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Create an email form

Hi,

Im trying to create an email form in my cutsomer contacts database. The form includes a [To] field, a [message] field and a group of tick boxes which will allow the user to select PDF files to attach to the email. I have a few question regarding this:

1) Does the form need to be linked to a table? I don't really need to save the emails especially if i use outlook to send the email as they will be stored there in the sent folder.

2)My [Message] field on the form is a text box set to rich text format, however, how do i enable the return key so that it doesn't move to the next field but adds a carriage return instead?

3)This is the main one - how would i email from this form? I have used email in access before, but mainly for inhouse emails/notifications. how would i attach the checked PDF files to the email?

I know this is a lot to ask, and i'm not sure if it can be done at all. I hope someone can point me in the right direction and i look forward to hearing from you.

Tom

Jeffrey Coachman

d10u4v,

I can get this to work for Outlook 2003,

But the object model for Outlook changed in 2007.

I will try to test this at work tomorrow with Outlook 2007

JeffCoachman

d10u4v

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HI,

I have been working on this myself and have been able to put together this code which works fine for check boxes on the form, but i am considering moving over to a list box which will be populated from a table which will store the full path and a description of the PDF file. I'm unsure as to how to add the selected item from the list box to the .Attachements.Add of the code...

Private Sub cmdSend_email_Click()
 
        Dim mess_body As String
        Dim appOutLook As Outlook.Application
        Dim MailOutLook As Outlook.MailItem
        Set appOutLook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
        Set MailOutLook = appOutLook.CreateItem(olMailItem)
            
            Set appOutLook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
            Set MailOutLook = appOutLook.CreateItem(olMailItem)
            With MailOutLook
            .BodyFormat = olFormatRichText
            .to = Me.email_address
            .Subject = Me.mess_subject
            .HTMLBody = Me.mess_text
            Dim ctrl As Control
For Each ctrl In Me.Controls
 If TypeOf ctrl Is CheckBox Then
        If ctrl.Value = -1 Then
               .Attachments.Add (ctrl.Tag)
        End If
 End If
Next
 
            '.DeleteAfterSubmit = True   'This would let Outlook send th note without storing it in your sent bin
            .Send
            End With
            'MsgBox MailOutLook.Body
            Exit Sub
email_error:
            MsgBox "An error was encountered." & vbCrLf & "The error message is: " & Err.Description
            Resume Error_out
Error_out:
End Sub

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