Microsoft KB Archive/285989

= OL97: Remove Method Does Not Remove Attachments =

Article ID: 285989

Article Last Modified on 2/12/2007

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Outlook 97 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q285989





SYMPTOMS
You use the Remove method to programmatically remove an attachment from an item, but the attachment is not actually deleted from the Attachments collection.



CAUSE
The Remove method was not fully implemented in the Outlook object model.



WORKAROUND
Instead of using the Remove method, use the Delete method of the Attachment object.



STATUS
Microsoft has confirmed that this is a problem in the Microsoft products that are listed at the beginning of this article.



Steps to Reproduce the Problem
 Open an existing item that has one or more attachments.  Run the following Outlook automation code from Microsoft Visual Basic, or Visual Basic for Applications in another Microsoft Office program, making sure to reference the Microsoft Outlook 8.0 Object Library: Sub RemoveAttachments

Dim app As Outlook.Application Dim itm As Object Dim atts As Attachments

Set app = New Outlook.Application Set itm = app.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem Set atts = itm.Attachments

While atts.Count > 0 atts.Remove 1 Wend

itm.Save

Set atts = Nothing Set itm = Nothing Set app = Nothing

End Sub  Note that the attachments appear to be deleted. Close, and then reopen the item.</ol>

Result: The attachments are still there.

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