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Sending e mail from Delphi with attachment via Outlook
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Title: Sending e-mail from Delphi with attachment via Outlook
Question: There have been many questions about how to send an e-mail
with an attachment. I came up with the vbs script that did
it with Outlook.
Well here's the Delphi translation that uses OLE to
accomplish the same thing:
Answer:
Change recipientaddress@recipienthost.com to your own e-mail
address and give it a try. You must have Outlook installed,
{I'm not sure if this will work with Outlook Express.}
uses ComObj; {Delphi 5}
procedure TForm1.Button1Click(Sender: TObject);
const
// OlItemType constants
olMailItem = 0;
olAppointmentItem = 1;
olContactItem = 2;
olTaskItem = 3;
olJournalItem = 4;
olNoteItem = 5;
olPostItem = 6;
// OlAttachmentType constants
olByValue = 1;
olByReference = 4;
olEmbeddedItem = 5;
olOLE = 6;
var
myOlApp, myItem, myRecipient, myAttachments: OleVariant;
begin
// VBScript file to create a mail and add an attachment
myOlApp := CreateOLEObject('Outlook.Application');
myItem := myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem);
myItem.Subject := 'This is the Subject';
myRecipient := myItem.Recipients.Add('recipientaddress@recipienthost.com');
myItem.Body := #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'Hello,' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'This code created this message and '+
' sent it and I didn''t even have' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'to click the send button!!!' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'If you have any more problems, let me know' +
#13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'rename to blah.vbs and run like this:' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'wscript c:\blah.vbs' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'Eddie' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'const'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' // OlItemType constants'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olMailItem = 0;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olAppointmentItem = 1;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olContactItem = 2;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olTaskItem = 3;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olJournalItem = 4;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olNoteItem = 5;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olPostItem = 6;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' // OlAttachmentType constants'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olByValue = 1;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olByReference = 4;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olEmbeddedItem = 5;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' olOLE = 6;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'var'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myOlApp, myItem, myRecipient, myAttachments:
OleVariant;'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'begin'+ #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myOlApp :=
CreateObject(''Outlook.Application'')' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myItem := myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)' +
#13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myItem.Subject := ''This is the Subject''' +
#13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myItem.Body := ''This is the body''' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myRecipient := myItem.Recipients.Add
('recipientaddress@recipienthost.com')' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myAttachments := myItem.Attachments' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' // Now let''s attach the files...' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myAttachments.Add ''C:\blah.txt'', olByValue,
1, ''Blah.txt Attachment''' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myItem.Send' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myOlApp := VarNull;' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myItem := VarNull;' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myRecipient := VarNull;' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + ' myAttachments := VarNull;' + #13;
myItem.Body := myItem.Body + 'end;' + #13;
// Now let's attach the files...
myAttachments := myItem.Attachments;
myAttachments.Add('C:\blah.txt', olByValue, 1, 'Blah.txt Attachment');
myItem.Send
myOlApp := VarNull;
myItem := VarNull;
myRecipient := VarNull;
myAttachments := VarNull;
end;
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