William Hindman
wdhindman at bellsouth.net
Sat Nov 5 08:10:21 CST 2005
Shamil ...your compilation works great on my OE account ...but is there any way to have this execute from inside an Access form ...like a subform for instance? ...I've been looking for this functionality for quite some time for my clients using Outlook Express ...would also need to be able to read folders other than the Inbox. William ----- Original Message ----- From: "Shamil Salakhetdinov" <shamil at users.mns.ru> To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> Sent: Friday, November 04, 2005 8:21 PM Subject: Re: [AccessD] ShellExecute to send shorte-mailvianon-MSemailclients... > Stuart, > > This looks like an answer! I mean that using only VB6/VBA there is no > direct > way to send e-mail via MAPI using Outlook Express ... > > Based on that info I did find a C# sample > http://www.codeproject.com/csharp/simplemapidotnet.asp, which works OK > with > Outlook Express on my PC without any additional tuning. > > I did compile this sample and I did put it for download if somebody don't > have VS.NET 2003 here: > http://smsconsulting.spb.ru/download/tests/mapisample.zip (12KB, requires > .NET Framework 1.1) > > Everybody with .NET Framework 1.1 and > > Eudora. or Pegasus Mail or Groupwise as well or MS Outlook as default > e-mail > clients are welcome to try it: > > 1. when it starts it reads Inbox > 2. clicking on the item in listview you can see message body in textbox > 3. clicking [Send Mail...] button you can open a form to prepare and send > a > message (put it in outbox) > > Now it looks like we are near to have a code, which can popup default > e-mail > client's new message window with any size text inside and with > attachments. > > Stuart, to you have any hints where such (C++, C#, VB.NET) code can be > found - I mean the code, which does what e.g. WinZip does when you > right-click in Explorer and select from popup menu "Zip and E-mail"? > > Thank you, > Shamil > > ----- Original Message ----- > From: "Stuart McLachlan" <stuart at lexacorp.com.pg> > To: "Access Developers discussion and problem solving" > <accessd at databaseadvisors.com> > Sent: Saturday, November 05, 2005 2:45 AM > Subject: Re: [AccessD] ShellExecute to send short > e-mailvianon-MSemailclients... > > >> On 4 Nov 2005 at 16:54, Shamil Salakhetdinov wrote: >> >> > It would have been great but it(api_SendMail) didn't work with Outlook >> > Express on my PC resulting in a message: >> > >> >> It's a known problem with VB Code and OE. >> See: http://support.microsoft.com/kb/315458/ >> >> <quote> >> Calls to the MAPISendMail function that are made from Microsoft Visual >> Basic code may fail with an error message that resembles the following: >> Microsoft Outlook Either there is no default mail client or the current >> mail client cannot fulfill the messaging request. Please run Microsoft >> Outlook and set it as the default mail client. >> >> This problem often occurs when Microsoft Outlook Express is set as the >> default mail client. >> >> CAUSE Visual Basic programs that use Simple MAPI typically use Declare >> statements that import the BMAPI functions. When Outlook Express is the >> default mail client, the MAPI stub library cannot route these calls to >> Outlook Express; instead, the calls fail and an error message is > displayed. >> >> >> RESOLUTION One way to resolve this problem is to not use Declare > statements >> that reference the BMAPI functions. However, because Visual Basic cannot >> call the non-BMAPI functions (unless you manipulate the required > structures >> at the binary level), you may want to write code to call the Simple MAPI >> functions from a language that can handle the structures, such a C or >> C++. >> >> Two other resolutions are provided at the end of the "More Information" >> section. >> </quote> >> >> -- >> Stuart >> >> >> -- >> AccessD mailing list >> AccessD at databaseadvisors.com >> http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd >> Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com > > -- > AccessD mailing list > AccessD at databaseadvisors.com > http://databaseadvisors.com/mailman/listinfo/accessd > Website: http://www.databaseadvisors.com