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Emailing with default client(using VB.NET 2005)
I'm writing a desktop application that I would like to have the ability to email files. I've set up the SMTP portion, now I would like to have a MAPI option. I found a MAPI tutorial, but it does a bit more than I want it to. What I would like to do is this: 1. Open the default mail client's compose window. 2. Add an attachment Then the user can fill out the To: Subject: etc. Can anyone help me with this? Thanks, Dustin Dustin,
Your problem is in this sentence > 2. Add an attachment Not all emailclients have the possiblitity to add attachments. It is as well not in the standard code for opening default email clients. This question is thousand times done in this newsgroup. If you know that it is Office Outlook than there are possibilites and I have read from Carlos that it can as well at OutlookExpress, but not right from the box. Cor Hi Dustin,
See if there is something here: How do I send an email with attachments? http://systemwebmail.com/faq/2.3.aspx -- Show quoteHide quoteBest regards, Carlos J. Quintero MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio You can code, design and document much faster: http://www.mztools.com "Dustin Davis" <dustin.da***@gmail.com> escribió en el mensaje news:OuMRB3yYGHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... > (using VB.NET 2005) > > I'm writing a desktop application that I would like to have the ability to > email files. I've set up the SMTP portion, now I would like to have a MAPI > option. > > I found a MAPI tutorial, but it does a bit more than I want it to. What I > would like to do is this: > > 1. Open the default mail client's compose window. > 2. Add an attachment > > Then the user can fill out the To: Subject: etc. > > Can anyone help me with this? > > Thanks, > Dustin Carlos,
That is systemwebmail. A default client is opened in this way. \\\ ///a reference to System.Web ///using System.Web; ///using System.Diagnostic Process.Start ("mailto:" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("NotMyFirstN***@planet.nl") + "?subject=Does this helps" + "&body=How do you do?"); /// Cor Show quoteHide quote "Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> schreef in bericht news:eAj7xD5YGHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > Hi Dustin, > > See if there is something here: > > How do I send an email with attachments? > http://systemwebmail.com/faq/2.3.aspx > > -- > > Best regards, > > Carlos J. Quintero > > MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio > You can code, design and document much faster: > http://www.mztools.com > > > > "Dustin Davis" <dustin.da***@gmail.com> escribió en el mensaje > news:OuMRB3yYGHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >> (using VB.NET 2005) >> >> I'm writing a desktop application that I would like to have the ability >> to email files. I've set up the SMTP portion, now I would like to have a >> MAPI option. >> >> I found a MAPI tutorial, but it does a bit more than I want it to. What I >> would like to do is this: >> >> 1. Open the default mail client's compose window. >> 2. Add an attachment >> >> Then the user can fill out the To: Subject: etc. >> >> Can anyone help me with this? >> >> Thanks, >> Dustin > > I've tried the mailto: method, but I can't seem to add an attachment.
I'm watching another program do the very thing I am trying to do, but I don't know how it is doing it. It opens the default mail client compose window with the specified file attached. Amazingly it works when I have either Outlook Express or Thuderbird as my default mail client. I've tried using the VB6 MAPI controls (MAPISession & MAPIMessages), I can sent through Outlook Express, but not Thunderbird. When I send through Outlook express it makes me enter my password twice - the fist time is when it connects (it then wants to download all my new messages), then again when I got to send. Frustrating :( Cor Ligthert [MVP] wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Carlos, > > That is systemwebmail. A default client is opened in this way. > \\\ > ///a reference to System.Web > ///using System.Web; > ///using System.Diagnostic > Process.Start ("mailto:" + HttpUtility.UrlEncode("NotMyFirstN***@planet.nl") > + "?subject=Does this helps" + "&body=How do you do?"); > /// > > Cor > > "Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP]" <carlosq@NOSPAMsogecable.com> schreef in > bericht news:eAj7xD5YGHA.4424@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... >> Hi Dustin, >> >> See if there is something here: >> >> How do I send an email with attachments? >> http://systemwebmail.com/faq/2.3.aspx >> >> -- >> >> Best regards, >> >> Carlos J. Quintero >> >> MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio >> You can code, design and document much faster: >> http://www.mztools.com >> >> >> >> "Dustin Davis" <dustin.da***@gmail.com> escribió en el mensaje >> news:OuMRB3yYGHA.4688@TK2MSFTNGP04.phx.gbl... >>> (using VB.NET 2005) >>> >>> I'm writing a desktop application that I would like to have the ability >>> to email files. I've set up the SMTP portion, now I would like to have a >>> MAPI option. >>> >>> I found a MAPI tutorial, but it does a bit more than I want it to. What I >>> would like to do is this: >>> >>> 1. Open the default mail client's compose window. >>> 2. Add an attachment >>> >>> Then the user can fill out the To: Subject: etc. >>> >>> Can anyone help me with this? >>> >>> Thanks, >>> Dustin >> > > Ah, yes, but anyway an approach would be to use SystemWebMail and provide
your own compose form with subject, destination textboxes and attach button since I don´t think that Simple MAPI will be able to add attachments, so either you need to use Extended MAPI (C++), not .NET compatible, or use CDO, which may not work for all e-mail clients. See: Differences between CDO, Simple MAPI, and Extended MAPI http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200018/en-us -- Show quoteHide quoteBest regards, Carlos J. Quintero MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio You can code, design and document much faster: http://www.mztools.com "Cor Ligthert [MVP]" <notmyfirstn***@planet.nl> escribió en el mensaje news:eEdno75YGHA.3424@TK2MSFTNGP02.phx.gbl... > Carlos, > > That is systemwebmail. A default client is opened in this way. > \\\ > ///a reference to System.Web > ///using System.Web; > ///using System.Diagnostic > Process.Start ("mailto:" + > HttpUtility.UrlEncode("NotMyFirstN***@planet.nl") > + "?subject=Does this helps" + "&body=How do you do?"); > /// > So, in any case, I got it to work as I needed using the VB6 MAPI
controls. Without going into too much detail, I'll just post the function here in case anyone else is interested. Let me know if you have question on what I did here (This works in Mozilla Thunderbird and Outlook Express): Private Function SendMapiEmail() As Boolean Dim FilePaths() As String = IO.Directory.GetFiles(Me.TempOutputPath) Try With Me.MapiSession If .SessionID = 0 Then .DownLoadMail = False .LogonUI = True .SignOn() End If End With With Me.MapiMessages .SessionID = Me.MapiSession.SessionID .Compose() .MsgSubject = "Images Attached" .MsgNoteText = "(See Attached)" For i As Integer = 0 To FilePaths.Length - 1 .AttachmentIndex = i .AttachmentPathName = FilePaths(i) Next .Send(True) End With Me.MapiSession.SignOff() Catch ex As Exception MsgBox("Error sending MAPI email: " & ex.Message, MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, AppName) Return False End Try Return True End Function Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] wrote: Show quoteHide quote > Ah, yes, but anyway an approach would be to use SystemWebMail and provide > your own compose form with subject, destination textboxes and attach button > since I don´t think that Simple MAPI will be able to add attachments, so > either you need to use Extended MAPI (C++), not .NET compatible, or use CDO, > which may not work for all e-mail clients. > > See: > > Differences between CDO, Simple MAPI, and Extended MAPI > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200018/en-us > > What .dll did you have to reference to use VB6Mapi?
-- Show quoteHide quoteDennis in Houston "Dustin Davis" wrote: > So, in any case, I got it to work as I needed using the VB6 MAPI > controls. Without going into too much detail, I'll just post the > function here in case anyone else is interested. Let me know if you have > question on what I did here (This works in Mozilla Thunderbird and > Outlook Express): > > Private Function SendMapiEmail() As Boolean > Dim FilePaths() As String = IO.Directory.GetFiles(Me.TempOutputPath) > > Try > With Me.MapiSession > If .SessionID = 0 Then > .DownLoadMail = False > .LogonUI = True > .SignOn() > End If > End With > > With Me.MapiMessages > .SessionID = Me.MapiSession.SessionID > .Compose() > .MsgSubject = "Images Attached" > .MsgNoteText = "(See Attached)" > For i As Integer = 0 To FilePaths.Length - 1 > .AttachmentIndex = i > .AttachmentPathName = FilePaths(i) > Next > .Send(True) > End With > Me.MapiSession.SignOff() > Catch ex As Exception > MsgBox("Error sending MAPI email: " & ex.Message, > MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, AppName) > Return False > End Try > > Return True > End Function > > Carlos J. Quintero [VB MVP] wrote: > > Ah, yes, but anyway an approach would be to use SystemWebMail and provide > > your own compose form with subject, destination textboxes and attach button > > since I don´t think that Simple MAPI will be able to add attachments, so > > either you need to use Extended MAPI (C++), not .NET compatible, or use CDO, > > which may not work for all e-mail clients. > > > > See: > > > > Differences between CDO, Simple MAPI, and Extended MAPI > > http://support.microsoft.com/kb/200018/en-us > > > > > Here's the steps you should follow to get the code to work that I posted
previously: 1. Add a reference to the COM "Microsoft MAPI Controls 6.0" 2. In your Toolbox, right-click and select "Choose items..." 3. In the COM Components tab, select the "Microsoft MAPI Messages Control" and the "Microsoft MAPI Session Control" 4. Add the controls to your form Dennis wrote: Show quoteHide quote > What .dll did you have to reference to use VB6Mapi? I don't have VB6 installed on my computer and don't want to install it
really. Can I get the controls and just add them to the bin directory? If so, where can I find them> -- Show quoteHide quoteDennis in Houston "Dustin Davis" wrote: > Here's the steps you should follow to get the code to work that I posted > previously: > > 1. Add a reference to the COM "Microsoft MAPI Controls 6.0" > 2. In your Toolbox, right-click and select "Choose items..." > 3. In the COM Components tab, select the "Microsoft MAPI Messages > Control" and the "Microsoft MAPI Session Control" > 4. Add the controls to your form > > Dennis wrote: > > What .dll did you have to reference to use VB6Mapi? > I'm not sure. I don't have vb6 installed either. VB.NET 2005 is the only
version I have ever installed on my machine. Dennis wrote: Show quoteHide quote > I don't have VB6 installed on my computer and don't want to install it > really. Can I get the controls and just add them to the bin directory? If > so, where can I find them> So the MAPI controls allow to send attachments. Did you investigate of the
Simple MAPI allow that? They are 12 API functions or so and if it works it would allow you to get rid of the VB6 controls in your app... -- Show quoteHide quoteBest regards, Carlos J. Quintero MZ-Tools: Productivity add-ins for Visual Studio You can code, design and document much faster: http://www.mztools.com "Dustin Davis" <dustin.da***@gmail.com> escribió en el mensaje news:OFuWjs8YGHA.3532@TK2MSFTNGP05.phx.gbl... > So, in any case, I got it to work as I needed using the VB6 MAPI controls. > Without going into too much detail, I'll just post the function here in > case anyone else is interested. Let me know if you have question on what I > did here (This works in Mozilla Thunderbird and Outlook Express): > > Private Function SendMapiEmail() As Boolean > Dim FilePaths() As String = IO.Directory.GetFiles(Me.TempOutputPath) > > Try > With Me.MapiSession > If .SessionID = 0 Then > .DownLoadMail = False > .LogonUI = True > .SignOn() > End If > End With > > With Me.MapiMessages > .SessionID = Me.MapiSession.SessionID > .Compose() > .MsgSubject = "Images Attached" > .MsgNoteText = "(See Attached)" > For i As Integer = 0 To FilePaths.Length - 1 > .AttachmentIndex = i > .AttachmentPathName = FilePaths(i) > Next > .Send(True) > End With > Me.MapiSession.SignOff() > Catch ex As Exception > MsgBox("Error sending MAPI email: " & ex.Message, > MsgBoxStyle.Exclamation, AppName) > Return False > End Try > > Return True > End Function > 
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