OutlookMailItem.Send doesn't work in VB.Net - RESOLVED

[stingrae]

Is there a reason why in VB6, this will work:

    Dim olMail as Outlook.MailItem
    .
    .
    .
    olMail.Send

but in VB.Net you get the following error message:

"'Send' is ambiguous across the inherited interfaces 'Outlook._MailItem' and 'Outlook.ItemEvents_Event'"

??
if so, can someone please show me how to press the "send" button???

thanks....

[stingrae]

After looking at microsoft.com for hours, i searched the msdn help on my local pc. low and behold:

Visual Basic Reference Error Messages   

<membername>' is ambiguous across the inherited interfaces '<interfacename1>' and '<interfacename2>'See Also
Interfaces Overview
The interface inherits two or more members with the same name from multiple interfaces.

To correct this error 

Cast the value to the base interface that you want to use; for example: 
Interface Left
    Sub MySub()
End Interface

Interface Right
    Sub MySub()
End Interface

Interface LeftRight
    Inherits Left, Right
End Interface

Module test
    Sub Main()
        Dim x As LeftRight
        ' x.MySub()  'x is ambiguous.
        CType(x, Left).MySub() ' Cast to base type.
        CType(x, Right).MySub() ' Call the other base type.
    End Sub
End Module

so therefore the answer to my question is:

CType(olMail, Outlook._MailItem).Send()

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