Outlook and VB.NET

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I'm creating a ASP.NET webapplication in VB.Net. In my code i create a mail
and when i use the save method it saves the mail in the draft folder. Do to
this i use the code i found at the link below and de outlook COM-objects in
Visual studio.

I found this code:
http://www.c-sharpcorner.com/Internet/SendingEmailsThroughOutlookCB.asp and
this work partly...

with this code i can save the mail in the draft folder. But i can't get it
to display to the user. mailitem.display does not seem to work.

so now i'm searching for a way to open or focus on the mail in outlook once
it's created....

does anybody has an idea how i can do this?
 
The code sample you found was for a Windows form application, not a web application. For a web application, you could create a web custom control using client-side Javascript to automate Outlook. Same methods, but different language.

For simple messages, you might even be able to just use a mailto: link.
 
do you have any documentatie, sites or keywords to search on to create a
javascript to automate outlook?

thxs anyway for the hint...

The code sample you found was for a Windows form application, not a web
application. For a web application, you could create a web custom control
using client-side Javascript to automate Outlook. Same methods, but
different language.

For simple messages, you might even be able to just use a mailto: link.
 
The sample at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/formonweb.htm shows how to create a new item using a custom form. The important thing for you is that it shows how to instantiate the Outlook.Application object. As I said before, beyond that, the techniques are the same as in .NET -- in other words, you're using the same Outlook object model.

Note that you will have ActiveX security issues to deal with, since Outlook is not considered "safe for scripting."

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
automation server can't create object.

when i try the script i receive this error. does this script work with the
outlook of the local machine of with the one on the server? Because the
script will run on a server, but i want to create the email in the outlook
running on the clientside. or is there an other cause of that error?

The sample at http://www.outlookcode.com/d/code/formonweb.htm shows how to
create a new item using a custom form. The important thing for you is that
it shows how to instantiate the Outlook.Application object. As I said
before, beyond that, the techniques are the same as in .NET -- in other
words, you're using the same Outlook object model.

Note that you will have ActiveX security issues to deal with, since Outlook
is not considered "safe for scripting."

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
The script runs on the client, not the server. That's the whole point -- to work with the copy of Outlook running on the client.

As I said, you may run into security issues when instantiating an Outlook.Application object on the client, both because of browser security and because some anti-virus programs block access to that object.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
thxs a lot... added to site to my trusted sites and now it works... thanks
for the great tips.

maybe one last question. I want to create a mail with different people in
the replyto. mailitem.replyrecepients doesn't seem to work. any idea..

thxs anyway, you've been a great help... couldn't have done it without your
help...

The script runs on the client, not the server. That's the whole point -- to
work with the copy of Outlook running on the client.

As I said, you may run into security issues when instantiating an
Outlook.Application object on the client, both because of browser security
and because some anti-virus programs block access to that object.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
ReplyRecipients is the right property. Remember, though, that it's a collection, like Recipients. You have to use the Add method to populate it.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
you've been a great help so far... thxs

but when i use
omailitem.to = "(e-mail address removed)" it works
but when i have an array with the emailadresses and i use recepients (or
replyrecepients) like this:
for(var x=0;x<tmp.Length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
that doesn't work. i receive this error:
there must be at least one name or distribution list in the to, cc or bcc
box.




ReplyRecipients is the right property. Remember, though, that it's a
collection, like Recipients. You have to use the Add method to populate it.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
 
Did you use Recipients.ResolveAll to resolve recipients before sending?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



RTT said:
you've been a great help so far... thxs

but when i use
omailitem.to = "(e-mail address removed)" it works
but when i have an array with the emailadresses and i use recepients (or
replyrecepients) like this:
for(var x=0;x<tmp.Length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
that doesn't work. i receive this error:
there must be at least one name or distribution list in the to, cc or bcc
box.

ReplyRecipients is the right property. Remember, though, that it's a
collection, like Recipients. You have to use the Add method to populate it.

RTT said:
thxs a lot... added to site to my trusted sites and now it works... thanks
for the great tips.

maybe one last question. I want to create a mail with different people in
the replyto. mailitem.replyrecepients doesn't seem to work. any idea..

The script runs on the client, not the server. That's the whole point -- to
work with the copy of Outlook running on the client.

As I said, you may run into security issues when instantiating an
Outlook.Application object on the client, both because of browser security
and because some anti-virus programs block access to that object.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
this is my complete code:

oApp = new ActiveXObject("Outlook.Application"); oNameSpace =
oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI"); oMailItem = oApp.CreateItem(oApp.olMailItem);
oMailItem.HTMLBody = document.Form1.Hbody.value;
//oMailItem.To = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x < tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
} oMailItem.Subject = "Booking Request";
oMailItem.VotingOptions = "Booked; Not Booked";
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x<tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.ReplyRecipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
oMailItem.Display();

the error appears at oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]); so it's before
sending and before displaying...
document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value and document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value
is a string with comma spererated emailsaddresses...

don't know why it isn't working


Did you use Recipients.ResolveAll to resolve recipients before sending?

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



RTT said:
you've been a great help so far... thxs

but when i use
omailitem.to = "(e-mail address removed)" it works
but when i have an array with the emailadresses and i use recepients (or
replyrecepients) like this:
for(var x=0;x<tmp.Length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
that doesn't work. i receive this error:
there must be at least one name or distribution list in the to, cc or bcc
box.

ReplyRecipients is the right property. Remember, though, that it's a
collection, like Recipients. You have to use the Add method to populate it.

RTT said:
thxs a lot... added to site to my trusted sites and now it works... thanks
for the great tips.

maybe one last question. I want to create a mail with different people in
the replyto. mailitem.replyrecepients doesn't seem to work. any idea..

The script runs on the client, not the server. That's the whole point -- to
work with the copy of Outlook running on the client.

As I said, you may run into security issues when instantiating an
Outlook.Application object on the client, both because of browser security
and because some anti-virus programs block access to that object.
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
That makes no sense. Outlook doesn't care about the recipients until you actually execute Send.

I'm afraid I'm just a humble VB programmer, so I can follow along only up to a point, but I can't suggest any actually code changes and certainly can't speak about string to array converstions.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



RTT said:
this is my complete code:

oApp = new ActiveXObject("Outlook.Application"); oNameSpace =
oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI"); oMailItem = oApp.CreateItem(oApp.olMailItem);
oMailItem.HTMLBody = document.Form1.Hbody.value;
//oMailItem.To = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x < tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
} oMailItem.Subject = "Booking Request";
oMailItem.VotingOptions = "Booked; Not Booked";
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x<tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.ReplyRecipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
oMailItem.Display();

the error appears at oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]); so it's before
sending and before displaying...
document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value and document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value
is a string with comma spererated emailsaddresses...

don't know why it isn't working


Did you use Recipients.ResolveAll to resolve recipients before sending?

RTT said:
you've been a great help so far... thxs

but when i use
omailitem.to = "(e-mail address removed)" it works
but when i have an array with the emailadresses and i use recepients (or
replyrecepients) like this:
for(var x=0;x<tmp.Length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
that doesn't work. i receive this error:
there must be at least one name or distribution list in the to, cc or bcc
box.

ReplyRecipients is the right property. Remember, though, that it's a
collection, like Recipients. You have to use the Add method to populate it.

RTT said:
thxs a lot... added to site to my trusted sites and now it works... thanks
for the great tips.

maybe one last question. I want to create a mail with different people in
the replyto. mailitem.replyrecepients doesn't seem to work. any idea..
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
string to array is done by the split(;)
with that you receive a array of strings...


That makes no sense. Outlook doesn't care about the recipients until you
actually execute Send.

I'm afraid I'm just a humble VB programmer, so I can follow along only up to
a point, but I can't suggest any actually code changes and certainly can't
speak about string to array converstions.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



RTT said:
this is my complete code:

oApp = new ActiveXObject("Outlook.Application"); oNameSpace =
oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI"); oMailItem = oApp.CreateItem(oApp.olMailItem);
oMailItem.HTMLBody = document.Form1.Hbody.value;
//oMailItem.To = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x < tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
} oMailItem.Subject = "Booking Request";
oMailItem.VotingOptions = "Booked; Not Booked";
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x<tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.ReplyRecipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
oMailItem.Display();

the error appears at oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]); so it's before
sending and before displaying...
document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value and document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value
is a string with comma spererated emailsaddresses...

don't know why it isn't working


Did you use Recipients.ResolveAll to resolve recipients before sending?

RTT said:
you've been a great help so far... thxs

but when i use
omailitem.to = "(e-mail address removed)" it works
but when i have an array with the emailadresses and i use recepients (or
replyrecepients) like this:
for(var x=0;x<tmp.Length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
that doesn't work. i receive this error:
there must be at least one name or distribution list in the to, cc or bcc
box.

ReplyRecipients is the right property. Remember, though, that it's a
collection, like Recipients. You have to use the Add method to populate it.

RTT said:
thxs a lot... added to site to my trusted sites and now it works... thanks
for the great tips.

maybe one last question. I want to create a mail with different people in
the replyto. mailitem.replyrecepients doesn't seem to work. any idea..
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
I don't see any split function in the code below.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



RTT said:
string to array is done by the split(;)
with that you receive a array of strings...


That makes no sense. Outlook doesn't care about the recipients until you
actually execute Send.

I'm afraid I'm just a humble VB programmer, so I can follow along only up to
a point, but I can't suggest any actually code changes and certainly can't
speak about string to array converstions.

RTT said:
this is my complete code:

oApp = new ActiveXObject("Outlook.Application"); oNameSpace =
oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI"); oMailItem = oApp.CreateItem(oApp.olMailItem);
oMailItem.HTMLBody = document.Form1.Hbody.value;
//oMailItem.To = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x < tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
} oMailItem.Subject = "Booking Request";
oMailItem.VotingOptions = "Booked; Not Booked";
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x<tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.ReplyRecipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
oMailItem.Display();

the error appears at oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]); so it's before
sending and before displaying...
document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value and document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value
is a string with comma spererated emailsaddresses...

don't know why it isn't working


Did you use Recipients.ResolveAll to resolve recipients before sending?

RTT said:
you've been a great help so far... thxs

but when i use
omailitem.to = "(e-mail address removed)" it works
but when i have an array with the emailadresses and i use recepients (or
replyrecepients) like this:
for(var x=0;x<tmp.Length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
that doesn't work. i receive this error:
there must be at least one name or distribution list in the to, cc or bcc
box.

ReplyRecipients is the right property. Remember, though, that it's a
collection, like Recipients. You have to use the Add method to populate it.

thxs a lot... added to site to my trusted sites and now it works... thanks
for the great tips.

maybe one last question. I want to create a mail with different people in
the replyto. mailitem.replyrecepients doesn't seem to work. any idea..
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
pasted from the wrong version. it should be like this:

var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value.split(";")
for(var x=0;x < tmp.length;x++) {
.......

problem remains the same....

I don't see any split function in the code below.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



RTT said:
string to array is done by the split(;)
with that you receive a array of strings...


That makes no sense. Outlook doesn't care about the recipients until you
actually execute Send.

I'm afraid I'm just a humble VB programmer, so I can follow along only up to
a point, but I can't suggest any actually code changes and certainly can't
speak about string to array converstions.

RTT said:
this is my complete code:

oApp = new ActiveXObject("Outlook.Application"); oNameSpace =
oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI"); oMailItem = oApp.CreateItem(oApp.olMailItem);
oMailItem.HTMLBody = document.Form1.Hbody.value;
//oMailItem.To = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x < tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
} oMailItem.Subject = "Booking Request";
oMailItem.VotingOptions = "Booked; Not Booked";
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x<tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.ReplyRecipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
oMailItem.Display();

the error appears at oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]); so it's before
sending and before displaying...
document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value and document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value
is a string with comma spererated emailsaddresses...

don't know why it isn't working


Did you use Recipients.ResolveAll to resolve recipients before sending?

RTT said:
you've been a great help so far... thxs

but when i use
omailitem.to = "(e-mail address removed)" it works
but when i have an array with the emailadresses and i use recepients (or
replyrecepients) like this:
for(var x=0;x<tmp.Length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
that doesn't work. i receive this error:
there must be at least one name or distribution list in the to, cc or bcc
box.

ReplyRecipients is the right property. Remember, though, that it's a
collection, like Recipients. You have to use the Add method to populate it.

thxs a lot... added to site to my trusted sites and now it works... thanks
for the great tips.

maybe one last question. I want to create a mail with different people in
the replyto. mailitem.replyrecepients doesn't seem to work. any idea..
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
It still makes no sense that you'd get that error before the Send command executes. Did you try adding ResolveAll? I have no further suggestions.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of
Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



RTT said:
pasted from the wrong version. it should be like this:

var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value.split(";")
for(var x=0;x < tmp.length;x++) {
......

problem remains the same....

I don't see any split function in the code below.
Click to expand...
RTT said:
string to array is done by the split(;)
with that you receive a array of strings...


That makes no sense. Outlook doesn't care about the recipients until you
actually execute Send.

RTT said:
this is my complete code:

oApp = new ActiveXObject("Outlook.Application"); oNameSpace =
oApp.GetNamespace("MAPI"); oMailItem = oApp.CreateItem(oApp.olMailItem);
oMailItem.HTMLBody = document.Form1.Hbody.value;
//oMailItem.To = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x < tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
} oMailItem.Subject = "Booking Request";
oMailItem.VotingOptions = "Booked; Not Booked";
var tmp = document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value;
for(var x=0;x<tmp.length;x++) {
oMailItem.ReplyRecipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
oMailItem.Display();

the error appears at oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]); so it's before
sending and before displaying...
document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value and document.Form1.Hresourceowner.value
is a string with comma spererated emailsaddresses...

don't know why it isn't working


Did you use Recipients.ResolveAll to resolve recipients before sending?

you've been a great help so far... thxs

but when i use
omailitem.to = "(e-mail address removed)" it works
but when i have an array with the emailadresses and i use recepients (or
replyrecepients) like this:
for(var x=0;x<tmp.Length;x++) {
oMailItem.Recipients.Add(tmp[x]);
}
that doesn't work. i receive this error:
there must be at least one name or distribution list in the to, cc or bcc
box.

ReplyRecipients is the right property. Remember, though, that it's a
collection, like Recipients. You have to use the Add method to populate
it.

thxs a lot... added to site to my trusted sites and now it works...
thanks
for the great tips.

maybe one last question. I want to create a mail with different people in
the replyto. mailitem.replyrecepients doesn't seem to work. any idea..
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
Click to expand...
 
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