"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> How can I get a button in VB to send the contents of a text box via email in a
> manner similar to the "Send To\Mail Recipient" functionality that you can
> select via right clicking a file in Windows Explorer?
>
> I want the user to click a button and it lunch the users default email client
> and put the contents of a multi line text box in the body of the message and
> the contents of another text box in the title box and be sitting there read
> for them to type the recipient's name and hit send. I assume this is easily
> doable but I don't know where to begin.

> Here's an example:
> http://www.ostrosoft.com/smtp_component/smtp_vbnet.asp
>
> "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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>> How can I get a button in VB to send the contents of a text box via email in a
>> manner similar to the "Send To\Mail Recipient" functionality that you can
>> select via right clicking a file in Windows Explorer?
>>
>> I want the user to click a button and it lunch the users default email client
>> and put the contents of a multi line text box in the body of the message and
>> the contents of another text box in the title box and be sitting there read
>> for them to type the recipient's name and hit send. I assume this is easily
>> doable but I don't know where to begin.
>
>

"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> That actually sends the email.  That's impressive, but I just wanted to
> launch the default email program, create a new message and fill in the
> subject and add some text to the message body.  Leave it for the person to
> review, change and send.
>
>
> Mike Lowery wrote:
>> Here's an example:
>> http://www.ostrosoft.com/smtp_component/smtp_vbnet.asp
>>
>> "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
>> news:%23I$e70HaGHA.1192@TK2MSFTNGP03.phx.gbl...
>>> How can I get a button in VB to send the contents of a text box via
>>> email in a manner similar to the "Send To\Mail Recipient" functionality
>>> that you can select via right clicking a file in Windows Explorer?
>>>
>>> I want the user to click a button and it lunch the users default email
>>> client and put the contents of a multi line text box in the body of the
>>> message and the contents of another text box in the title box and be
>>> sitting there read for them to type the recipient's name and hit send. I
>>> assume this is easily doable but I don't know where to begin.
>>

"Aziz" <aziz***@googlemail.com> wrote in message
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> http://www.systemwebmail.com/faq/2.aspx
>
> Or probably just easier to use:
>
> System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("mailto:" & txtEmail & "?Subject=" &
> txtSubject" & "?Body=" & txtBody )
>

> I don't think the "body" parameter of mailto: is standard... not sure if its
> consistently implemented by all e-mail clients. I would hope in today's day
> and age they all do.
>
> P.S.
> System.Web.Mail is deprecated in .NET 2.0. For 2.0 users, the link should
> be:
> http://www.systemnetmail.com/ But in any case, the OP wants to trigger the
> default E-mail program not worry about SMTP servers and stuff like that.
>

> Just got time to try the suggestions I got.
>
> Aziz, this is a great way of launching the email client!
>
> CMM, apparently body isn't standard in Mozilla Thunderbird anyway.  I'll
> have to try it under Outlook.
>
> Really would like for it to handle both.  Any other info anyone can
> provide would be appreciated.  I'm going to search the web for awhile
> and see what I can come up with.
>
>
> CMM wrote:
>> I don't think the "body" parameter of mailto: is standard... not sure
>> if its consistently implemented by all e-mail clients. I would hope in
>> today's day and age they all do.
>>
>> P.S.
>> System.Web.Mail is deprecated in .NET 2.0. For 2.0 users, the link
>> should be:
>> http://www.systemnetmail.com/ But in any case, the OP wants to trigger
>> the default E-mail program not worry about SMTP servers and stuff like
>> that.
>>

> AKAIK, the easiest way to do this is using the classic MAPI32 ActiveX
> controls... yes it works with whatever e-mail is the default (both Outlook
> and OE and any E-mail client that follows Windows Standards)... and you can
> use it from .NET.
>
> http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSMAPI32.CAB
>
> Not sure if .NET 2.0 has the feature built-in.... but there should be no
> shame in using COM components in .NET if there no .NET alternative....
> Visual Studio IDE itself is a BIG *COM* application.
>
> Example that I think does what you ask once you add a reference to
> MSMAPI32.OCX:
>
> MAPISession1.DownLoadMail = False
> MAPISession1.SignOn
> MAPISession1.NewSession = True
>
> MAPIMessages1.SessionID = MAPISession1.SessionID
>
> MAPIMessages1.Compose
> MAPIMessages1.RecipAddress = "some***@somewhere.com"
> MAPIMessages1.msgSubject = "My subject"
> MAPIMessages1.msgNoteText = "bla bla bla"
>
> 'leave this out to keep the window open
> MAPIMessages1.Send
>
> MAPISession1.SignOff
> MAPISession1.NewSession = False
>
>

"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> CMM,  I have it sending a message but I can't get it to start a message
> and leave it on the screen.  The messages never show on the screen.
>
> I also have been trying to figure out what the heck is going on with it
> now as unlike "send to"/"mail recipient" this triggers Thunderbird to tell
> me another application is trying to send mail from me.
>
> I even had a problem to start with that my program launched internet
> connection wizard to set up a new email account when I have two seperate
> pop3 email accounts one in Thunderbird and one in Outlook which have both
> been working for a year now.  Thunderbird is default.  I honestly don't
> know why it disapeared but it did after I ran a program I downloaded that
> was supposed to set different email programs as default.
>
> CMM wrote:
>> AKAIK, the easiest way to do this is using the classic MAPI32 ActiveX
>> controls... yes it works with whatever e-mail is the default (both
>> Outlook and OE and any E-mail client that follows Windows Standards)...
>> and you can use it from .NET.
>>
>> http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSMAPI32.CAB
>>
>> Not sure if .NET 2.0 has the feature built-in.... but there should be no
>> shame in using COM components in .NET if there no .NET alternative....
>> Visual Studio IDE itself is a BIG *COM* application.
>>
>> Example that I think does what you ask once you add a reference to
>> MSMAPI32.OCX:
>>
>> MAPISession1.DownLoadMail = False
>> MAPISession1.SignOn
>> MAPISession1.NewSession = True
>>
>> MAPIMessages1.SessionID = MAPISession1.SessionID
>>
>> MAPIMessages1.Compose
>> MAPIMessages1.RecipAddress = "some***@somewhere.com"
>> MAPIMessages1.msgSubject = "My subject"
>> MAPIMessages1.msgNoteText = "bla bla bla"
>>
>> 'leave this out to keep the window open
>> MAPIMessages1.Send
>>
>> MAPISession1.SignOff
>> MAPISession1.NewSession = False
>>

"CMM" <cmm@nospam.com> wrote in message
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> MAPIMessages1.Send(True)
> Should display the compose window.
>
> --
> -C. Moya
> www.cmoya.com
> "cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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>> CMM,  I have it sending a message but I can't get it to start a message
>> and leave it on the screen.  The messages never show on the screen.
>>
>> I also have been trying to figure out what the heck is going on with it
>> now as unlike "send to"/"mail recipient" this triggers Thunderbird to
>> tell me another application is trying to send mail from me.
>>
>> I even had a problem to start with that my program launched internet
>> connection wizard to set up a new email account when I have two seperate
>> pop3 email accounts one in Thunderbird and one in Outlook which have both
>> been working for a year now.  Thunderbird is default.  I honestly don't
>> know why it disapeared but it did after I ran a program I downloaded that
>> was supposed to set different email programs as default.
>>
>> CMM wrote:
>>> AKAIK, the easiest way to do this is using the classic MAPI32 ActiveX
>>> controls... yes it works with whatever e-mail is the default (both
>>> Outlook and OE and any E-mail client that follows Windows Standards)...
>>> and you can use it from .NET.
>>>
>>> http://activex.microsoft.com/controls/vb6/MSMAPI32.CAB
>>>
>>> Not sure if .NET 2.0 has the feature built-in.... but there should be no
>>> shame in using COM components in .NET if there no .NET alternative....
>>> Visual Studio IDE itself is a BIG *COM* application.
>>>
>>> Example that I think does what you ask once you add a reference to
>>> MSMAPI32.OCX:
>>>
>>> MAPISession1.DownLoadMail = False
>>> MAPISession1.SignOn
>>> MAPISession1.NewSession = True
>>>
>>> MAPIMessages1.SessionID = MAPISession1.SessionID
>>>
>>> MAPIMessages1.Compose
>>> MAPIMessages1.RecipAddress = "some***@somewhere.com"
>>> MAPIMessages1.msgSubject = "My subject"
>>> MAPIMessages1.msgNoteText = "bla bla bla"
>>>
>>> 'leave this out to keep the window open
>>> MAPIMessages1.Send
>>>
>>> MAPISession1.SignOff
>>> MAPISession1.NewSession = False
>>>
>

> Also, MAPIMessages1.Send(True)
> might fail unless you call
> MAPIMessages1.ResolveName()
> Right after setting the recipient
> Sorry I left that out.
>
> Also, re the Thunderbird thing.... yeah, this technique will probably
> trigger Object Model guards.... it does so for Outlook and I don't why it
> wouldn't do the same for Mozilla.
>
>
>

"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> Thanks CMM.  Now the inevitable follow ups.
>
> 1.  I'm dismayed that I can't find info on the syntax of the MAPI
> commands.  For instance, when typing in MAPIMessages1.send(  it says it
> takes "vDialog as object" but I have no idea what that means.  In vb help
> I looked for mapi and only found mapimagecoordinates method so info is not
> there.
>
> 2.  You had noted in your code to leave out MAPIMessages1.send to keep the
> window open and in my mind MAPIMessages1.send would send the email so it
> seemed obvious to me that if I didn't send it it would still be on the
> screen waiting for me to send it.  So my focus on finding out how to leave
> it on the screen was centered on signon or compose where I thought maybe
> something had to be set to visible.  Anyway, MAPIMessages1.send(true)
> works.  Even with signoff and newsession=false still in the program.  I
> guess these lines are the program severing ties with the message it just
> created and left on the screen?  Doesn't matter it works.  Then again I'm
> just the kinda person who likes to know why.
>
> 3.  An interesting note.  When I tested MAPIMessages1.send(true) I was not
> given the warning that another program was trying to send a message! But I
> am if I don't have the true in it.  So I'd assume it must only warn if the
> message is actually being send w/o my knowledge.
>
> Lastly just wanted to say that I am looking for the
> MAPIMessages1.send(true) functionality and relieved it didn't cause any
> warnings.  If it had caused a warning I was going to say Windows
> Explorer's Send To / Mail Recipient doesn't cause warnings -- how'd they
> do that.  But since it didn't this and that work the same and all's well.
>
> Your pretty good at this.  Perhaps you'd care to make a brief comment on
> system.web.mail (VS2003) and system.net.mail (VS2005).  I came across them
> while working on this.  I'm not sure what exactly they are.  I expect just
> other ways of doing the same thing w/o the com component. I'm not planning
> to change to them now mind you.  Just still curious. Do you know anything
> about them?
>
> Again, Thank you.
> cj
>
>
> CMM wrote:
>> Also, MAPIMessages1.Send(True)
>> might fail unless you call
>> MAPIMessages1.ResolveName()
>> Right after setting the recipient
>> Sorry I left that out.
>>
>> Also, re the Thunderbird thing.... yeah, this technique will probably
>> trigger Object Model guards.... it does so for Outlook and I don't why it
>> wouldn't do the same for Mozilla.
>>
>>

> Documentation for the MAPI ActiveX Control starts here:
> http://msdn.microsoft.com/library/default.asp?url=/library/en-us/vbcon98/html/vbconusingmapicontrol.asp
> Click "See Also" link for more detailed info.
>
> Programs will choose how they react to being manipulated via MAPI. The
> "warnings" are a function of the program and not MAPI per se. Outlook
> complains whenever you set the RecipAddress property. Thunderbird may choose
> not to complain until you do Send.
>
> If you do not need to add attachments or get fancy with the Body.... mailto:
> is probably the easiest solution for you.
>
> P.S. .NET's built-in mail functionality is pretty good. It doesn't puppet an
> e-mail client.. it actually does all the work, so you have to provide your
> own UI. You can do this... as IE exposes its built-in HTML Editor (known
> long long ago as FrontPage Express.... and now used by Outlook and Outlook
> Express to compose messages) that you can plop on your forms fairly easily
> (I can post more info if you'd like).
>
> The older System.Web.Mail uses CDO under the hood to do all the work
> (another set of objects installed by Outlook, Exchange, or IIS I think) that
> may or may not be installed. I think the newer System.Net.Mail does 100% of
> its own work.
>
>

> Also, MAPIMessages1.Send(True)
> might fail unless you call
> MAPIMessages1.ResolveName()
> Right after setting the recipient
> Sorry I left that out.
>
> Also, re the Thunderbird thing.... yeah, this technique will probably
> trigger Object Model guards.... it does so for Outlook and I don't why it
> wouldn't do the same for Mozilla.
>
>
>

"cj" <cj@nospam.nospam> wrote in message
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> Oh oh, I forgot.  When I added MAPIMessages1.ResolveName() the program
> throws and exception "Unspecified Failure has occured".  So I left it out.
> It should be noted that my testing so far has only been with Thunderbird.
> I'll get to Outlook soon enough.  Thankfully for this project I do not
> want to specify any recipients at all--that's why I want the message left
> on the screen.
>
>
>
> CMM wrote:
>> Also, MAPIMessages1.Send(True)
>> might fail unless you call
>> MAPIMessages1.ResolveName()
>> Right after setting the recipient
>> Sorry I left that out.
>>
>> Also, re the Thunderbird thing.... yeah, this technique will probably
>> trigger Object Model guards.... it does so for Outlook and I don't why it
>> wouldn't do the same for Mozilla.
>>
>>