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Read .msg file in the shared directory

YoshieNakamura — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 08:15:00 GMT

I'd like to read an email messages saved in the shared folder. The email is saved into the folder by another VDI so the original email is not in Outlook inbox and I don't think I can use MS Outlook Email VBO in this case.

what I'm trying to do is
1) Open an email from the shared directory
2) Copy email messages
3) Paste it in clipboard as a data

I'm using Start Process of Utility - Environment to open the email and created an object for Outlook application. After opening & attaching the object to the email, I am trying to send Global Send Keys '^A' & '^C' to copy all messages from the email however Global Send Keys doesn't work on the opened email.
Could someone advise me how to copy email messages of .msg files?

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Yoshie Nakamura
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RE: Read .msg file in the shared directory

ewilson — Thu, 05 Aug 2021 16:56:00 GMT

Hi @Yoshie Nakamura,

You can always add a custom action to your Outlook VBO to allow you to open a MSG file. Here's a thread on Stackoverflow that describes the little bit of code that would be necessary. We will look at adding this capability as an enhancement request for the actual Outlook VBO.

Cheers,

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Eric Wilson
Director, Integrations and Enablement
Blue Prism Digital Exchange
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RE: Read .msg file in the shared directory

YoshieNakamura — Fri, 06 Aug 2021 10:14:00 GMT

Hi @ewilson

Thank you very much for your return.
I had no issue to open .msg file with Utility - Environment but couldn't read the message after that.

However I have found a solution for this.
Global Send Keys doesn't work but Global Send Keys Event does work to copy all email messages with "<^AC>^ ".

Thank you very much,

Kind regards,
Yoshie Nakamura

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Yoshie Nakamura
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