Send an email with MSAccess

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Warrio

Hello!

Is it possible to send an email with a an attached file to it?
I've used the command:
DoCmd.SendObject ...
but this one donesn't include a parametter where I can specify my file path
that I want to attach.. (for instance "C:\myDir\myFile.pdf")

Thanks for any suggestion
 
Yes, it is possible to use Access to send an email with an attached file.
As you have seen, though, SendObject may not always be the way to go. You
might want to investigate using Automation with Outlook. There is sample
code at the following links that can get you started:

MSDN article on creating appointments, emails, etc., using Automation
http://tinyurl.com/2knwj

Q161088 Using Automation to Send a Microsoft Outlook Message
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=161088

HOW TO: Use Automation to Send a Microsoft Outlook Message using Access 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=209948

ACC97: How to Use a Recordset to Send Outlook E-Mail to Multiple Recipients
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318881


Also, have a look at Tony Toews' email page:

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/email.htm
 
This is the complete Email code. I obtained this from one
of the MVP's(Forgot wich one).
I have seen quite a bit of code for sending email. I have
tried many of them. If you are just sending an Access
report you can use the SendObject command. If attachments
are files of any type try the code below. The one below( I
have it stored as a function in a new module) has been the
most reliable for me with MS Outlook and Access 2000 and
can send up to 5 attachments or none. Also I am able to
pull from an open form email address of the recipient, CC,
BCC, and the subject and text and file name of the
attachment(s).
To reference data on an open form use
=[forms]![formname].[emailaddress]
=[forms]![formname].[subject]
=[forms]![formname].[attachment1]
ect.


Good Luck

Jim

Function SendEMail()
Dim strTo As String, strSubject As String, _
varBody As Variant, strCC As String, _
strBCC As String, strAttachment As String, _
strAttachment1 As String,strAttachment2 As String, _
strAttachment3 As String, strAttachment4 As String

strTo = "email address"
strSubject = "put subject here"
varBody = "put message for body here"
' Add more strattachments if needed and modify IF statement
' below
strAttachment = "attachment1"
strAttachment1 = "attachment2"
strAttachment2 = "attachment3"
strAttachment3 = "attachment4"
strAttachment4 = "attachment5"
'Start Outlook
Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")

'Logon
Dim olNs As Outlook.NameSpace
Set olNs = olApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
olNs.Logon

'Send a message
Dim olMail As Outlook.MailItem
Set olMail = olApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
'Fill Out and Send Message
olMail.To = strTo
olMail.CC = strCC
olMail.BCC = strBCC
olMail.Subject = strSubject
olMail.Body = varBody
' Modify these statements if more attachmewnts are needed
If Len(strAttachment) <> 0 Then
olMail.Attachments.Add (strAttachment)
If Len(strAttachment1) <> 0 Then
olMail.Attachments.Add (strAttachment1)
If Len(strAttachment2) <> 0 Then
olMail.Attachments.Add (strAttachment2)
If Len(strAttachment3) <> 0 Then
olMail.Attachments.Add (strAttachment3)
If Len(strAttachment4) <> 0 Then
olMail.Attachments.Add (strAttachment4)
End If
End if
End if
End if
End If
olMail.Send

Set olNs = Nothing
Set olMail = Nothing
Set olApp = Nothing

End Function

Jim
 
Thanks a lot for all your help!!!

Cheryl Fischer said:
Yes, it is possible to use Access to send an email with an attached file.
As you have seen, though, SendObject may not always be the way to go. You
might want to investigate using Automation with Outlook. There is sample
code at the following links that can get you started:

MSDN article on creating appointments, emails, etc., using Automation
http://tinyurl.com/2knwj

Q161088 Using Automation to Send a Microsoft Outlook Message
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=161088

HOW TO: Use Automation to Send a Microsoft Outlook Message using Access 2000
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=209948

ACC97: How to Use a Recordset to Send Outlook E-Mail to Multiple Recipients
http://support.microsoft.com/?id=318881


Also, have a look at Tony Toews' email page:

http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/email.htm
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