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Q180631: WD97: Example Macro to Send E-mail Using MAPI Commands

Article: Q180631
Product(s): Word 97 for Windows
Version(s): WINDOWS:97
Operating System(s): 
Keyword(s): kbinterop kbdta
Last Modified: 13-MAY-2002

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The information in this article applies to:

- Microsoft Word 97 for Windows 
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SUMMARY
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This article includes a sample Visual Basic for Applications macro that uses
MAPI commands to send an e-mail message.

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The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro uses MAPI commands to
send an e-mail message. The macro uses the InputBox function to gather
information for Recipient, Subject, and E-mail message text. These functions can
be replaced with valid text strings to avoid prompting the user for the
information.

  Sub MapiSendMail()
     Dim objSession As Object
     Dim objMessage As Object
     Dim objRecipient As Object
     Dim sProfile As String
     Dim sSubjPrmpt As String
     Dim sTextPrmpt As String
     Dim sEmailPrmpt As String
     Dim sMsgTitle As String
     ' Leaving sProfile equal to Null will
     ' force the user to select which Mapi
     ' profile to use. To keep from being
     ' prompted, you must supply a valid
     ' user profile.
     sProfile = ""
     sEmailPrmpt = "Enter valid Email Name of message recipient:"
     sSubjPrmpt = "Enter the subject line for this message:"
     sTextPrmpt = "Enter the text for this message:"
     sMsgTitle = "Mapi Macro Example"
     ' Create the Session Object.
     Set objSession = CreateObject("mapi.session")
     ' Log on using the session object.
     ' Specify a valid profile name if you want to
     ' avoid the logon dialog box.
     objSession.Logon profileName:=sProfile
     ' Add a new message object to the OutBox.
     Set objMessage = objSession.Outbox.Messages.Add
     ' Set the properties of the message object.
     objMessage.Subject = InputBox(sSubjPrmpt, sMsgTitle)
     objMessage.Text = InputBox(sTextPrmpt, sMsgTitle)
     ' Add a recipient object to the objMessage.Recipients collection.
     Set objRecipient = objMessage.Recipients.Add
     ' Set the properties of the recipient object.
     objRecipient.Name = InputBox(sEmailPrmpt, sMsgTitle)
     objRecipient.Resolve
     ' Send the message. Setting showDialog to False
     ' sends the message without displaying the message
     ' or requiring user intervention. A setting of True
     ' displays the message and the user must choose
     ' to Send from within the message dialog.
     objMessage.Send showDialog:=False
     MsgBox "Message sent successfully!"
     ' Log off using the session object.
     objSession.Logoff
  End Sub

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications,
please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

  

  Q163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

Additional query words: wordcon kbmacro vba

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Keywords          : kbinterop kbdta 
Technology        : kbWordSearch kbWord97 kbWord97Search kbZNotKeyword2
Version           : WINDOWS:97
Issue type        : kbhowto

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