is there a REAL Simple way to email from other apps?

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I want to be able to email from any of my applications and not just OUTLOOK..
i.e. I have Corel Draw open and I click a button and it pulls up outlook with
the file I am working on attached ?
 
amiart said:
I want to be able to email from any of my applications and not just
OUTLOOK.. i.e. I have Corel Draw open and I click a button and it
pulls up outlook with the file I am working on attached ?
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Not sure about Corel, but office applications you can do this:

File - SendTo - Mail Receipient (as attachment) ?

HTH,

Alan.

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I want to be able to email from any of my applications and not just OUTLOOK..
i.e. I have Corel Draw open and I click a button and it pulls up outlook with
the file I am working on attached ?
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That depends a) on the macro capabilities of the respective program, and
b) on the e-mail method - SMTP, POP, Exchange.

I believe Corel Draw, like WordPerfect, supports Visual Basic for
Applications (VBA), so sending e-mail is possible. The exact code
depends on b) and the methods and properties exposed to VBA by the
respective application.
 
ok.. let me clarify this some more.. I specifically want to be able to email
from
adobe illustrator it allows for custom scripts but does not have a "send to"
or "mail to " function and I don't know enough to write a script to have this
happen.. Any ideas?
 
According to what I've read in some search results, Illustrator running on Windows supports some flavor of Visual Basic, which means you can use the same syntax for creating and sending messages with Outlook that you'd use if you were writing code in Excel or Word or in VBScript, e.g.:

Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set myMsg = olApp.CreateItem(0)
With myMsg
.Subject = "the subject"
.To = "(e-mail address removed)"
.Body = "the message body"
.Attachments.Add "c:\the_file.txt"
.Display
End With

If you're new to Outlook programming, these web pages should help you get started:

http://www.winnetmag.com/Articles/Index.cfm?ArticleID=21522&pg=1
http://www.outlookcode.com/d/vb.htm

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One question to ask is wether or not the amount of time that you're
spending on how to do this and subsequently getting it to work is really
worth it when you balance it against saving the file, opening Outlook
and attaching it manually. Keep in mind that there is also a HUGE
difference between *MUST HAVE's* and *NICE TO HAVE's*.
 
me personally I send out approximately 30 to 40 files a day.. with artwork from
adobe Illustrator.. I have to open outlook start a new email, fish for the
file attach it address it and send it with high priority and print it out. I
believe it would be well worth the trouble.. I have NEVER done any Visual
Basic Scripting however this seems like a pretty straight forward thing ??
what do I do open the VBE and paste in some code snipits and then impliment
it via Illustrators scripts ???
 
My understanding is that Illustrator may have its own scripting enviroment that will give you access to the key object you need -- the active document. I'd suggest you seek out an Illustrator forum and ask for "getting started" tips there.

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Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003

and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers



amiart said:
me personally I send out approximately 30 to 40 files a day.. with artwork from
adobe Illustrator.. I have to open outlook start a new email, fish for the
file attach it address it and send it with high priority and print it out. I
believe it would be well worth the trouble.. I have NEVER done any Visual
Basic Scripting however this seems like a pretty straight forward thing ??
what do I do open the VBE and paste in some code snipits and then impliment
it via Illustrators scripts ???
Click to expand...
 
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