E-mails Through Visual Basic..... ??

[Defilar]

I was wondering how does one make an email go through visual basic? I.E. Using VB to send an email through Outlook Express... Any idea's or code?
Thanks


-Phil

[RobDog888]

Search the Forums. Allot of examples already. Search for
"ShellExecute" + "mailto".

HTH

[Keithuk]

Put your email address in the lblEmail.Caption. Just click the email label and it will send using Outlook or Outlook Express.

Private Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" _
Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal _
lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal _
lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, _
ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long
 
Const SW_SHOW = 5
 
Private Sub lblEmail_Click()
 
ShellExecute Me.hwnd, "open", "mailto:" & lblEmail.Caption & "? _
subject=" & App.Title, vbNullString, vbNullString, SW_SHOW
 
End Sub

This as been asked a few times on here.

[nareth]

isnt winsock safer? because its non OS setting dependent

[RobDog888]

ShellExecute is safe and only needs Windows NT 3.1 or later or
Windows 95 or later.

Only a few times? I got 123 hits on the search ShellExecute + mailto
and have seen it asked many times going back to 1999. This is
not a new idea.

[d.patrick]

You could also use the MAPI controls that come along with VB. They are pretty well documented.