I'm trying to create a new "Search Folder" in an Outlook shared folder using VBA in Excel.
It is failing on the last line, which is the save function.
"Object could not be found".
Sub createfolder()
Dim oApp As Outlook.Application
Dim oSearch As Outlook.Search
Dim oInbox As Outlook.mapifolder
Dim sFolderPath As String
Dim oScope As String
Dim sFilter As String
Set oApp = New Outlook.Application
Set oInbox = oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI").Folders("Fin Reporting").Folders("July")
sFolderPath = oInbox.FolderPath
sScope = "'" & oInbox.FolderPath & "'"
Set oSearch = oApp.AdvancedSearch(sScope)
oSearch.Save ("TestSearch")
End Sub
you did not say where your "fin reporting" folder is located
for this example code, i put it in the top folder, so it is on same level as "inbox"
top ---
|
fin reporting
| |
| july
|
inbox
|
sent items
|
etc.
try these two. see which one works, or does not work.
single-step through the code by pressing F8 key repeatedly
try this one in outlook
Sub createfolder_outlook()
Dim oInbox As MAPIFolder
Dim oSearch As Search
Set oInbox = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox).Parent.Folders("Fin Reporting").Folders("July")
Set oSearch = Application.AdvancedSearch("'" & oInbox.FolderPath & "'")
oSearch.Save ("TestSearch")
End Sub
then do same in excel
Sub createfolder_excel()
Dim oInbox As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim oSearch As Outlook.Search
Set oInbox = Outlook.Application.GetNamespace("MAPI").GetDefaultFolder(Outlook.olFolderInbox).Parent.Folders("Fin Reporting").Folders("July")
Set oSearch = Outlook.Application.AdvancedSearch("'" & oInbox.FolderPath & "'")
oSearch.Save ("TestSearch")
End Sub