[Outlook] [Resolved] Add Header and Footer to Attachment, then Print

[blinness]

I would like to create a macro script in Outlook that adds a Header and Footer to an Attachment and then prints it. Any Idea how to do this?


Here's the process I want it to have:
- User clicks a 'Print with Header/Footer' Button while Email is opened => a small window pops up with two fields (Header and footer) and Two buttons (Print and Cancel)
-The Two fields can be changed, but default they should contain:
-> Header Field: Email Address of the Sender and the Subject
-> Footer Field: Maybe the Today's Date

- Once 'Print' is clicked, the Two fields are set as the Header/Footer of the Attachment, given that the Attachment is a Doc, Pdf, or any other Document that supports a Header/Footer


I know that is a lot, but I really hope someone can help me achieve this little Script

[westconn1]

given that the Attachment is a Doc, Pdf, or any other Document that supports a Header/Footer

easy enough to do for word or excel by automating the appropriate application, but for pdf you would need something like acrobat installed, unless it can be opened in word, as text or image, then add header and footer

[blinness]

easy enough to do for word or excel by automating the appropriate application, but for pdf you would need something like acrobat installed, unless it can be opened in word, as text or image, then add header and footer

how would you automate the appropriate application? could you give me a sample code?
i looked around but wasn't able to find a good tutorial

[westconn1]

i looked around but wasn't able to find a good tutorial

try the faq thread at the top of this forum

you could either first save the attachment to disk as a file then open, or possibly paste the attachment into an open new document, then edit and print, save or not as required
for a .doc attachment, try doing it manually first, while recording a macro in word

how would you automate the appropriate application? could you give me a sample code?

for .Doc saved to disk

set wd = createobject("word.application")
set doc = wd.documents.open("somepath\filename.doc")    'where ever it was saved to
With doc
    .Sections(1).Headers(1).Range.Text = "somestring"
    .Sections(1).Footers(1).Range.Text = format(now, "dd/mm/yyy")
    .PrintOut
    .Save   'if required
    .Close
End With
' if processing multiple emails at one time you can loop from here, to open the next, you may require to save the attachments within a loop of mail items to be processed

you may well desire to format the headers and footers appropriately, the date can be entered into the footer as a header footer field, or a string ( as above), the header can string can be concantenated from the mail item properties

the above code has not been tested at all

[blinness]

@westconn1, thank you very much. The code you provided worked perfectly. I was finally able to create the script i wanted to do ^^

That's the code for the Print function:

TEMP_PATH is a global variable containing the Path to the temp folder, where the File will be saved

Reference to "Microsoft Word __._ Object Library" is required (In my case it was 14.0)

PrintAttBox is a form I created, so the User can modify the Inputs, like the Header and the Footer

Sub PrintWithHeader(fFullPath As String)

    Dim wd As Word.Application
    Dim doc As Word.Document
    
    'MsgBox (PrintAttBox.DocName.Caption)
    
    Set wd = CreateObject("Word.Application")
    Set doc = wd.documents.Open(TEMP_PATH & PrintAttBox.DocEmail.Caption & "_" & PrintAttBox.DocPos & "_" & PrintAttBox.DocName)  'where is was saved
    With doc
        .Sections(1).Headers(1).Range.Text = PrintAttBox.DocHeader.Text
        .Sections(1).Footers(1).Range.Text = PrintAttBox.DocFooter.Text
        .PrintOut
        .Save 'if required
        .Close
    End With
    
    MsgBox ("The Document was saved successfully: " & TEMP_PATH & PrintAttBox.DocEmail.Caption & "_" & PrintAttBox.DocPos & "_" & PrintAttBox.DocName)

End Sub