Sending email thru Outlook Exp. from VB with html

rambhias · January 30th, 2004, 01:19 AM

Hi,

I want to send automated emails through outlook express using my VB application. The specific requirement is to send the html ow rod formatted text as body of the email. I dont want to send it as an attachment. Mostly, i'll get the data directly from some Word Doc or HTML file or I may use crystal report to generate HTML or Word Doc at run time and then send that text as a body in email. Importantly, the email should not go as an attachment the formatted text must be in body. Is there any way I can achieve the same? If poss. plz. do let me know. Thanks.

[email protected] · February 27th, 2004, 04:18 PM

I am having the same problem. I have a C# console app that automates the sending of emails and i need to insert html script as the body.

DumAss · March 10th, 2004, 08:30 PM

Reasonably easy to do: (If I have the right end of the stick!)

1. Right - click your object browser and click components

2. In the Controls tab, choose Microsoft MAPI controls(whichever version)and click OK

3.Add a MAPISession control, a MAPIMessages control and a Command button to a form
Leave them as their original names...

4. Add the following code, putting your e-mail address and recipient address in place of examples :D

Private Sub Command1_Click()

'Create a simple html output for message

stroutput = "<html><div align=""center""><h1>HELLO WORLD</h></div></html>"

'MAPISession1.UserName = "[email protected]"
'MAPISession1.Password = "password" You may or may not need these

MAPISession1.SignOn
MAPIMessages1.SessionID = MAPISession1.SessionID
MAPIMessages1.Compose
MAPIMessages1.RecipAddress = "[email protected]"

MAPIMessages1.MsgSubject = "VBTest"
MAPIMessages1.MsgNoteText = stroutput
MAPIMessages1.ResolveName
MAPIMessages1.Send
MAPISession1.SignOff

End Sub

This works with my Outlook Express settings but dont forget to allow other programs to send mail in whatever mail application you use

Simon

SteveO · July 7th, 2004, 08:46 PM

DumbAss,

I tried your suggestion in a VB 6 app using MAPI to create emails through Outlook 2003.

I created the stroutput exactly as you have it, and put it in my MAPIMessages1.MsgNoteText.

The problem is that the email comes out with the HTML commands as raw text instead of the interpreted HTML. In other words, the first line of the email reads:

<html><div aling=""center""><h1>HELLO WORLD</h></div></html>

Any thoughts on why this worked for you in Outlook Express but not for me in Outlook?

bsa · November 22nd, 2004, 03:12 AM

Hi Rambhias
I am having the same problem. Have u found a solution for it. If so, do post the same.

BSA