Saving an excel xlsm file in an outlook email

Question

I need help saving an excel xlsm file from an outlook email using excel VBA.

Im modifying an excel VBA that extracts data from lab reports on a server.

I want to add the function where the latest lab report is saved from my email to the server.

I've got the code below, but i get an error saying outlook cannot perferom this action on this type of attachment. The type being xlsm.

Sub Getlabreport()

Dim O As Outlook.Application
Set O = New Outlook.Application

Dim ONS As Outlook.Namespace
Set ONS = O.GetNamespace("MAPI")

Dim ORIG_FOL As Outlook.Folder
Set ORIG_FOL = ONS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)

For Each Item In ORIG_FOL.Items
    For Each Atmt In Item.Attachments
        If Atmt.FileName = Range("Lab_file").Value Then
            FileName = Range("Save_folder").Value & "\" & Atmt.FileName
            Atmt.SaveAsFile FileName
            Exit Sub
        End If
    Next Atmt
 Next Item
End Sub

Is there a work around for this?

Thanks,

Answer 1

What kind of attachment is it? Make sure it is Attachment.Type == olByValue (1). Outlook cannot save embedded OLE attachments ( olOle == 6), you'd need Redemption for that if you are using VBA.