Hi Rinze.
That seems to be the only solution. I think I'll do the same - only also
give the option of attempting to open an outlook mail message. The send mail
function is important to the whole function of the program so I have to make
sure they can do it some way.
Below is the Outlook code if its of any use to you. If Outlook is installed
it'll create an instance of it and construct a mail message. It'll also
clean up after itself by closing Outlook if it's instance was created by the
app.
Thanks for your help.
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Global vars:
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Private myOutlookApp As Outlook.Application 'for outlook email
Private MyOutlookAppKillMe As Boolean = True 'for outlook email
E-mail Function:
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Private Function OpenEmail(ByVal EmailAddress As String, Optional ByVal
Subject As String = "", Optional ByVal Body As String = "")
'lauches a new intance of Outlook if it isn't running already, and
constructs and email message. The form closing routine closes Outlook if
this program
'launched it (i.e. it wasn't running already). If no outlook instance is
present or created, then outlook isn't installed and the relevent menu
options
' are therefore disabled.
Try
myOutlookApp = CType(GetObject(, "Outlook.Application"),
Outlook.Application)
MyOutlookAppKillMe = False
Catch ex As Exception
'if not then launch it
If myOutlookApp Is Nothing Then
myOutlookApp = New Outlook.Application
MyOutlookAppKillMe = True
End If
End Try
'if myOutlookApp is nothing then Outlook isn't installed
If myOutlookApp Is Nothing Then
MessageBox.Show("Outlook is required for this function. .", "Outlook Not
Available", MessageBoxButtons.OK, MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation)
ToolBar1.Buttons.Item(17).Enabled = False
mnuEmail.Enabled = False
Exit Function
Else
Try
Dim thisEmail As Outlook.MailItem
Me.Cursor = Cursors.WaitCursor
thisEmail =
DirectCast(myOutlookApp.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem),
Outlook.MailItem)
With thisEmail
.To = EmailAddress.Trim()
.Subject = Subject.Trim()
.BodyFormat = Outlook.OlBodyFormat.olFormatPlain
.Body = Bodystring
.Display()
End With
Me.Cursor = Cursors.Default
Catch ex As Exception
MessageBox.Show("Outlook encountered a problem when trying to
construct the email. ", "Outlook Error", MessageBoxButtons.OK,
MessageBoxIcon.Exclamation)
End Try
End If
End Function
Then on closing the app, add the code:
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'Outlook checks:
If MyOutlookAppKillMe = True Then 'Check if this app had started Outlook
If Not myOutlookApp Is Nothing Then
myOutlookApp.Quit() 'if outlook is running then close it
myOutlookApp = Nothing
End If
End If
[I can't take credit for all this code - it was based on someone elses, but
I can't for the life of me find who it was.]
C-Services Holland b.v. said:
JJ said:
Rinze - thanks for replying.
As far as I can see the system.web.mail namespace will only work if you
specify an SMTP server or are running on windows 2000. I have no access
to an smtp server for the app and don't know the one the end user will
have access to. [Will it use the users default SMTP server if none is
specified on a non windows 2000 system?] I need to open a fresh email
message using their default email client (sorry should have been more
specific) before sending. The system.web.mail namespace seems to send the
mail 'silently' if I understand it correctly.
I only need to send textual information - but its more than a mailto:
command can cope with.
Please correct me if my understandung of the system.web.mail namespace is
incorrect.
"C-Services Holland b.v." <
[email protected]> wrote in message
I understand your problem. In essence I'm trying to do the same and ran
into the mailto limitations. AFAIK it will not use the configured SMTP
server, for that it would have to know where to find those settings of
various mailclients. So I'm resorting to have them enter the SMTP settings
in a configuration screen. It's a bit of a hassle (for the user) but so
far I don't have any choice.
