Difference between revisions of "Sending emails with attachments"
From HashVB
m (Used double doublequote (stops the page being too wide)) |
m (Reverted edit of Jessica, changed back to last version by Dee) |
| (4 intermediate revisions by 3 users not shown) | |
(No difference)
| |
Latest revision as of 09:09, 6 August 2010
| This article is based on Visual Basic.NET. Find other Visual Basic.NET articles. |
First a function to emulate ShellExecute:
Private Function SendEmail(ByVal MailtoSyntax As String) As Boolean Dim myProcess As New Process myProcess.StartInfo.FileName = MailtoSyntax myProcess.StartInfo.UseShellExecute = True myProcess.StartInfo.RedirectStandardOutput = False myProcess.Start() myProcess.Dispose() End Function
The mailto: syntax is handled by windows to use the default mail client. You can use the following code to build the email string and "execute" it:
Dim mailto As New System.Text.StringBuilder
mailto.Append("mailto:teste@gmail.com")
mailto.Append("&cc=testcc@testcc.com,testcc1@testcc.com")
mailto.Append("&bcc=testcc@testbcc.com,testcc1@testbcc.com")
mailto.Append("&subject=test subject")
mailto.Append("&body=Look to attachment")
mailto.Append("&Attach=""""c:\teste.html""""")
SendEmail(mailto.ToString)
Please note that the file must exist and that some file extensions (.zip, .rar, and .exe) are blocked by default (e.g. Outlook 2003). You must change Email client security to allows specific extensions.
