ID: Q153311
The information in this article applies to:
Advanced: Requires expert coding, interoperability, and multiuser skills.
This article shows you how to use Automation to create and send a Microsoft Exchange message.
This article assumes that you are familiar with Visual Basic for Applications and with creating Microsoft Access applications using the programming tools provided with Microsoft Access. For more information about Visual Basic for Applications, please refer to your version of the "Building Applications with Microsoft Access" manual.
NOTE: This article uses Microsoft Exchange, a product which must be purchased and installed separately. The Microsoft Exchange component which ships with Windows 95 will not work with this article.
Microsoft Access has the SendObject method, which enables you to send a MAPI mail message. However, the SendObject method does not enable you to attach external files or to set certain message properties, such as message importance.
There are five main steps in sending a MAPI message through Automation:
1. Create a folder on drive C named Examples. Create a sample text file
named Customers.txt in the Examples folder.
if it is not already there:
Option Explicit
4. In the References box, select OLE/Messaging 1.0 Object Library, and
click OK.
NOTE: If this object library is not available in the References
list, click the Browse button and search your Windows\System folder
for the file Mdisp32.tlb.
'--------------------------------------------------------------------
' This procedure sets an object variable to the MAPI Session object
' using the CreateObject() function. Then, it logs on to the session
' using a predefined profile. Once logged on, the procedure creates
' a new message and adds it to the Messages collection of the user's
' OutBox. Then, it creates two recipients (one on the TO: line and
' one on the CC: line) and adds both to the Recipients collection
' of the message. Next, it resolves the names of all recipients.
' Then, it attaches a sample file before filling in the Subject,
' Text, and Importance attributes of the message.
'--------------------------------------------------------------------
Sub SendMAPIMessage()
Dim MapiSession As Object
Dim MapiMessage As Object
Dim MapiRecipient As Object
Dim MapiAttachment As Object
Dim Recpt
Dim errObj As Long
Dim errMsg
On Error GoTo MAPITrap
' Create the MAPI Session.
Set MapiSession = CreateObject("Mapi.Session")
' Log on to the session. If the ProfileName argument is omitted,
' Microsoft Exchange prompts you for the profile to use. If the
' profile name is incorrect, you will receive a runtime error.
MapiSession.Logon profilename:="Steven Buchanan"
' Add a message to the Outbox.
Set MapiMessage = MapiSession.Outbox.Messages.Add
' Add the recipients of the message. Note, each recipient must be
' added separately to the Recipients collection of the Message
' object.
With MapiMessage
Set MapiRecipient = MapiMessage.Recipients.Add
MapiRecipient.Name = "Nancy Davolio"
MapiRecipient.Type = mapiTo
Set MapiRecipient = MapiMessage.Recipients.Add
MapiRecipient.Name = "Andrew Fuller"
MapiRecipient.Type = mapiCc
Set MapiRecipient = MapiMessage.Recipients.Add
MapiRecipient.Name = "Michael Suyama"
MapiRecipient.Type = mapiBcc
' Resolve each recipient's e-mail name.
' Starting with Outlook version 8.03 (ref. Q172623)
' OLE Messaging 1.0 was replaced with Active Messaging 1.1.
' Outlook 98 (version 8.5) replaced Active Messaging
' with Microsoft CDO (Collaborative Data Objects) 1.21.
' OLE Messaging 1.0 uses a zero-based Recipients collection;
' Active Messaging 1.1 and Microsoft CDO 1.21 are 1-based.
For Recpt = 1 To .Recipients.Count
.Recipients(Recpt).Resolve showdialog:=False
Next
' Attach a file to the message.
Set MapiAttachment = MapiMessage.Attachments.Add
With MapiAttachment
.Name = "Customers.txt"
.Type = mapiFileData
.Source = "C:\Examples\Customers.txt"
.ReadFromFile filename:="C:\Examples\Customers.txt"
.position = 2880
End With
' Assign the text, subject, and importance of the message.
.subject = "My Subject"
.Text = "This is the text of my message." & vbCrLf & vbCrLf
.importance = mapiHigh
' View the message in Microsoft Exchange before sending. Set
' the ShowDialog argument to False if you want to send the
' message without viewing it in Microsoft Exchange.
.Send showdialog:=True
End With
Set MapiSession = Nothing ' Clear the object variable.
MAPIExit:
Exit Sub
MAPITrap:
errObj = Err - vbObjectError ' Strip out the OLE automation error.
Select Case errObj
Case 275 ' User cancelled sending of message.
Resume MAPIExit
Case Else
errMsg = MsgBox("Error " & errObj & " was returned.")
Resume MAPIExit
End Select
End Sub
MapiRecipient.name with valid e-mail names.
and then press ENTER:
SendMAPIMessage
Note that Microsoft Exchange is invoked with the sample message ready to
send.
For more information about Automation, search the Help Index for "Automation," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.
For more information about referencing object libraries, search the Help Index for "object libraries," or ask the Microsoft Access 97 Office Assistant.
Additional query words: mail
Keywords : kbinterop IntpOlea
Version : 7.0 97
Platform : WINDOWS
Hardware : x86
Issue type : kbinfoLast Reviewed: November 21, 1998