Email text mgs from Access - no MS Outlook

[Guest]

Hi,Is ther sample code to send a text email from Access regardless of the
email client installed?

I am able to sent a text message from Access 2000 using the following code
on a client that has Outlook installed however it dosen't work on a client
that does not have Outlook.

DoCmd.SendObject acSendNoObject, , acFormatHTML, strTo, , , strSubject,
strMessage, 0
Thank YouChuck

 

[Arvin Meyer [MVP]]

It should work on any MAPI compliant email client. Outlook Express works
fine.
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Arvin Meyer, MCP, MVP
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[Steve Schapel]

.... and works fine with Thunderbird.

 

[Guest]

Actually Thunderbird is what the user has as their default email client. They
tested the email function and it worked. Then they de-installed Outlook and
the get the message "Send Object isn't available now"?
Any thoughts?
Thanks again
Chuck

 

[Steve Schapel]

Chuck,

There should be no reason to uninstall Outlook, as long as Thunderbird
is set as the default. SendObject should automatically work with the
default email client. I just tested it again with Thunderbird, and it
worked for me, so I'm not sure what to suggest. Give it a try with the
Edit Message argument set to True, which should result in Thunderbird
opening and displaying the desired email.
DoCmd.SendObject acSendNoObject, , , strTo, , , strSubject,
strMessage, True

 

[Guest]

Try uninstalling and re-installing Thunderbird.

You've lost one of the registry entries that points to Thunderbird
as the default mail client.

Unfortunately, there are half a dozen of these registry
entries, and I don't think MS has ever documented which
are required for Access OutputTo

(david)

 

[Guest]

Steve and David,
Thank you very much for your replies.
You have been very helpful.
Chuck