From: Brian Scott <mr.novell@...>
Date: 2008-03-25T14:42:45+09:00
Subject: Re: Win32Ole, MAPI, and Outlook



The code below processes mail from the inbox downloads the attchments 
then moves the mail to a subfolder.

require 'win32ole'
require 'yaml'

#Read Configuration
def _readconfig
config = YAML.load_file("./config.yaml")
@folder = config["config"] ["foldername"]
@path = config["config"] ["pathname"]
end

#Setting up outlook application instance
def _outapp
outlook = WIN32OLE.new('Outlook.Application')
mapi = outlook.GetNameSpace('MAPI')
@inbox = mapi.GetDefaultFolder(6)
end

#Process each email and save attachment to path configured
def _processor
proc = @inbox.Folders.Item('#{@folder}')
proc.Items.each do |message|
message.Attachments.each do |attachment|
filename = "#{@path}\\#{attachment.FileName}"
attachment.SaveAsFile(filename)
end
    end

end

_readconfig
_outapp
_processor








Jeff Miller wrote:
> Aha!
> 
> I got it to work by using some simple exception handling. Since I hadn't 
> used it before (I'm somewhat new to scripting) I didn't really think of 
> it before. Anyway, in conclusion, I used this:
> 
> begin
>   co_contacts = mapi.GetDefaultFolder(10).Folders("Company Contacts")
>   rescue Exception
>   co_contacts = mapi.GetDefaultFolder(10).Folders.Add("Company 
> Contacts")
> end
> 
> Thanks!
>  - Jeff

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