Outlook Express again!

[Jason Huang]

Hi,

I am not sure if we can call Outlook Express in the C# windows form project.
However, my boss he thinks that it should be able to open, since the VSC#
and Outlook Express are all MS's product,
but I'm not so sure.
In my C# Windows Form project, I would like to have a button which will
initiate the client's Outlook Express.
In the mean time, it needs to attach a particular document in the OE.
Would some one give me some advice?
Thanks for help.


Jason

 

[Steve Barnett]

Can't help you with attaching an attachment, as I don't believe OE can be
automated that easily without a third party tool. However, if the amount of
data is small and is text based, why not think about something like this:

string commandText = @"mailto:[email protected]?" +
"[email protected]&" +
"subject=Test email&" +
"body=Error located at <address>%0AOther stuff we need to
know%0A";

Process.Start(commandText);

You'll need to have a "using System.Diagnostics" to make this work. The body
of the message would be used to include any text you need to have sent. Just
remember to use "%0A" for newlines.

It might get you started. On my system, this opens the default mailer with
the to and cc fields filled in, a subject and the body completed. You can
see more amount the syntax of mailto: at
http://www.ianr.unl.edu/internet/mailto.html

Steve

 

[Magnus]

Just start the OE? Start an external process from C# is an easy task...
Then check the OE docs if there is a parameter that allows you to send
some arguments at process start.
For example

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start"C:\Program\Outlook Express\msimn.exe",
"(/mailto:[email protected] /attachment:C:\temp\myattachment.doc ");

or something...

/Magnus (Check the msdn documentation for "Process Class")

 

[Joanna Carter [TeamB]]

"Magnus" <[email protected]> a écrit dans le message de (e-mail address removed)...

| Just start the OE? Start an external process from C# is an easy task...
| Then check the OE docs if there is a parameter that allows you to send
| some arguments at process start.
| For example
|
| System.Diagnostics.Process.Start"C:\Program\Outlook Express\msimn.exe",
| "(/mailto:[email protected] /attachment:C:\temp\myattachment.doc ");

If I remember rightly, if OE is your default mail client, then all you have
to do is call Process.Start with the "mailto" command parameters including
the attachment.

Joanna

 

[Alvin Bruney]

unfortunately, OE is not part of the suite of Office products - its just a
free utility shipped with IE - so you don't have the freedom to automate it
using traditional means such as VSTO. However, OE is simply a COM server
with a well-defined API so you can use regular COM automation to explore the
internals.

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