WD: Example Macro to Send E-mail Using MAPI Commands

ID: Q180631

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Word 97 for Windows

SUMMARY

This article includes a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that uses MAPI commands to send an e-mail message.

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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro uses MAPI commands to send an e-mail message. The macro uses the InputBox function to gather information for Recipient, Subject, and E-mail message text. These functions can be replaced with valid text strings to avoid prompting the user for the information.


Sub MapiSendMail()
   Dim objSession As Object
   Dim objMessage As Object
   Dim objRecipient As Object
   Dim sProfile As String
   Dim sSubjPrmpt As String
   Dim sTextPrmpt As String
   Dim sEmailPrmpt As String
   Dim sMsgTitle As String
   ' Leaving sProfile equal to Null will
   ' force the user to select which Mapi
   ' profile to use. To keep from being
   ' prompted, you must supply a valid
   ' user profile.
   sProfile = ""
   sEmailPrmpt = "Enter valid Email Name of message recipient:"
   sSubjPrmpt = "Enter the subject line for this message:"
   sTextPrmpt = "Enter the text for this message:"
   sMsgTitle = "Mapi Macro Example"
   ' Create the Session Object.
   Set objSession = CreateObject("mapi.session")
   ' Log on using the session object.
   ' Specify a valid profile name if you want to
   ' avoid the logon dialog box.
   objSession.Logon profileName:=sProfile
   ' Add a new message object to the OutBox.
   Set objMessage = objSession.Outbox.Messages.Add
   ' Set the properties of the message object.
   objMessage.Subject = InputBox(sSubjPrmpt, sMsgTitle)
   objMessage.Text = InputBox(sTextPrmpt, sMsgTitle)
   ' Add a recipient object to the objMessage.Recipients collection.
   Set objRecipient = objMessage.Recipients.Add
   ' Set the properties of the recipient object.
   objRecipient.Name = InputBox(sEmailPrmpt, sMsgTitle)
   objRecipient.Resolve
   ' Send the message. Setting showDialog to False
   ' sends the message without displaying the message
   ' or requiring user intervention. A setting of True
   ' displays the message and the user must choose
   ' to Send from within the message dialog.
   objMessage.Send showDialog:=False
   MsgBox "Message sent successfully!"
   ' Log off using the session object.
   objSession.Logoff
End Sub

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: wordcon kbmacro vba


Keywords          : kbinterop kbdta PgmHowto 
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Platform          : WINDOWS 
Issue type        : kbhowto

Last Reviewed: July 27, 1999