AttachmentAdd Event

Occurs when an attachment has been added to an item.

Sub object_AttachmentAdd(Attachment As Attachment)

object    An object that evaluates to one of the objects in the Applies To list. In Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) in an Outlook form, use the word Item.

Attachment Required. The Attachment that was added to the item.

Example

This Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) example checks the size of the item after an attachment has been added and displays a warning if the size exceeds 500,000 bytes. The sample code must be placed in a class module such as ThisOutlookSession, and the TestAttachAdd() procedure should be called before the event procedure can be called by Microsoft Outlook.

Public WithEvents newItem As Outlook.MailItem

Private Sub newItem_AttachmentAdd(ByVal newAttachment As Attachment)
	If newAttachment.Type = olByValue Then
		newItem.Save
		If newItem.Size > 500000 Then
			MsgBox "Warning: Item size is now " & newItem.Size & " bytes."
		End If
	End If
End Sub

Public Sub TestAttachAdd()
	Dim olApp As New Outlook.Application
	Dim atts As Outlook.Attachments
	Dim newAttachment As Outlook.Attachment

	Set newItem = olApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)	
	newItem.Subject = "Test attachment"
	Set atts = newItem.Attachments
	Set newAttachment = atts.Add("C:\Test.txt", olByValue)
End Sub
		

This VBScript example shows how to use the AttachmentAdd event in VBScript.

Sub Item_AttachmentAdd(ByVal newAttachment)
	If newAttachment.Type = 1 Then
		Item.Save
		If Item.Size > 500000 Then
			MsgBox "Warning: Item size is now " & Item.Size & " bytes."
		End If
	End If
End Sub