HOWTO: Send Files as Outlook Attachments from VI Interface

ID: Q178669

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SUMMARY

This article describes how to configure Visual InterDev to easily attach a Web file from your Visual InterDev project to a Microsoft Outlook e-mail message.


MORE INFORMATION

To easily send a Web file as a file attachment, you need add the Microsoft Office Outlook SendFile executable as a helper application to your "Open With" list.

Use the following steps to do this:

  1. Within Visual InterDev right-click on any Web file and select Open With.


  2. Select Add.


  3. Insert the following in the Program Name field:
    C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Sendfile.exe


  4. Insert the following in the Friendly Name field. Outlook


  5. Click OK.


Now when you need to send an Active Server Pages (ASP) file as an Outlook File attachment complete the following steps:
  1. Right-click on the ASP file you wish to send.


  2. Click Open With.


  3. Select Outlook as the program to open.


  4. A new e-mail message will appear with the ASP file you have chosen as a file attachment.



REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual InterDev and Active Server Pages, see the following page on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

http://support.microsoft.com/support/vinterdev/

Additional query words: 


Keywords          : kbEditor kbide kbMsg kbScript kbVisID kbWebServer kbGrpASP kb1394 
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: May 11, 1999