VB script to expand all the folders? (O2K)

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Has anyone seen a script to expand all the folders upon Outlook opening?
Every time I start the computer and then open Outlook, I have to expand all
the folders manually. I've found that the system I use is the best for me
except that it requires me to do this. Was hoping to automate it. I'd
rather do one mouse click to give permission for scripts to work than to
continue expanding as if I have to reboot, I still have to go back and
expand them once again. Yet having them all as separate folders with no
nesting creates other issues that I won't go into since it's not strictly
necessary to this thread. Was hoping someone knew something that would work
or could direct me to a URL that has one.
http://groups.google.ca/group/micro...k=gst&q=expand-folder&rnum=2#77dd46f9ca2577c0
http://groups.google.ca/group/micro...ed3ebaa519ab?lnk=gst&q=expand+folders&rnum=1#
http://groups.google.ca/group/micro...=gst&q=expand+folders&rnum=5#8689ab4fd33762d0

:oD Thanks!
 
The workaround is to make each folder once the current one. It's quite
funny
and may take some time:
http://www.vboffice.net/sample.html?mnu=2&lang=en&smp=57&cmd=showitem&pub=6
Click to expand...

Strange, I didn't find it funny. In actuality, it's amazing how I thought
that it might take something like this. I've written macros in AI (AutoIt)
for years that play our keystrokes, so this behaviour isn't unfamiliar to
me. Thanks for this, this will make life easier. On the one hand, we need
nested folders to make life easier but filing is a pane because O2K doesn't
seem to support a way to have the folders expand on startup.

But that does leave me with a question, the VB script on that page above is
this:
*********************************************************
Private Sub Application_Startup()
ExpandAllFolders
End Sub

Private Sub ExpandAllFolders()
On Error Resume Next
Dim F As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim Ns As Outlook.NameSpace

Set Ns = Application.GetNamespace("Mapi")

Set F = Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder

LoopFolders Ns.Folders, True
DoEvents

Set Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = F
End Sub

Private Sub LoopFolders(Folders As Outlook.Folders, _
ByVal bRecursive As Boolean _
)
Dim F As Outlook.MAPIFolder

For Each F In Folders
Set Application.ActiveExplorer.CurrentFolder = F
DoEvents

If bRecursive Then
If F.Folders.Count Then
LoopFolders F.Folders, bRecursive
End If
End If
Next
End Sub
*********************************************************The _only_ drawback
is that it expands everything, even what's in the Public Folders.Is there a
way to limit the above to just expand what's in our own Outlook Today
section?Thanks!> -- > Viele Gruesse / Best regards> Michael Bauer - MVP
Outlook> Organize eMails:>
Am Mon, 30 Jul 2007 11:15:28 -0400 schrieb StargateFanFromWork:> >> Has
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anyone seen a script to expand all the folders upon Outlook opening? >>
Every time I start the computer and then open Outlook, I have to expand> allme >> except that it requires me to do this. Was hoping to automate it.
I'd >> rather do one mouse click to give permission for scripts to work than
to >> continue expanding as if I have to reboot, I still have to go back andwork >> or could direct me to a URL that has one.>>>
http://groups.google.ca/group/micro...k=gst&q=expand-folder&rnum=2#77dd46f9ca2577c0>
http://groups.google.ca/group/micro...ed3ebaa519ab?lnk=gst&q=expand+folders&rnum=1#>
http://groups.google.ca/group/micro...=gst&q=expand+folders&rnum=5#8689ab4fd33762d0>>
 
(That should be "pain" and not "pane", btw ...)

Is there any way to limit the macro? It's still going 5 mins later. It
took a second or two to expand my dozens of folders, but it's taking a super
forever to expand all the ones if the Public Folders which aren't mine,
even.

Thanks.
 
StargateFanFromWork said:
(That should be "pain" and not "pane", btw ...)

Is there any way to limit the macro? It's still going 5 mins later. It
Click to expand...

Like the Energizer Bunny, it keeps going and going ... the Public Folder
section is HUGE. It's still expanding them all this time later ... <g>

Any hope for just expanding the section that I use, under "Outlook Today"?
 
Michael Bauer said:
It's upated:
http://www.vboffice.net/sample.html?mnu=2&lang=en&smp=57&cmd=showitem&pub=6
Click to expand...

That was incredible yesterday <g>. Oh, it took a second or so only to
expand my folders under "Outlook Today" but it kept running for about
another hour after this Energizer Bunny message I posted <g>. Now _that_
part _was_ funny, as initially predicted. I was just amazed how long it
took Outlook to go before crashing, because eventually it did <g>.

So very kewl that you updated this. That will be neat.

I did get an error though on enabling the macros on O2K startup. The error
message is this:
Ambiguous name detected: Application_Setup

While the text selected is the macro name part:
Private Sub Application_Startup selected

So I couldn't check it out to see what this neat little macro would do.
<Crossing fingers> Hope it's something easy to fix.

Cheers and thanks!!

:oD
 
That was incredible yesterday <g>. Oh, it took a second or so only to
expand my folders under "Outlook Today" but it kept running for about
another hour after this Energizer Bunny message I posted <g>. Now _that_
part _was_ funny, as initially predicted. I was just amazed how long it
took Outlook to go before crashing, because eventually it did <g>.

So very kewl that you updated this. That will be neat.

I did get an error though on enabling the macros on O2K startup. The error
message is this:
Ambiguous name detected: Application_Setup

While the text selected is the macro name part:
Private Sub Application_Startup selected

So I couldn't check it out to see what this neat little macro would do.
<Crossing fingers> Hope it's something easy to fix.

Cheers and thanks!!

:oD
Click to expand...

Does anyone know what might be causing this "Ambiguous Name Detected"
error and how to fix it?

Thanks! :oD
 
Michael Bauer said:
The error message tells you what to do: There're two methods with the same
name and that's not allowed. So, search your code for that and rename one
of
it.
Click to expand...

Ah, thank you for the education. Sure enough, I don't know how it happened,
maybe a slip-click or something, but I had 3 lines of code bunched up
underneath a macro so there was no separation, that had first bit of the
macro:
Private Sub Application_Startup()
ExpandAllFolders
End Sub

I double-checked all the code and everything works well now. This is
actually pretty unbelievable. All these years of using Outlook and I'll now
be able to stop the deadly dull routine of expanding all my folders. Very
kewl.

Thanks. :oD
 
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