Question

CDONTS email does not work

Asked by: Platini

I have a CDONTS email with attachment that is being uploaded first to the server location and then sent as an attachment. For some reason the attachment is being uploaded but the file is not being attached and send as an email. Could anyone find any problems with this code?

' Send Attachment				
Dim objMessage
 
Set objMessage = Server.CreateObject("CDONTS.Newmail")
 
With objMessage
' Set message attributes
.To       = "test@test.com"
.From     = "test@test.com"
.BCC	  = toStr
.Subject  = "IRAP Connection Newsletter"
.MailFormat = 0	'0=Mime format, 1=default plain text format
.BodyFormat = 0	'0=HTML format, 1=default plain text format
.Body = body'					
.TextBody = Uploader.form("MailBody") 
 
' Attachment using known static physical path
'.AddAttachment "c:\somepath\somefile.txt"
' Attachment using mappath to find the physical path
.AttachFile Server.MapPath("/NewsLetters/" & FileName & "")
' Attachment added directly from a URL
'.AddAttachment "http://www.asp101.com/samples/images/asp101-100x30.gif"
	
.Send
End With
 
Set objMessage = Nothing
if err.number <> 0 then
response.write "Error occured.  Newsletter are not being sent.  Please contact the webmaster.<br>"
response.write "Error: " & err.number & " - " & err.description
else
response.write "Thank you.  The Quarterly News Letter has been sent.<p><a href='webadmin.asp'>Back to Web Admin page</a>"
				end if				
			Else
				response.write "No Newsletter attached.  Messages are not being sent."
			End If
 
																						
oConn.close
set rs = nothing
set oConn = nothing
 
 
 
%>
                                  
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2008-01-03 at 08:31:33ID23055924
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5 - Invalid procedure call or argument

Topic

Active Server Pages (ASP)

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Answers

 

by: jrramPosted on 2008-01-03 at 09:15:03ID: 20574506

Couple of questions:

(1) Do you know which of these two lines is causing the issue:

.AttachFile Server.MapPath("/NewsLetters/" & FileName & "")

AddAttachment "http://www.asp101.com/samples/images/asp101-100x30.gif"

(2) I didn't see where 'Filename' was set in your code before it was called.  I assumed it its there but you just didn't include it w/ your sample.

(3) If you specified the filename w/o the server.map path does it work?

.AttachFile "C:\directory\Newsletters\file.doc"

 

by: PlatiniPosted on 2008-01-03 at 10:24:59ID: 20575145

It must be
.AttachFile Server.MapPath("/NewsLetters/" & FileName & "") as

this one is commented out
AddAttachment "http://www.asp101.com/samples/images/asp101-100x30.gif"

No it did not work

 

by: hieloPosted on 2008-01-03 at 11:17:07ID: 20575579

Use the code below.
NOTE:
1. The CDONTs is now deprecated.
2. "...if you create a Html formatted email, an alternative text/plain part will automatically be created."
http://www.systemwebmail.com/faq/3.7.aspx

Set objMessage=CreateObject("CDO.Message")
myMail.Subject="Sending email with CDO"
myMail.From="mymail@mydomain.com"
myMail.To="someone@somedomain.com"
myMail.HTMLBody=body
myMail.AddAttachment Server.MapPath("/NewsLetters/" & FileName & "")
myMail.Send
set myMail=nothing

 

by: PlatiniPosted on 2008-01-04 at 03:10:51ID: 20581073

I get "page cannot be displayed" error now

 

by: hieloPosted on 2008-01-04 at 07:07:04ID: 20582719

I need more details. Open the page throgh Firefox and then report whatever errors you may get. Sometimes IE hides the details. Typically you would get a reason for the error. Basically I need to know the error code(404 or 500, etc)
the error description
the operating system
webserver name and version

 

by: b0lsc0ttPosted on 2008-01-07 at 19:51:09ID: 20605837

If you have a line in the ASP script that is "On Error Resume Next" then comment it out or remove it.  Hopefully between this and Hielo's last suggestion it will provide a useful error.

What operating system is your web server?  What version of IIS?  If it is older then you may have to stick with CDONTS; it has been deprecated but that doesn't mean old servers can use CDO yet. ;)  Hopefully you are on a newer server though.

bol

 

by: PlatiniPosted on 2008-01-18 at 13:47:28ID: 20694509

I think I found the problem. It seems that there has been recent upgrade and the server was moved to windows 2003. CDONTS is not supported on 2003, right? and if so what would I need to do to make it work on 2003?

thank you

 

by: b0lsc0ttPosted on 2008-01-18 at 14:16:52ID: 20694714

CDONTS is not supported on the newer server.  You need to use CDO instead.  Hielo provide an example of using it in http:#20575579 .  You can probably just change a few lines in your code to make the change.  Let us know if you have a question or need more info to adapt it.

bol

 

by: hieloPosted on 2008-01-18 at 21:44:02ID: 20696333

CDONTS is not supported on 2003, right?
Correct. Windows 2003 comes equipped with CDOSYS, whose Object constructor is:
CreateObject("CDO.Message")

The example I provided above (http:#20575579) should work if the server is configured properly and you supply the appropriate field information.

 

by: PlatiniPosted on 2008-01-22 at 07:36:06ID: 20715125

I tried using his code but it does not work. I am able to uplad the file to the server but I cannot attach it and send it through email. I think the problem is with this line

myMail.AddAttachment Server.MapPath("/NewsLetters/" & FileName & "")

Could someone tell me if this is proper CDO syntax?

 

by: b0lsc0ttPosted on 2008-01-22 at 08:38:26ID: 20715764

That is the correct syntax.  What if you leave off the attachment?  Does the email go through?

If so then the problem is the path.  Response.Write that part so you can see what the script is producing and compare it to what you need.  Let us know if you have a question.

If it doesn't work without the attachment then there is some other problem.  What error do you get?  Make sure you comment out or remove any lines with "On Error Resume Next."  Also if using IE then make sure you aren't using friendly http error messages (Tools -> Internet Options -> Advanced tab).  Let me know if you have a question about either of these.

Let us know how this works or if you have a question.

bol

 

by: hieloPosted on 2008-01-23 at 14:50:17ID: 20728775

>>Could someone tell me if this is proper CDO syntax?
Yes, the syntax is correct. But the problem you may be dealing with is that you may not be specifying the correct path to the file you want to attach. How do you determine the correct path?
1. Type the full path to your file as if you were going to download it via the browser. Ex:
http://www.yoursite.com/Test/Newsleter/file1.txt

2. Remove the domain part but leave the starting slash. Ex:
/Test/Newsleter/file1.txt

3 From the result on step 2, the corrected code to use would be:
myMail.AddAttachment Server.MapPath("/Test/NewsLetter/" & FileName )

where Filename should contain "file1.txt"

Follow the procedure outlined for YOUR file's path and update your code accordingly.

 

by: PlatiniPosted on 2008-01-23 at 14:58:51ID: 20728843

I will try this and see if I get it to work. I did some tests and I was able to send email with no attachment. One thing that is really driving me crazy is the fact that the uplad part is working and the file is being upladed to the server. I'll post my results soon.

thanks everyone for help!

 

by: PlatiniPosted on 2008-01-31 at 07:41:20ID: 20787616

I figured it out! All of the suggestion from Hielo and b0lsc0tt were correct! and I really appriciate it. The problem was with the IIS server mime settings that prevented most of the formats. So updated code worked but because of the IIS settings files were not sent. Thank you for all the help (I will split the point between you two)

 

by: b0lsc0ttPosted on 2008-01-31 at 08:22:32ID: 20788065

Your welcome!  I'm glad I could help.  Thanks for the fun question, the grade and the points.

bol

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