| Author: sangeethapalani 13 Sep 2007 | Member Level: Bronze | Rating:  Points: 2 |
hi
Basically there are three ways of doing this.
Using “mailto” to open the outlook Application
Using the traditional SMTP Send Mail
Using the Outlook Object Library to open the outlook along with an added attachment as an integral part of the application.
Using Mailto Link
This is a cheesy way of doing it. Pass the attributes along with the mailto
<A href=”mailto:Bob@somewhere.com?Cc:Roxy@righthere.com&Subject:
Using Mailto to send mails&Body:this is a test”>.
However if you want to use this in a VB.Net LinkLabel. You can do it this way
Dim strURL as String strURL = “mailto:Bob@somewhere.com?Cc:Roxy@righthere.com&Subject:
Using Mailto to send mails&Body:this is a test” Process.Start(strURL)
Using SMTP Send Mail
Before you start coding make sure you import the related namespace
Imports System.Web.Mail
Here goes the code
Public Function SMTPCall()
Dim strTo As String
Dim strFrom As String
Dim strBody As String
Dim strSubject As String
strTo = "Bob@somewhere.com"
' Make sure you set the from address,
'some SMTP servers wouldn't send a mail without the FROM address
strFrom = "Roxy@righthere.com"
strBody = "Test on Sending Mail"
strSubject = "Did this mail reach you yet?"
SmtpMail.Send(strFrom, strTo, strSubject, strBody)
End Function
Looks good, but the limitation with the above two methods is you cannot send an attachment. What if the user wants to access the outlook address book and also send the mail an attachment?
Using MSOutlook Object Library
Here’s a small piece of code for outlook integration with VB.Net using MS Outlook object Library.
First instantiate the Outlook application object.
Make sure you add the references in the Project References.
Right click on the References in the Solution Explorer. Add “Microsoft Outlook 10.0 Object Library”.
Public Function OutlookCall()
'Take an instance of the Outlook App
Dim oOutlook As New Outlook.Application()
' Create an instance of the MailItem
Dim oMailitem As Outlook.MailItem
' Create an instance of the Attachment
Dim oAttach As Outlook.Attachment
oMailitem = oOutlook.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem)
oMailitem.To = “Bob@somewhere.com”
oMailitem.Cc = “Roxy@righthere.com”
oMailitem.Subject = "Email Integration with Outlook and VB.Net"
'txtFilepath is a text box that contains the path for attachment.
If (txtFilepath.Text = "") Then
MsgBox ("You did not attach a file")
Else
'Attach the file Path to the Mail Item
oMailitem.Attachments.Add(txtFilepath.Text)
End If
'PING….Displays the Outlook along with the To,Cc,Subject and Attachment
oMailitem.Display()
End Function
There are a lot of other features you can do with this outlook object. Hope this helps.
Note:
Microsoft Outlook should be the installed on the machine.
Microsoft Outlook is assumed as the default mail client application.
If an existing instance of outlook send item is already running, it would still create a new mail Message.
this vl help u
Regards
P.sangeetha
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| Author: Vijay Kumar Naidu 13 Sep 2007 | Member Level: Gold | Rating: Points: 2 |
Hi Sangeetha,
Your solutions are absolutely great!! You cleared my doubt.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Vijay Kumar.
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| Author: Vijay Kumar Naidu 13 Sep 2007 | Member Level: Gold | Rating: Points: 2 |
Hi Sangeetha,
Your solutions are absolutely great!! You cleared my doubt.
Thank you very much.
Regards,
Vijay Kumar.
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