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[PJMAXX]

I've been searching msdn and here among a few other places,
but can't seem to find any consistant info on out look so I'll
just ask a few Questions that maybe someone can help me with.

First of all I have about 6 machines running outlook 97 and Up
(Outlook2002).This seems to be a problem when trying to
write code to do a simple email....

MAPI seems to work well for early versions
But I get errors with newer versions...

I used a object lib. but that gives me problems with early versions.


What is the best way to email with so many versions?

What about late binding? Is That posible?


This is really driving me nutz
Thanks for any help.
PJ

[alex_read]

Are you using createobject() to create your Outlook references?

This is what I use for E-Mailing from Outlook if it helps you, rather than call on Outlook itseelf, I use the MAPI controls. From your project menu, goto the references option & change the drop down box to view *.ocx files. In your system directory, you'll have a MSMAPI32.ocx file which you'll need to add in to get this to work.

EDIT: removed attachment and personal E-mail addresses.

Attribute VB_Name = "basCommon"
Option Explicit

' Constant values used within the E-Mail setup.
Private Const cstrEMAILRECIEVER As String = "[email protected]"
Private Const cstrEMAILSUBJECT  As String = "Alert: UPS Battery Is Running!"
Private Const cstrEMAILBODY     As String = "Mains power has been tripped and the UPS battery is now in operation."

Private Const cstrMAPIPROFILENAME       As String = "MsOutlook profile1 name"
Private Const cstrMAPIPROFILEPASSWORD   As String = "MsOutlook profile1 password"


Public Sub SendEMail()
' **** Sends an E-Mail using the above constant variables to a specified user. ****

    Dim objMAPISession As MAPISession
    Dim objMAPIMessages As MAPIMessages
    
    ' Attempt to create a new MAPI session object on the local pc. The session properties are then setup in the following order:
    ' DownLoadMail is set to avoid accessing the users inbox & message list.
    ' LogonUI is set to avoid flashing the profile selection box to the user on startup to allow a specified entry.
    ' The UserName and Password of a MAPI logon (i.e. existing MsOutlook profile in this case are then set (MS.com Q180172).
    ' Finally, this MAPI Session information structure is taken and used to logon to the MAPI E-Mail server / Outlook with.
    Set objMAPISession = New MAPISession
    
    If Not (objMAPISession Is Nothing) Then
    
        With objMAPISession
            .DownLoadMail = False
            .LogonUI = False
            .UserName = cstrMAPIPROFILENAME
            .Password = cstrMAPIPROFILEPASSWORD
            .SignOn
        End With
    
        ' Once a logged on session has been established, a messaging object can then be setup. The following creates a new
        ' message, and passing in the constant variables declared above, sets out the recipient, subject and body details in
        ' this new mail message. The resolve method is called to check the current recipient mail address is actually valid,
        ' then the send method sends this E-Mail out without a confirmation messagebox being shown to the user.
        Set objMAPIMessages = New MAPIMessages
    
        If Not (objMAPIMessages Is Nothing) Then

            With objMAPIMessages
                .SessionID = objMAPISession.SessionID
                .Compose
                .MsgSubject = cstrEMAILSUBJECT

                .RecipIndex = 0
                .RecipType = mapToList
                .RecipAddress = cstrEMAILRECIEVER
                .ResolveName
                
                .MsgNoteText = cstrEMAILBODY
    
                .Send vDialog:=False
    
            End With
            
            ' Finally the object variables are cleared from the PC's memory as they are no longer needed, the resources these
            ' variables were using will speed up excecution of other system processes and this will avoid memory leaks.
            Set objMAPIMessages = Nothing
    
        End If

        objMAPISession.SignOff
        Set objMAPISession = Nothing

    End If
End Sub

[PJMAXX]

Dim ol As Object  'Outlook.Application
Dim olMail As Object  ' Outlook.MailItem
Dim ma As Object
    Set ol = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    Set olMail = ol.CreateItem(0)
    
    olMail.Recipients.Add Text1.Text
    olMail.Subject = Text2.Text
    olMail.Body = Text3.Text
    olMail.Importance = olImportanceHigh
    olMail.Send
    Set olMail = Nothing
    ol.Quit
    Set ol = Nothing



Or 

MAPISession1.SignOn
    MAPISession1.UserName = Text6.Text
    MAPISession1.Password = Text7.Text
    MAPISession1.DownLoadMail = False
    MAPIMessages1.SessionID = MAPISession1.SessionID
    MAPIMessages1.Compose
     If Text1.Text <> "" Then
     MAPIMessages1.RecipDisplayName = Me.Text1
     Else
     MAPIMessages1.Show
     End If
    MAPIMessages1.AddressResolveUI = False
    MAPIMessages1.MsgSubject = Me.Text2
    MAPIMessages1.MsgNoteText = Me.Text3.Text
    MAPIMessages1.ResolveName
    MAPIMessages1.Send False
    MAPISession1.SignOff

These two I have tried among others......
Thanks for the reply......
pj

[alex_read]

Are you creating a proper setup package with this program when you distribute it?

What errors do you catually get?

[PJMAXX]

My code is working (MAPI)

Except those pesty Prompts ..

For profile
An app is trying to use an email addy thats entered in outlooks
contacts folder.
and
an app is trying to send email on your behalf.



Your Module give me an error on this line

Set objMAPIMessages = New MAPIMessages

Error is : Invalid use of new keyword.

[alex_read]

For the second bit, I guess you could try either deleting the new keyword or removing the statement setting it altogether (as well as the if statement to check if the messages object is set to nothing). That's weird as I don't get this problem.

What version of vb are you using? If this is learning or professional edition, you could check this site out:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...;EN-US;q194751

For the first one, you can write this inside an NT service project. If you aren't installing this on a win9x platform, you can add-in the MS control to run the app as a service which supresses all messages from appearing when it sends the e-mail:
http://support.microsoft.com/default...EN-US;Q170883&

[PJMAXX]

I'm Using VB6 Enterprise....
I'll try those Idea's.

Thanks, PJ