dim objSelection As Outlook.Selection
    Dim i As Long
    Dim lngCount As Long
    Dim strFile As String
    Dim strFolderpath As String
    Dim strDeletedFiles As String
 
    'Get the path to the target folder
    strFolderpath = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SpecialFolders(16)
    On Error Resume Next
 
    'Instantiate an Outlook Application Object
    Set objOL = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
 
    'Get the collection of selected objects
    Set objSelection = objOL.ActiveExplorer.Selection
 
    'Set the Attachment folder
    strFolderpath = strFolderpath & "\Attachments\"
 
    'Check each selected item for attachements. If attachments exist, save them
    'to the strFOlderPath folder and strip them from the item.
    For Each objMsg In objSelection
 
    'This code only strips attachments from mail items.
    'If objMsg.class=olMail Then
    'Get the Attachments collection of the item
    Set objAttachments = objMsg.Attachments
    lngCount = objAttachments.Count
    strDeletedFile = ""
   
    If lngCount > 0 Then
   
        'A count down loop needs to be used for removing items
        'from a collection. Otherwise the loop counter gets
        'confused and only every other item is removed
       
        For i = lngCount To 1 Step -1
       
            'Save attachment before deleting from item.
            'Get the file name
            strFile = objAttachments.Item(i).FileName
           
            'Combine with the path to the Temp folder.
            strFile = strFolderpath & strFile
           
            'Save the attachment as a file
            objAttachments.Item(i).SaveAsFile strFile
           
            'Delete the attachment
            objAttachments.Item(i).Delete
           
            'write the save as path to a string to add to the
            'message check from html and use html tags in link
            If objMsg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
                strDeletedFile = strDeletedFiles & vbCrLf & "<file://" & strFile & ">"
            Else
                strDeletedFiles = strDeletedFiles & "<br>" & "<a href='file://" & _
                strFile & "'>" & strFile & "</a>"
            End If
           
            'use the MsgBox command to troubleshoot. Remove it from the final code.
            'MsgBox strDeletedFiles
           
        Next i
       
        'Adds the filename string to the message body and save it
        'Checks for HTML body
        If objMsg.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
            objMsg.Body = vbCrLf & "The File(s) were saved to " & strDeletedFiles & vbCrLf & objMsg.Body
        Else
            objMsg.HTMLBody = "<p>" & "The file(s) were saved to " & strDeletedFiles & "</p>" & objMsg.HTMLBody
        End If
        objMsg.Save
    End If
    Next
 
Exit Sub:
 
    Set objAttachments = Nothing
    Set objMsg = Nothing
    Set objSelection = Nothing
    Set objOL = Nothing
End Sub

Answer 1

I made some changes and this code does the intended purpose.

Public Sub SaveAttachments(Item As Outlook.MailItem)
Dim objOL As Outlook.Application
Dim objAttachments As Outlook.Attachments
Dim i As Long
Dim lngCount As Long
Dim strFile As String
Dim strFolderpath As String
Dim strDeletedFiles As String


'Get the path to the target folder
strFolderpath = CreateObject("WScript.Shell").SpecialFolders(16)
On Error Resume Next

'Instantiate an Outlook Application Object
Set objOL = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")

'Set the Attachment folder
strFolderpath = strFolderpath & "\Attachments\"

'Check each selected item for attachements. If attachments exist, save them
'to the strFOlderPath folder and strip them from the item.
For Each objAttachments In Item.Attachments

    'This code only strips attachments from mail items.
    'If objMsg.class=olMail Then
    'Get the Attachments collection of the item
    Set objAttachments = Item.Attachments
    lngCount = objAttachments.Count
    strDeletedFile = ""

    If lngCount > 0 Then

        'A count down loop needs to be used for removing items
        'from a collection. Otherwise the loop counter gets
        'confused and only every other item is removed

        For i = lngCount To 1 Step -1

            'Save attachment before deleting from item.
            'Get the file name
            strFile = objAttachments.Item(i).FileName

            'Combine with the path to the Temp folder.
            strFile = strFolderpath & strFile

            'Save the attachment as a file
            objAttachments.Item(i).SaveAsFile strFile

            'Delete the attachment
            objAttachments.Item(i).Delete

            'write the save as path to a string to add to the
            'message check from html and use html tags in link
            If Item.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
                strDeletedFile = strDeletedFiles & vbCrLf & "<file://" & strFile & ">"
            Else
                strDeletedFiles = strDeletedFiles & "<br>" & "<a href='file://" & _
                strFile & "'>" & strFile & "</a>"
            End If

            'use the MsgBox command to troubleshoot. Remove it from the final code.
            'MsgBox strDeletedFiles

        Next i

        'Adds the filename string to the message body and save it
        'Checks for HTML body
        If Item.BodyFormat <> olFormatHTML Then
             Item.Body = vbCrLf & "The File(s) were saved to " & strDeletedFiles & vbCrLf & Item.Body
         Else
            Item.HTMLBody = "<p>" & "The file(s) were saved to " & strDeletedFiles & "</p>" & Item.HTMLBody
        End If
        Item.Save
    End If
Next objAttachments

Exit Sub:

Set objAttachments = Nothing
Set objOL = Nothing
End Sub