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Automating access into email body

I have a button on a form that when clicked uses an access report to create a html file and pastes it into a draft email body. Works great.

The issue I am trying to resolve is when the report is copied from access to the html file it is not staying formatted.

Attached is my button click code. I have been playing with this and not sure whether I need to change something in my code or the report or html file.

Private Sub Cmd_EmailPoss_Click()

Dim db As Database
Dim rs As Recordset
Dim ClientEmail As String
Dim DisplayMsg As Boolean
Dim AttachmentPath As String
Dim objOutlook As Outlook.Application
Dim objOutlookMsg As Outlook.MailItem
Dim objOutlookRecip As Outlook.Recipient
Dim objOutlookAttach As Outlook.Attachment
Dim objOutlookExplorers As Outlook.Explorers
Dim myarray() As String
Dim myaddresses() As String
Dim x As Integer
Dim fs As Object
Dim BuiltPath As String
Dim response As Integer
Dim WasOpen As Boolean
Dim strWhere As String
Dim FormatValue As String
Dim stdocname As String

'This gets the current record

    If Me.Dirty Then    'Save any edits.
        Me.Dirty = False
    End If

    If Me.NewRecord Then 'Check there is a record to print
        MsgBox "Select a record to print"
    Else
        strWhere = "[ID] = " & Me.[ID]
        DoCmd.OpenReport "Rpt_POSS_Email_Letter", acViewPreview, , strWhere
    End If
    
'This exports the letter to HTML

FormatValue = acFormatHTML
stdocname = "Rpt_POSS_Email_Letter"

DoCmd.OutputTo acOutputReport, stdocname, FormatValue, "c:\temp\RptEmail.Html", True


'This creates the email

DisplayMsg = True
AttachmentPath = "c:\Temp\RptEmail.Html"
MsgBox "The email is about to be created!"

Set objOutlook = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")
'MsgBox Err.Number & " " & Err.Description
If Err.Number = 429 Then 'Outlook was already open
    Err.Clear
    WasOpen = False
    ' Create the Outlook session.
    Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    
Else
    WasOpen = True
End If
    Dim ns As Outlook.Namespace
    Dim Folder As Outlook.MAPIFolder
    Set ns = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
    Set Folder = ns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
    Set objOutlookExplorers = objOutlook.Explorers
    
If WasOpen = False Then
    objOutlook.Explorers.Add Folder
    Folder.Display
    'done opening
End If
   
   Set objOutlookMsg = objOutlook.CreateItem(olMailItem)
With objOutlookMsg
    If Me.[Txt_EMAIL] Like "*@*" Then
        ClientEmail = Me.[Txt_EMAIL]
    Else
        ClientEmail = ""
        End If
       
'My [Client Email] field is memo, and multiple emails separated by semi-colons are stored in it
 
    If Nz(ClientEmail, "") <> "" Then
    ' Add the To recipient(s) to the message.
    myaddresses = Split(ClientEmail, ";")
   For x = LBound(myaddresses) To UBound(myaddresses)
    Set objOutlookRecip = .Recipients.Add(myaddresses(x))
    objOutlookRecip.Type = olTo
    Next x
    End If
  
'added all the recipients with the above loop
    
   
    'can't do this, the mail never gets sent
    'Add the from recipient(s) to the message.
    Set objOutlookRecip = .Recipients.Add("me@mydomain.com")
    objOutlookRecip.Type = olOriginator
    
    ' Add the CC recipient(s) to the message.
    Set objOutlookRecip = .Recipients.Add("FIU.Mailbox@LPL.com")
    objOutlookRecip.Type = olCC

     
   ' Set the Subject, Body, and Importance of the message.
         .Subject = Me.FIRST_NAME + " " + Me.LAST_NAME
                       
'to paste a document's contents in you need HTML formatted email messages
        'to paste a document's contents in you need HTML formatted email messages
        .BodyFormat = olFormatHTML
        Dim ts As Object
        Set fs = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
        Set ts = fs.GetFile("c:\Temp\RptEmail.Html").OpenAsTextStream(1, -2)
          .BodyFormat = olFormatHTML
          .HTMLBody = .HTMLBody & ts.ReadAll
                 
   ' Save the message for review before sending?
   .Save
   
Set objOutlook = Nothing

End With
End Sub

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Any help is appreciated.

Kelly

Jim Dettman (EE MVE)

<<The issue I am trying to resolve is when the report is copied from access to the html file it is not staying formatted.>>

Your going to have verying degrees of sucess in saving a report to an HTML file. If you need exact output, you need to use PDF or the Access snapshot format.

JimD.

omgang

Not to take away from JDettman's comment but if you must have the output in html you can construct the page using a VBA routine and the recordsource for the report. I've done this to construct specifically formatted web pages from Access.
OM Gang

kmoyer9717

ASKER

Thanks for responding.

Ok so what I did so far is saved my report as a .PDF, Changed my output code file name from html to pdf and the attachment path to the .pdf file.

I am not sure what else I am needing to copy the .pdf to my email but I am getting an error when outputting the file to PDF.

"runtime error 2282 the format in which you are attempting to output the current
object is not available. "

I think I may need a little more guidance here.

omgang

What version of Access? Access 2007 and later had pdf format native. Earlier versions did not and require additional steps.
OM Gang

kmoyer9717

ASKER

Hi omgang

I don't have to use html. Just whatever gives me the end result. I am very close. Just not quite there.

The report was created to get rid of a word mail merge and autmate the copy paste into the body of an email.

Can you give me a lttle more info on "construct the page using a VBA routine and the recordsource for the report. I've done this to construct specifically formatted web pages from Access."?

All,
I appreciate the help.

kmoyer9717

ASKER

2007

Jim Dettman (EE MVE)

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You would not copy it into the body, but send the file as an attachment.

JimD.

Jim Dettman (EE MVE)

BTW, it would be:

.Attachments.Add (<file path here>)

JimD.

kmoyer9717

ASKER

I dont want the file as an attachment. I want to keep it as the body of the email.

My original code actually pastes the html file directly into the body of the email. This part is working perfectly except I lose a little formatting.

My issue is how can I keep my formatting? It seems to happen while saving the output file to HTML. I am ok to use another format to paste into the email if I must but not Ok to use attachments. I am thinking that I have to keep it in HTML but not sure what I need to modify. (report, email, vba code on button click etc.)

Jim Dettman (EE MVE)

<<My issue is how can I keep my formatting? It seems to happen while saving the output file to HTML. I am ok to use another format to paste into the email if I must but not Ok to use attachments.>>

Sorry, don't have anything else to offer. As OM Gang said, to avoid the formatting issues, you'd need to write code to generate the html required. That's not going to be a trival task depending on what the page looks like. For an idea of what that might look like, see the attached code.

Other then that, it's an attachment...

JimD.

230               strMailMessage = "<!DOCTYPE HTML PUBLIC " & Chr(34) & "-//W3C//DTD HTML 4.0 Transitional//EN" & Chr(34) & ">" & vbCrLf
240               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & "<HTML><HEAD>" & vbCrLf
250               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & "<META http-equiv=Content-Type content=" & Chr(34) & "text/html; charset=iso-8859-1" & Chr(34) & ">" & vbCrLf
260               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & "<META content=" & Chr(34) & "MSHTML 6.00.2800.1126" & Chr(34) & " name=GENERATOR></HEAD>" & vbCrLf
270               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & "<BODY>" & vbCrLf
280               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & "<HR>" & vbCrLf
290               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & "945's for the following orders are overdue: " & vbCrLf
300               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & "<UL><PRE>" & vbCrLf
310               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & strOrderList
320               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & "</UL></PRE>" & vbCrLf
330               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & "<HR>" & vbCrLf
340               strMailMessage = strMailMessage & "</BODY></HTML>" & vbCrLf

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omgang

Here's a routine I used to create an html web page listing particular items in inventory. It should give you the basic idea. I did this years ago and used in-line styles for everything. Since we're creating the page from scratch there's nothing to prevent us from adding styles in the head section. When I first did this, I started with an html page that was formatted exactly the way I wanted and then built the VBA routine to construct the page exactly that way.
OM Gang

Public Function Files_html()
'this function generates an html web page for Files, Lateral
'& Vertical (Files.html)

Dim db As Database
Dim rs As Recordset
Dim strQT As String
Dim dtCurrent As Date

strQT = Chr$(34) 'sets variable to a single quotation mark (ie. " )
dtCurrent = Now() 'sets variable to current date and time

Set db = CurrentDb
Set rs = db.OpenRecordset("qryFiles") 'source query for data

'destination file for output
Open "c:\temp\Files.html" For Output As #1

'begin build of web page
Print #1, "<html>"
'header info. for page
Print #1, "<head>"
Print #1, "<meta http-equiv=" & strQT & "Content-Language" & strQT & " content=" & strQT & "en-us" & strQT & ">"
Print #1, "<meta http-equiv=" & strQT & "Content-Type" & strQT & " content=" & strQT & "text/html; charset=windows-1252" & strQT & ">"
Print #1, "<meta name=" & strQT & "keywords" & strQT & " content=" & strQT & "steelcase, hon, shaw walker, gf, general fireproofing, file, files," _
& " filing, filing cabinet, file cabinet, lateral file, vertical file" & strQT & ">"
Print #1, "<title>File Cabinets, Lateral & Vertical - Available Inventory</title>"
Print #1, "</head>"

Print #1, "<body>"

'page header and also date/time stamp
Print #1, Tab(1); "Available Inventory:  Files, Lateral & Vertical"
Print #1, Tab(1); "F.O.B. Atlanta, Georgia"
Print #1, Tab(1); "Updated: " & dtCurrent & " PST"
Print #1, Tab(2); "<table border=" & strQT & "1" & strQT & " width=" & strQT & "860" & strQT & " bordercolor=" & strQT & "#FFFFFF" & strQT & ">"
Print #1, Tab(3); "<tr>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT; "430" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "20" & strQT & "> </td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT; "430" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "20" & strQT & "><a href=" & strQT & "download.php?filename=files.xls" & strQT _
& ">Excel Spreadsheet</a></td>"
Print #1, Tab(3); "</tr>"
Print #1, Tab(2); "</table>"
'Print #1, Tab(1); "<a href=" & strQT & "download.php?filename=scavenir.xls" & strQT & ">Excel Spreadsheet</a>"
Print #1, Tab(1); " "

'define table for query output
Print #1, Tab(2); "<table border=" & strQT & "1" & strQT & " width=" & strQT & "840" & strQT & " bordercolor=" & strQT & "#FFFFFF" & strQT & ">"

'first row; column heads
Print #1, Tab(3); "<tr>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "50" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">Qty</td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "100" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">Model</td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "300" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">Description</td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "75" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">Color</td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "75" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">Color</td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "90" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & "></td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "150" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">Category</td>"
Print #1, Tab(3); "</tr>"

'this loop creates a new row in the table for each record in the query
rs.MoveFirst
Do Until rs.EOF
Print #1, Tab(3); "<tr>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "50" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">" & rs![Qty] & "</td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "100" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">" & rs![Model] & "</td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "300" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">" & rs![Description] & "</td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "75" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">" & rs![Color_1] & "</td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "75" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">" & rs![Color_2] & "</td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "90" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & "></td>"
Print #1, Tab(4); "<td width=" & strQT & "150" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "15" & strQT & ">" & rs![Category] & "</td>"
Print #1, Tab(3); "</tr>"
rs.MoveNext
Loop

Print #1, Tab(2); "</table>" 'table close tag

'inserts logo image at bottom of web page
Print #1, "<a href=" & strQT & strHyperlink & strQT & "><img border=" & strQT & "0" & strQT & " src=" & strQT & strImageFile & strQT & " width=" & strQT & "287" & strQT & " height=" & strQT & "52" & strQT & "></a>"

Print #1, "</body>" 'close tags
Print #1, "</html>"

Close #1 'close destination file

'clear object variables
rs.Close
Set rs = Nothing
Set db = Nothing

End Function

Helen Feddema

Constructing HTML email messages in code is very complicated and time-consuming. Here is an example:

Public Sub CreateEmails()
'Created by Helen Feddema 31-Jan-2010
'Last modified by Helen Feddema 7-Feb-2010

On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

   Dim appOutlook As New Outlook.Application
   Dim dtePickup As Date
   Dim dteSold As Date
   Dim msg As Outlook.MailItem
   Dim rstAll As DAO.Recordset
   Dim rstSingle As DAO.Recordset
   Dim strBody As String
   Dim strCompany As String
   Dim strEMail As String
   Dim strFCFNumber As String
   Dim strGrade1 As String
   Dim strGrade2 As String
   Dim strHeader As String
   Dim strHTMLBody As String
   Dim strLine1 As String
   Dim strLine2 As String
   Dim strNotes As String
   Dim strQueryAll As String
   Dim strQuerySingle As String
   Dim strSignature As String
   Dim strSubject As String
   
   Set dbs = CurrentDb
   strQueryAll = "qrySendEmails"
   Set rstAll = dbs.OpenRecordset(strQueryAll)
   strQuerySingle = "qryTempEmail"
   strSignature = "</table><br><br><font face='Book Antiqua', size=5>" _
      & "<align='left'><u>John Doe</u></font><br>" _
      & "<font face='Arial', size=3><br>" _
      & "VP of Sales and Marketing<br>" _
      & "JD Inc.<br>" _
      & "Ph: 555-112-9601<br>" _
      & "Fx: 555-112-9422<br>"
   Debug.Print "Signature: "; strSignature
   
   Do While Not rstAll.EOF
      'Create filtered recordset for this customer
      lngSupplierID = Nz(rstAll![CustomerID])
      
      If lngSupplierID <> 0 Then
         strSQL = "SELECT * FROM " & strQueryAll & " WHERE " _
            & "[CustomerID] = " & lngSupplierID & ";"
      End If
   
      Debug.Print "SQL for " & strQuerySingle & ": " & strSQL
      lngCount = CreateAndTestQuery(strQuerySingle, strSQL)
      Debug.Print "No. of items found: " & lngCount
      If lngCount = 0 Then
         strPrompt = "No records found; canceling"
         strTitle = "Canceling"
         MsgBox strPrompt, vbOKOnly + vbCritical, strTitle
         GoTo ErrorHandlerExit
      Else
         'Create email for this customer
         strHTMLBody = ""
         strHeader = "<font face='Arial', size=3>" _
            & "Please schedule the following: <br><br>" _
            & "<table width='791' border='1'>" _
            & "   <tr>" _
            & "      <td width='283'height='26' nowrap valign='bottom'" _
            & "align='left'><font face='Arial', size=3><strong>Grade</strong></font></td>" _
            & "      <td width='127' height='26'nowrap valign='bottom'" _
            & "align='left'><font face='Arial', size=3><strong>FCF Pickup #</strong></font>" _
            & "      <td width='144'height='26' nowrap valign='bottom'" _
            & "align='left'><font face='Arial', size=3><strong>Pickup Date</strong></font></td>" _
            & "      <td width='237'height='26' nowrap valign='bottom'" _
            & "align='left'><font face='Arial', size=3><strong>Notes</strong></font></td>" _
            & "   </tr>"

         Set rstSingle = dbs.OpenRecordset(strQuerySingle)
         strEMail = Nz(rstSingle![EmailAddress])
         strCompany = Nz(rstSingle![strCompany])
         strSubject = "Loads for " & strCompany
         
         'Create email for this customer
         Set msg = appOutlook.CreateItem(olMailItem)
         msg.To = strEMail
         msg.Subject = strSubject
         msg.BodyFormat = olFormatHTML
         
         'Process loads per customer
         Debug.Print "Processing load(s) for " & strCompany
         strBody = ""
         
         Do While Not rstSingle.EOF
            strLine1 = ""
            strLine2 = ""
            strGrade1 = ""
            strGrade2 = ""
            strSlipNo = Nz(rstSingle![SlipNo])
            dteSold = Nz(rstSingle![DateSold])
            dtePickup = Nz(rstSingle![ScheduledPickup])
            strFCFNumber = Nz(rstSingle![FCFNumber])
            strGrade1 = Nz(rstSingle![Grade1])
            Debug.Print "Grade 1: " & strGrade1
            strGrade2 = Nz(rstSingle![Grade2])
            Debug.Print "Grade 2: " & strGrade2
            strNotes = Nz(rstSingle![Notes])
            
            'Create line of body text
            strLine1 = "<font face='Arial', size=3" _
               & "   <tr>" _
               & "      <td width='283'valign='bottom' align='left'>" & strGrade1 & "</td>" _
               & "      <td width='127' valign='bottom' align='left'>" & strFCFNumber _
               & "      <td width='144'valign='bottom' align='left'>" _
               & Format(dtePickup, "m/d/yyyy") & "</td>" _
               & "      <td width='237'valign='bottom' align='left'>" & strNotes & "</td>" _
               & "   </tr></font>"
            Debug.Print "Line 1: " & strLine1
            
            If strGrade2 <> "" Then
               strLine2 = "<font face='Arial', size=3>" _
                  & "   <tr>" _
                  & "      <td width='283'valign='bottom' align='left'>" & strGrade2 & "</td>" _
                  & "      <td width='127' valign='bottom' align='left'>" & strFJDNumber _
                  & "      <td width='144'valign='bottom' align='left'>" _
                  & Format(dtePickup, "m/d/yyyy") & "</td>" _
                  & "      <td width='237'valign='bottom' align='left'>" _
                  & strNotes & "</font></td>" _
                  & "   </tr>"
            End If
            Debug.Print "Line 2: " & strLine2
         
            strHTMLBody = strHTMLBody & strLine1 & strLine2
            rstSingle.MoveNext
         Loop
         
         strHTMLBody = strHeader & strHTMLBody & strSignature
         Debug.Print "Message HTML body: " & strHTMLBody
         
         msg.HTMLBody = strHTMLBody
         msg.Display
         
      End If
      rstAll.MoveNext
   Loop
   
ErrorHandlerExit:
   Exit Sub

ErrorHandler:
   MsgBox "Error No: " & Err.Number _
      & " in CreateEmails procedure; " _
      & "Description: " & Err.Description
   Resume ErrorHandlerExit

End Sub

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Helen Feddema

Instead, I like to save the reports as PDF files and attach them. This is much easier. Here is an example of that technique:

Public Sub SendInterventionEmails()
'Created by Helen Feddema 10-Jan-2010
'Last modified by Helen Feddema 10-Jan-2010

On Error GoTo ErrorHandler

   Dim appOutlook As New Outlook.Application
   Dim itm As Outlook.MailItem
   Dim rstIntervention As DAO.Recordset
   Dim lngCount As Long
   Dim lngID As Long
   Dim rpt As Access.Report
   Dim strFileName As String
   Dim strPrompt As String
   Dim strQuery As String
   Dim strRecordSource As String
   Dim strReport As String
   Dim strSQL As String
   Dim strTitle As String
   Dim strCurrentPath As String
   Dim strFileNameAndPath As String
   Dim strEmailSource As String
   
   strEmailSource = "qryInterventionEmail"
   strRecordSource = "qryMissingAssignments"
   strQuery = "qryMissingAssignmentsSingleStudent"
   Set dbs = CurrentDb
   Set rstIntervention = dbs.OpenRecordset(strEmailSource)
   strCurrentPath = Application.CurrentProject.Path & "\"
   
   'Use path selected with SelectFolder procedure
   'strCurrentPath = SelectFolder()

   With rstIntervention
      Do While Not .EOF
         lngID = ![StID]
         Debug.Print "Processing Student ID " & lngID
         strFileName = "Intervention Report for " & ![StFirst] _
            & " " & ![StLast] & ".pdf"
         strFileNameAndPath = strCurrentPath & strFileName
         
         'Create filtered query
         strSQL = "SELECT * FROM " & strRecordSource & " WHERE " _
            & "[StID] = " & Chr(39) & lngID & Chr(39) & ";"
         Debug.Print "SQL for " & strQuery & ": " & strSQL
         lngCount = CreateAndTestQuery(strQuery, strSQL)
         Debug.Print "No. of items found: " & lngCount
         If lngCount = 0 Then
            GoTo NextStudent
         End If
      
         'Open report with filtered query record source
         strReport = "rptMissingAssignmentsNew"
         DoCmd.OpenReport ReportName:=strReport, _
            View:=acViewPreview, _
            windowmode:=acWindowNormal
         Set rpt = Reports(strReport)
         DoCmd.OutputTo objecttype:=acOutputReport, _
            objectname:=strReport, _
            outputformat:=acFormatPDF, _
            outputfile:=strFileNameAndPath
         
         'Create email
         Set itm = appOutlook.CreateItem(olMailItem)
         itm.Subject = "MISSING WORK"
         itm.Body = "The attached file lists your missing assignments"
         itm.To = ![Email]
         itm.Attachments.Add Source:=strFileNameAndPath, _
            Type:=olByValue
         
         'For editing before sending
         itm.Display
         
         'For sending automatically
         'itm.Send
         DoCmd.Close objecttype:=acReport, _
            objectname:=strReport, _
            Save:=acSaveNo

NextStudent:
         .MoveNext
      Loop
   End With
   
ErrorHandlerExit:
   Exit Sub

ErrorHandler:
   MsgBox "Error No: " & Err.Number _
      & " in SendInterventionEmails procedure; " _
      & "Description: " & Err.Description
   Resume ErrorHandlerExit

End Sub

Public Function CreateAndTestQuery(strTestQuery As String, _
   strTestSQL As String) As Long
'Created by Helen Feddema 28-Jul-2002
'Last modified by Helen Feddema 10-Jan-2010

On Error Resume Next
   
   'Delete old query
   Set dbs = CurrentDb
   dbs.QueryDefs.Delete strTestQuery

On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
   
   'Create new query
   Set qdf = dbs.CreateQueryDef(strTestQuery, strTestSQL)
   
   'Test whether there are any records
   Set rst = dbs.OpenRecordset(strTestQuery)
   With rst
      .MoveFirst
      .MoveLast
      CreateAndTestQuery = .RecordCount
   End With
   
ErrorHandlerExit:
   Exit Function

ErrorHandler:
   If Err.Number = 3021 Then
      CreateAndTestQuery = 0
      Resume ErrorHandlerExit
   Else
   MsgBox "Error No: " & Err.Number _
      & " in CreateAndTestQuery procedure; " _
      & "Description: " & Err.Description
   End If
   
End Function

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kmoyer9717

ASKER

Hi Helen,

Thanks for the input.

Unfortunetely I cannot do this as an attachment. It has to be in the email body.

I recieved some information from a friend as he creates an outlook template and uses vba from access to populate the merge fields. I however am not sure not sure how to get the merge fields to populate. I created the template. Now my brain is failing me.

If you have some input that would be awesome otherwise once I figure this out I will post my end result.

Kelly

kmoyer9717

ASKER

Ok I am posting my code thus far and asking for some help if I can. I have changed this quite a bit after tons of research. I have created an outlook template.This works perfectly except I cannot get the reference fields in my outlook template to populate with my form data.

The code gets the template, adds the to email, cc email, and subject and then saves the template into the draft folder.

Any help here is appreciated.

Kelly

Private Sub Cmd_EmailPoss_Click()
Dim strTo As Variant
Dim TemplateLocation As String
Dim strCC As Variant
Dim strBCC As Variant
Dim strMessageBody As String
Dim AppOutLook As Outlook.Application
Dim OutLookTemp As Outlook.MailItem
        On Error Resume Next
    ' check to see if outlook is open
    Set AppOutLook = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")
        
        On Error GoTo error_handler
    ' if outlook is not open create a new instance
    If AppOutLook Is Nothing Then
        Set AppOutLook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    End If
          
MsgBox "The email is about to be created!"
    ' Create email
        Set OutLookTemp = AppOutLook.CreateItemFromTemplate("C:\Temp\POSS Mail Merge.oft")
        
            With OutLookTemp
                .To = Me.EMAIL
                .CC = "FIU.Mailbox@LPL.com"
                ' Set the Subject, Body, and Importance of the message.
                 .Subject = Me.FIRST_NAME + " " + Me.LAST_NAME
                .HTMLBody = Replace(.HTMLBody, "<Account_Number>", Me.ACCOUNT_NUM)
                .HTMLBody = Replace(.HTMLBody, "<Client_Name>   ", Me.FIRST_NAME + " " + Me.LAST_NAME)
                .HTMLBody = Replace(.HTMLBody, "<REPNAME>", Me.REPNAME)
                .HTMLBody = Replace(.HTMLBody, "<Text>", Me.TEXT)
                
                .Save
            End With

        
SendEmailTemplate = True

error_handler:
              
        SendEmailTemplate = False
        
End Sub

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Jim Dettman (EE MVE)

Kelley,

<< .HTMLBody = Replace(.HTMLBody, "<Account_Number>", Me.ACCOUNT_NUM)>>

What happens when this line gets executed?

If you put a stop there, does .HTMLBody contain a string with <Account_Number> in it? In other words can you do:

Debug.? Instr(.HTMLBody,"<Account_Number>") and get something other then 0?

can you also do:

Debug.? Me.Account_NUM and get the correct value?

JimD.

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Helen Feddema

I don't see any custom properties in your code -- if that is the case, you may not need to create an item from a template. But possibly the template has a different layout, even though it may not have custom properties.

Jim Dettman (EE MVE)

<<Thanks for all the input. I however solved my own issue with lots of research.>>

Make sure you accept your own last comment as asnwer.

JimD.

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I am not sure what you are meaning by custom properties. Let me know so that I understand in case there is something missing.

It was very easy to create the email template which holds the email letter and all of the html formatting.

The one problem that I am trying to resolve now is the null values in my form. For instance if there is not an email address, client name, repname ect it does not create the email. Other than this issue the above is a very simple solution and works perfectly.

Once I resolve the null values issue for the replace template value with form value I will post my end result code so someone else can benefit from this.

Kelly

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Here is the end result resolving the null values, This works perfectly.

First create an outlook template.

Private Sub Cmd_EmailPoss_Click()
Dim strTo As Variant
Dim TemplateLocation As String
Dim strCC As Variant
Dim strMessageBody As String
Dim AppOutLook As Outlook.Application
Dim OutLookTemp As Outlook.MailItem
        On Error Resume Next
    ' check to see if outlook is open
    Set AppOutLook = GetObject(, "Outlook.Application")
        
        On Error GoTo error_handler
    ' if outlook is not open create a new instance
    If AppOutLook Is Nothing Then
        Set AppOutLook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    End If
          
MsgBox "The email is about to be created!"
    ' Create email
        Set OutLookTemp = AppOutLook.CreateItemFromTemplate("C:\Temp\POSS Mail Merge.oft")
        
            With OutLookTemp
            .To = Nz(Me.EMAIL, "")
                .CC = "FIU.Mailbox@LPL.com"
                ' Set the Subject, Body, and Importance of the message.
                 .Subject = Nz(Me.FIRST_NAME + " " + Me.LAST_NAME, Me.FIRST_NAME)
                .HTMLBody = Replace(.HTMLBody, "Account_Number", Nz(Me.ACCOUNT_NUM, ""))
                .HTMLBody = Replace(.HTMLBody, "Client_Name", Nz(Me.FIRST_NAME + " " + Me.LAST_NAME, Me.FIRST_NAME))
                .HTMLBody = Replace(.HTMLBody, "REPNAME", Nz(Me.REPNAME, ""))
                .HTMLBody = Replace(.HTMLBody, "Text", Nz(Me.TEXT, ""))
                
                .Save
            End With

        
SendEmailTemplate = True

error_handler:
              
        SendEmailTemplate = False
        
End Sub

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Hope everyone has a great day.

Kelly

Jim Dettman (EE MVE)

Kelly,

Watch out for this:

Nz(Me.FIRST_NAME + " " + Me.LAST_NAME, Me.FIRST_NAME))

Your using the + operator on a string. While it will work, unlike the concatenation operator for strings, it will propogate nulls. In other words this:

Debug.? "Jim" & NULL

will give you "Jim", but this:

Debug.? "Jim" + NULL

will result in null. Might not make a difference here with first/last name, but it's something you should be aware of.

JimD.

kmoyer9717

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Thanks Jim This works perfectly for the Nulls.

Hope your day is great.