Call outlook macro using vbscript or Email Hyper links - html

I'm trying to call an outlook procedure from VBScript.
Bellow is my VBScript code (its not working)
Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
objOutlook.run "Call_outlook_macro"
objOutlook.Quit
Set objOutlook = Nothing
Please help me.
EDIT:
Basically, I wanted to call outlook macro by clicking a hyper link (using HTML tags and href, I'm not very good with HTML) in incoming mail(this will be sent from servers). But I couldn't find a way to use hyperlinks to call macros.
The work around to this was to create a VBScript to call the outlook macro. I can easily fire a VBscript using a hyper link.
Also, the outlook macro I'm trying to call eventually opens up an outlook form.
If there's a way I can fire outlook macro using hyperlink in the mails, that would be great.

Try
objOutlook.mySub()
instead of objOutlook.Run "Call_outlook_macro" like suggested here.
mySubhas to be in ThisOutlookSession module.
What is your Outlook version? This will not work with all versions how-to-call-vba-macro-from-vbscript-in-outlook-2010.
If you can't call a procedure, you can adapt the sub to VBScript and use it directly, instead of calling it from Outlook.
Alternative: write an Add-In like suggested here handle-hyperlink-click-event-in-outlook-mail.
Alternative 2: Open form with javascript as suggested here To launch a custom Outlook form from a Web page.

There is no way to call a VBA macro from message bodies (hyperlinks). A new Outlook form is shown because you create a new Outlook Application instance:
Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Try to use the GetObject or GetActiveObject functions instead, see GetObject or GetActiveObject cannot find a running Office application for more information.

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