[Resolved] [2005] Call Outlook in vb application

snufse · February 8th, 2008, 03:29 PM

Anyone has some better code examples on how to open outlook from a vb application (I guess outlook.exe) and pass in an attachment? This is the code I have. Not sure if this is a good solution or not. Now I need to pass an attachment

Code:

Private Sub Email_Click(ByVal sender As Object, ByVal e As System.EventArgs) Handles Email.Click

        Dim dblRetVal As Double
        Try
            dblRetVal = Shell("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE", vbMaximizedFocus)
        Catch ex As Exception
            ErrorString = ex.ToString
            ConnectionError = True
            MsgBox("An error has been encountered trying to access Outlook " + vbCrLf + ErrorString)
        End Try
End Sub

snufse · February 12th, 2008, 04:58 PM

Found that this will work once you have a file name (export of CrystalReportViwer itsself will not work):

Shell("C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office12\OUTLOOK.EXE" + "/a" + "File Name")