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WD98: Macro to Send a Word Document as Text or an Attachment

Article ID: 183142

Article Last Modified on 6/17/2005

Microsoft Word 98 for Macintosh

This article was previously published under Q183142

SUMMARY

The SendMail method in Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications opens a message window for sending the active document through a MAPI compliant mail system, such as Microsoft Mail or Microsoft Exchange.

This article describes how to programmatically set whether the document is inserted as text or as an embedded attachment in the mail message.

MORE INFORMATION

Microsoft provides programming examples for illustration only, without warranty either expressed or implied. This includes, but is not limited to, the implied warranties of merchantability or fitness for a particular purpose. This article assumes that you are familiar with the programming language that is being demonstrated and with the tools that are used to create and to debug procedures. Microsoft support engineers can help explain the functionality of a particular procedure, but they will not modify these examples to provide added functionality or construct procedures to meet your specific requirements. The following sample Visual Basic for Applications macro shows how to change the SendMailAttach setting programmatically:

   Sub SetMailAttachOption()
      Application.Options.SendMailAttach = True   'Or False
      ActiveDocument.SendMail
   End Sub

For more information about sending mail from Word, from the Visual Basic Editor, click the Office Assistant, type SendMail, click Search, and then click to view "SendMail Method."

NOTE: If the Assistant is hidden, click the Office Assistant button on the Standard toolbar. If the Assistant is not able to answer your query, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

176476 OFF: Office Assistant Not Answering Visual Basic Questions

For additional information, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

181058 OFF98: How to Run Sample Code from Knowledge Base Articles

REFERENCES

For more information about getting help with Visual Basic for Applications, please see the following article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

163435 VBA: Programming Resources for Visual Basic for Applications

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