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Posted by Andrew Gould on 26 March 2014
Writing VBA code in Excel doesn't only allow you to control Excel, you also have access to all of the other Office applications. This video looks at how to create emails in Microsoft Outlook by writing code in Excel. You'll learn how to reference the Outlook Object Library, several methods for creating a new instance of the Outlook application and how to create new emails. You'll see how to set basic properties of an email, such as the address and subject and also how to add attachments and make sure that the email includes a signature. The video spends a lot of time talking about the different email formats and how to set the body text of the email according to which format you've chosen; this includes how to write plain text emails, and how to construct basic HTML emails including how to format them. Towards the end the video also shows how to write emails using the Word Editor, allowing you to copy and paste information directly from Excel.
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From: | duggie |
When: | 23 Mar 24 at 10:43 |
This is my (yours actually!) code:
Dim objOutlook As Object
Dim objMail As Object
Call ModPause.Pause(Delay:=wksCustomising.Range("Pause").Value2)
Set objOutlook = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Call ModPause.Pause(Delay:=wksCustomising.Range("Pause").Value2)
Set objMail = objOutlook.CreateItem(0)
I have two questions:
Sometimes the code crashes on the first Set line, sometimes on the second. The error message is:
run time error 462 the remote server machine does not exist or is unreachable
It seems adding a pause helps. Is that normal?
Can you tell me should the code work with the latest version of Outlook, ie Outlook 365?
I tried it but it hangs on the first Set line.
From: | Andrew G |
When: | 25 Mar 24 at 08:18 |
Hi!
It works without pauses for me using the most recent version of Outlook, using early or late binding.
Sorry I'm not sure what the problem might be.
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