I need to add bcc recipients to an email loaded from a template. The recipients should be all of the contacts in a certain category. I have the following so far, except it is extremely inefficient and causes Outlook to become unresponsive:
Sub Distribute_Newsletter()
Set newItem = Application.CreateItemFromTemplate("P:\Subscription Templates\subscription template.oft")
newItem.Display
Set oNS = Application.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set oContacts = oNS.Folders(1).Folders("Contacts")
Dim emailAddress As String
For Each oContactItem In oContacts.Items
If oContactItem.Class = olContact Then
emailAddress = oContactItem.Email1Address
If Not emailAddress = "" Then 'And oContactItem.Categories
Set objRecip = newItem.Recipients.Add(emailAddress)
objRecip.Type = olBCC
End If
End If
Next
Set oNS = Nothing
Set oContacts = Nothing
Set objRecip = Nothing
Set newItem = Nothing
End Sub
What I ended up doing was moving newItem.Display down to just before Set newItem = Nothing. This may not be the most efficient solution, but it gets the job done without causing a crash.
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I'm trying to get the "Manager" of a specific person (and hopefully iterate for a targeted list after). How to do this for a specific email address and not the Global Address List?
Dim appOL As Outlook.Application ' Object
Dim oGAL As Outlook.AddressEntries ' .NameSpace Object
Dim oContact As Outlook.AddressEntry ' Object
Dim oUser As ExchangeUser ' Object
Set appOL = New Outlook.Application ' CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set oGAL = appOL.GetNameSpace("MAPI").AddressLists("Global Address List").AddressEntries("first.last#email.com")
oContact = oGAL.Item(1)
MsgBox oContact.Manager
Replace the lines
Set oGAL = appOL.GetNameSpace("MAPI").AddressLists("Global Address List").AddressEntries("first.last#email.com")
oContact = oGAL.Item(1)
with the following (assuming you are working with a selected message in Outlook):
if appOL.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Count > 0 Then
set msg = appOL.ActiveExplorer.Selection(1)
set sender = msg.Sender
if Not (sender is null) Then
set manager = sender.Manager
End If
End If
If you are working with an one-off name, use something like
set recip = appOL.Session.CreateRecipient("The name to resolve")
if recip.Resolve Then
set manager = recip.AddressEntry.Manager
End If
I get the exchange online addresses from users, but I want to convert or somehow get the SMTP Address of them.
I am not sure how to get the SMTP Address from Email1Address.
Set objOL = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set objNS = objOL.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set objContactsFolder = objNS.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderContacts)
Set objItems = objContactsFolder.Items
For Each obj In objItems
'Test for contact and not distribution list
If obj.Class = olContact Then
Set objContact = obj
With objContact
If .Email1Address <>"" Then
'I want to add the SMTP-Address after the .LastNameAndFirstName of a User
strFileAs = .LastNameAndFirstName
.Email1DisplayName= strFileAs
.Save
End If
End With
End If
Err.Clear
Next
I used this for the email object, see if you can implement it:
dim email as string
If myItem.SenderEmailType = "EX" Then
email = myItem.Sender.GetExchangeUser.PrimarySmtpAddress
Else
email = myItem.SenderEmailAdress
End If
I am creating a VBA Macro in Outlook that will copy an existing meeting invite and create a follow up meeting invite. It should be fairly easy since I have all the parts to this puzzle.
My problem is with the body of the invite; all formatting and pictures are lost. For this reason, I need to use the Word Inspector object to preserve any special formatting and images. I figured out the code using Word and recording a macro.
So I have figured out the code for copying text using the Word Inspector, but I am not sure on how to paste it in another invite.
Sub copyPaste()
Dim objOL As Outlook.Application
Dim objNS As Outlook.NameSpace
On Error Resume Next
Set objOL = Application
If objOL.ActiveInspector.EditorType = olEditorWord Then
Set objDoc = objOL.ActiveInspector.WordEditor
Set objNS = objOL.Session
Set objSel = objDoc.Windows(1).Selection
objSel.WholeStory
objSel.Copy
objSel.PasteAndFormat (wdFormatOriginalFormatting)
End If
Set objOL = Nothing
Set objNS = Nothing
End Sub
Please see my current Outlook code:
Sub scheduleFollowUpMeeting()
'Declarations
Dim obj As Object
Dim Sel As Outlook.Selection
'Selecting the Email
If TypeOf Application.ActiveWindow Is Outlook.Inspector Then
Set obj = Application.ActiveInspector.currentItem
Else
Set Sel = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection
If Sel.Count Then
Set obj = Sel(1)
End If
End If
If Not obj Is Nothing Then
MsgBox "The original meeting has been copied." & vbCrLf & "Please kindly update any new details like date/time.", , "Follow Up Meeting - Amit P Shah"
Dim objFollowUp As Outlook.AppointmentItem
Set objFollowUp = Application.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)
'Copies existing details from original Invite
With objFollowUp
.MeetingStatus = olMeeting
.Subject = "Follow Up: " & obj.Subject
.Body = obj.Body
.Start = Now + 1 'Takes today's date and adds 1 day
.End = DateAdd("n", obj.Duration, .Start)
'Other
.AllDayEvent = obj.AllDayEvent
.BusyStatus = obj.BusyStatus
.Categories = obj.Categories
.Companies = obj.Companies
.ForceUpdateToAllAttendees = obj.ForceUpdateToAllAttendees
.Importance = obj.Importance
.Location = obj.Location
.OptionalAttendees = obj.OptionalAttendees
.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart = obj.ReminderMinutesBeforeStart
.ReminderOverrideDefault = obj.ReminderOverrideDefault
.ReminderPlaySound = obj.ReminderPlaySound
.ReminderSet = obj.ReminderSet
.ReminderSoundFile = obj.ReminderSoundFile
.ReplyTime = obj.ReplyTime
.RequiredAttendees = obj.RequiredAttendees
.Resources = obj.Resources
.ResponseRequested = obj.ResponseRequested
.Sensitivity = obj.Sensitivity
.UnRead = obj.UnRead
.Display
End With
End If
End Sub
Any help would greatly be appreciated. Many thanks in advance!
I'm not a specialist on this subject but i used to work and manipulate Outlook's AppointmentItem in C# and that's how i see the thing.
Actually, if you try to copy the body of a meeting on another meeting, like you said, you will lose all the special formating, images, etc.
The new body will only contain the caracters without format.
I think you can't put formatted text on the body property, you have to use the rtfbody property or like you did when you copy the body of your original appointment, use the WordEditor property in the Inspector object.
So, try to use the WordEditor of the new Item you're creating (like you did to take the original content) and to add content in it.
That's what i had to do for putting formatted text in the body of an AppointmentItem in C#.
I did something like that :
Word.Document myDoc = myItem.GetInspector.WordEditor;
Word.Paragraphs paragraphs = myDoc.Content.Paragraphs;
Word.Paragraph para = paragraphs.Add();
para.Range.Text = yourFormattedTextHere;
After that, you may need to release the variables created, but i'm not sure about that.
So I have multiple mailboxes under my Outlook account and I am trying to get them to generate reply template based on the mailbox I am replying from (one is private, one is shared). I have tried to base the condition on SenderName and SenderEmailAddress, but to no avail (reply email gets generated with the contents of the previous email retrieved but the text I intend to put in front of it is not there; the cause is that the value of oReply.SenderEmailAddress is empty as Else clause will write the stuff as intended).
(and yes, there are snippets from code enabling reply with attachments)
Sub ReplyWithAttachments()
Dim oReply As Outlook.MailItem
Dim oItem As Object
Dim sSignature As String
Set oItem = GetCurrentItem()
If Not oItem Is Nothing Then
Set oReply = oItem.Reply
If oReply.SenderEmailAddress = "mailbox.private#something.com" Then
sSignature = "Hello and welcome!"
ElseIf oReply.SenderEmailAddress = "mailbox.shared#something.com" Then
sSignature = "Go to hell!"
End If
CopyAttachments oItem, oReply
oReply.HTMLBody = sSignature & oReply.HTMLBody
oReply.Display
oItem.UnRead = False
End If
Set oReply = Nothing
Set oItem = Nothing
End Sub
Edit:
so I managed to get somewhere with
Set oReply = oItem.Reply
sMailBox = oReply.Sender.GetExchangeUser.Address
If sMailBox = "mailbox.private#something.com" Then
sSignature = "whatever"
ElseIf sMailBox = "mailbox.shared#something.com" Then
sSignature = "bla bla bla"
Else
sSignature = "Something"
The code works as intended for the shared mailbox but for the private one, it errors out with Object variable or With block variable not set pointing to .Sender
sMailBox = oReply.Sender.GetExchangeUser.Address
I have something that I use to get sender email (as its dependent on your email exchange)
Dim strSendersEmailAddress As String
If oItem.SenderEmailType = "EX" Then
strSendersEmailAddress = oItem.Sender.GetExchangeUser.PrimarySmtpAddress
Else
strSendersEmailAddress = oItem.SenderEmailAddress
End If
You will have to get the email address before you Set oReply = oItem.Reply
My VBA experience is incredibly limited.I have created basic macros for excel primarily by frankensteining multiple macros I find online together.
Here's what I am looking to do. Every morning I send out an email to a list of 200 customers, I open the new message from a list and the message auto populates (as it is a signature). Currently I then go through all these emails and add my subject and BCC. Could I possibly create a macro to open all of these emails, add my BCC, add my subject, and then send the emails.
Any and all help is much appreciated.
The following code defines an instance of Outlook.Application, and sets up a MailItem ready for sending. It uses a Dictionary object called EmailData to hold the various bits of info to populate To, BCC etc but those can be replaced with your own strings etc. I've pulled this from a function I wrote and made it a little more generic:
Public Function OL_SendMail()
Dim bOpenedOutlook, sComputer, iLoop, iAccount, sAttachArray, sAttachment
bOpenedOutlook = False
sComputer = "."
Dim oWMIService : Set oWMIService = GetObject("winmgmts:\\" & sComputer & "\root\cimv2")
Dim colItems : Set colItems = oWMIService.ExecQuery ("Select * from Win32_Process Where Name = 'outlook.exe'")
Dim oOutlook : Set oOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Dim oNamespace : Set oNamespace = oOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
If colItems.Count = 0 Then
' Outlook isn't open, logging onto it...
oNamespace.Logon "Outlook",,False,True
bOpenedOutlook = True
End If
Dim oFolder : Set oFolder = oNamespace.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderInbox)
If EmailData("SendFrom") = "" Then
' default to first email account the user has access to
iAccount = 1
Else
' Checking to see if the account to send from is accessible by this user...
iAccount = 0
For iLoop = 1 To oOutlook.Session.Accounts.Count
If UCase(Trim(oOutlook.Session.Accounts.Item(iLoop))) = UCase(Trim(EmailData("SendFrom"))) Then
iAccount = iLoop
Exit For
End If
Next
If iAccount = 0 Then
sErrorMsg = "Cannot send email from specified account: " & EmailData("SendFrom") & " as this user doesn't appear to have access to it in Outlook!"
OL_SendMail = False
Exit Function
End If
End If
Dim oMailItem : Set oMailItem = oOutlook.CreateItem(olMailItem)
With oMailItem
Set .SendUsingAccount = oOutlook.Session.Accounts.Item(iAccount)
.To = EmailData("To")
.CC = EmailData("CC")
.BCC = EmailData("BCC")
.Subject = EmailData("Subject")
.Body = EmailData("Body")
sAttachArray = Split(EmailData("AttachmentPaths"), ";")
For Each sAttachment In sAttachArray
.Attachments.Add(sAttachment)
Next
.Recipients.ResolveAll
.Display ' debug mode - uncomment this to see email before it's sent out
End With
'Mail Item created and ready to send
'oMailItem.Send ' this is commented out so the mail doesn't auto send, allows checking of it!!
Set oMailItem = Nothing
Set oNamespace = Nothing
If bOpenedOutlook Then
'oOutlook.Quit
End If
Set oOutlook = Nothing
Set colItems = Nothing
Set oWMIService = Nothing
OL_SendMail = True
End Function