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How do I make a button that opens a prepopulated Outlook email message?

I need a button on a standard worksheet I use that opens up an new email message with the recipient, subject line and body of the message prepopulated.

The subject line I need is-
Loan Inquiry Packet, Cust Code: (code pulled from cell S3 in the same sheet the button is on; name of the sheet is NEW Inquiry)

In the body of the message, I need-

Cust Name:
Attn:
Address1:
Address2:
City:
State:
Zip:

A hardcopy letter has been placed in your physical inbox, to be included with the packet.

Additional Comments:

Katie Pierce

If you right click the cell you want to use as the launching point, select "Hyperlink", then "E-mail Address" in the left menu. You can enter the email address and the subject line, as well as how the link appears in the spreadsheet. However, there is no way to enter the content of the body of the email, sadly.

Nick67

" However, there is no way to enter the content of the body of the email, sadly. "

Of course there's a way, don't be silly, but it is considerably more complex.
You have to code it.
Open Outlook
Create a message
Add the fields and properties

Like attached
Mail.xls

Hakan Yılmaz

You can use vba code.
If you make a list of individual mail items to send, you can make it automatically fill up the template and send mails to recipients in order.

Sub PopulateMail()
    Dim SheetName As String
    Dim OutApp As Object
    Dim OutMail As Object
    
    Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    Set OutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)

    SheetName = "NEW Inquiry"

    With OutMail
        .To = ""
        .CC = ""
        .BCC = ""
        .Subject = "Loan Inquiry Packet, Cust Code: " & ThisWorkbook.Worksheets(SheetName).Range("S3").Value
        .Body =  "Cust Name:" & vbNewLine & "Attn:" & vbNewLine & _
                 "Address1:" & vbNewLine & "Address2:" & vbNewLine & _
                 "City:" & vbNewLine & "State:" & vbNewLine & "Zip:" & vbNewLine & _
                 vbNewLine & "A hardcopy letter has been placed in your physical inbox, to be included with the packet." & vbNewLine & _
                 vbNewLine & "Additional Comments:"
        .Display
    End With
End Sub

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I didn't tested the code because i don't have Outlook now.
If it makes body message in single line, you may need to change all "vbNewLine" to "vbCrLf".

K_Deutsch

ASKER

Nick67, I like your solution and it's really close, but the body of the message only contains Additional Comments. I did some more inspecting of the code, and it seems that ONLY the last line of the .body section shows up in the email. There's nothing different or special about Additional Comments just that it's the last item of its kind in the code.

Nick67

Maybe I screwed up.
...
I did, I did screw up

.Body = Sheets(1).Range("E1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("E2") & vbCrLf
.Body = Sheets(1).Range("F1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("F2") & vbCrLf
.Body = Sheets(1).Range("G1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("G2") & vbCrLf
.Body = Sheets(1).Range("H1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("H2") & vbCrLf
.Body = Sheets(1).Range("I1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("I2") & vbCrLf
.Body = Sheets(1).Range("J1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("J2") & vbCrLf
.Body = Sheets(1).Range("K1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("K2") & vbCrLf
.Body = Sheets(1).Range("L1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("L2") & vbCrLf
.Body = Sheets(1).Range("M1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("M2") & vbCrLf

We'd like to concatenate the body together

.Body = Sheets(1).Range("E1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("E2") & vbCrLf
.Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("F1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("F2") & vbCrLf
.Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("G1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("G2") & vbCrLf
.Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("H1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("H2") & vbCrLf
.Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("I1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("I2") & vbCrLf
.Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("J1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("J2") & vbCrLf
.Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("K1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("K2") & vbCrLf
.Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("L1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("L2") & vbCrLf
.Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("M1") & " " & Sheets(1).Range("M2") & vbCrLf

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K_Deutsch

ASKER

Nailed it.

Nick67

Glad you liked it!
Final Code below.
Note the proper way to open Outlook, which only tolerates one instance at a time!

Nick67

Option Explicit
Public wasOpen As Boolean
Function StartApp(ByVal appName) As Object
On Error GoTo ErrorHandler
Dim oApp As Object

wasOpen = True
Set oApp = GetObject(, appName)    'Error here - Run-time error '429':
Set StartApp = oApp

Exit Function

ErrorHandler:
If Err.Number = 429 Then
    'App is not running; open app with CreateObject
    Set oApp = CreateObject(appName)
    wasOpen = False
    Resume Next
Else
    MsgBox Err.Number & " " & Err.Description
End If
End Function


Public Sub CreateAnEmail()
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 ns As Outlook.Namespace
Dim Folder As Outlook.MAPIFolder

Set objOutlook = StartApp("Outlook.Application")
Set ns = objOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set Folder = ns.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
Set objOutlookExplorers = objOutlook.Explorers

If wasOpen = False Then
    objOutlookExplorers.Add Folder
    Folder.Display
    'done opening
End If


' Create the message.
Set objOutlookMsg = objOutlook.CreateItem(olMailItem)

With objOutlookMsg

    ' Add the To recipient(s) to the message.
    Set objOutlookRecip = .Recipients.Add(Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 1))
    objOutlookRecip.Type = olTo
    
    ' Add the CC recipient(s) to the message.
    Set objOutlookRecip = .Recipients.Add(Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 2))
    objOutlookRecip.Type = olCC
    
    ' Add the BCC recipient(s) to the message.
    Set objOutlookRecip = .Recipients.Add(Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 3))
    objOutlookRecip.Type = olBCC
    
    'MsgBox ActiveCell.Row
    
    .Subject = Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 4).Value
    .Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("E1") & " " & Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 5) & vbCrLf
    .Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("F1") & " " & Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 6) & vbCrLf
    .Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("G1") & " " & Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 7) & vbCrLf
    .Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("H1") & " " & Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 7) & vbCrLf
    .Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("I1") & " " & Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 9) & vbCrLf
    .Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("J1") & " " & Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 10) & vbCrLf
    .Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("K1") & " " & Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 11) & vbCrLf
    .Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("L1") & " " & Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 12) & vbCrLf
    .Body = .Body & Sheets(1).Range("M1") & " " & Sheets(1).Cells(ActiveCell.Row, 13) & vbCrLf
    .Display
End With

End Sub

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