Outlook-VBA: detecting opening a file event

Question

Using either:

Private Sub myInspector_NewInspectr(ByVal Inspector As Outlook.Inspector)

or

Application_ItemLoad(ByVal Item As Object)

I need to find out if Inspector.CurrentItem or the Item loaded are opened from inside of outlook (by clicking an email) or by openning a .msg or .oft file saved somewhere.

I also need to find out the name of the file and the path to it.

Is there a way to do that?

score 1 · Accepted Answer · answered Jul 30 '13 at 14:20

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You cannot do that. More than that, recent (Outlook 2007 and newer) versions first create a temporary message in the primary store first when you double click on an MSG file.,

answered Jul 30 '13 at 14:20

Dmitry Streblechenko

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That's disappointing! Is there a way to intercept the temporary message creation? – W Almir Jul 30 '13 at 14:34
Only when the message is saved... And then there is no way to distinguish it fro ma regular message created by the user and placed in the Drafts folder. – Dmitry Streblechenko Jul 30 '13 at 15:20

Outlook-VBA: detecting opening a file event

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