Re: Easiest/best way to create an email using local MS Outlook with file attachments?

Author: Frank Cazabon

Posted: 2019-08-21 at 06:40:42

Mike,

along with Alan's code you can use loMsg.Display() to display the email

on screen before sending.

Frank.

Frank Cazabon

On 21/08/2019 04:17 AM, Alan Bourke wrote:

> If you want to use Outlook:

>

> loOutlook=CreateObject("Outlook.Application")

> loMsg = loOutlook.CreateItem(0)

> loMsg.BodyFormat= 2 && olFormatHTML

> loMsg.HtmlBody="<p>HTML body text</p>"

> loMsg.Body = "Plain body text for clients without HTML mail support."

> loMsg.Subject="Subject"

> loMsg.Recipients.Add("someguy@somewhere.com")

> loMsg.Recipients.Add("somegal@anotherplace.com")

> loMsg.Attachments.Add("attach1.txt", 1)

> loMsg.Attachments.Add("attach2.txt", 1)

> loMsg.Attachments.Add("attach3.txt", 1)

>

> Try

> llSent = loMsg.Send()

> Catch to loException

> && handle it

> Finally

> release loMsg

> release loOutlook

> Endtry

>

> HOWEVER

>

> There are some drawbacks to this.

>

> - Despite it sending via Outlook, you will find that any Outlook signatures or stationery that would normally apply won't get used on the programmatically created message.

>

> - You may find that the dread Outlook security message ('A program is trying to send mail on your behalf...') will crop up, depending on Outlook and Exchange Server version.

>

>

>

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