How to save outlook attachments files from Navision ?

we have one new requirement to read outlook from Navision

Details

User will send one text file. The text file will be on specific format, then program should read new mails from outlook and  download the file to a pacific place . Read the text file and creates item journals and posts it.

The main point program should download the attachment file, through outlook automation we can download the attachment .

Here is one example for downloading the  mail

Create the automation variables check the image

Outlook mail  Codeunit

IF ISCLEAR(outlookapplication) THEN
CREATE(outlookapplication,FALSE);
outlooknamespace:=outlookapplication.GetNamespace('MAPI');
outlooknamespace.Logon('Outlook','',TRUE,TRUE);
outlookMAPIFolder:=outlooknamespace.GetDefaultFolder(6);  //6 means inbox
outlookitems:=outlookMAPIFolder.Items;
Findcriteria:='[ReceivedTime]>'+Text001+FORMAT(TODAY-1)
+Text001+' AND [Unread] =true ';
outlookitems:=outlookMAPIFolder.Items.Restrict(Findcriteria);
I:=1;
endofloop:=outlookitems.Count;
WHILE I<=endofloop DO
BEGIN
outlookemail:=outlookitems.Item(I);
outlookAttachments:=outlookemail.Attachments;
AttCount:=outlookAttachments.Count ;
IF  AttCount>0 THEN
FOR K:=1 TO AttCount DO BEGIN
Path:='E:\Outlook Attachment path\'+outlookAttachments.Item(K).FileName;
outlookAttachments.Item(K).SaveAsFile(Path);
END;
I+=1;
END;

create one Outlook Attachment path folder and run the codeunit

now the codeuint will filter last two days  unread mails from outlook and all the attachment files will save to E:\Outlook Attachment path\  

you can download the object file from here

Tips

Find criteria we can use different conditions

eg: [ReceivedTime]>’18/08/13′ AND [Unread] =true  AND [Subject] = ‘item’

check the link

http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/office/aa210275%28v=office.11%29.aspx

Author: Akhilesh E Kartha

Experienced BC Developer with 10 years history of working in the information technology and services industry. Skilled in Microsoft Dynamics NAV & D365 Business Central, Strong experience in C/AL, Extension Development, Requirements Analysis, Effort Estimation, Integrations, Version Upgrade, View all posts by Akhilesh E Kartha