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vondie
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10 years ago

Why Isn't my Code Working? Opening Outlook in Python Script

I have a basic script that I found that should open Microsoft Outlook and read the last email received, then log the contents of the body. I keep getting a runtime error saying "Member Not Found." I ...
  • vondie's avatar
    vondie
    10 years ago

    Thank you for the responses, everyone. I figured out my issue. The fixed code is below for anyone else that may have this issue in the future: 

     

     

    def check_email():
  msOutlook = Sys.OleObject["Outlook.Application"] # brackets instead of parenthesis
  
  mapi = msOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI") # different approach for identification of the application
  
  inbox = mapi.Folders("<inbox name>").Folders("Inbox") 
  
  messages = inbox.Items
  message = messages.getLast() # gets most recent email received
  body_content = message.body #grabs the body contents

     

     

  • TanyaYatskovska's avatar
    TanyaYatskovska
    SmartBear Alumni (Retired)
    10 years ago

    Hi Vondie,

     

    Refer to this following Knowledge article – it contains a Python sample demonstrating how to get messages from Outlook. Does it help you?