OUTLOOK new mail with attachment

harryC has asked for the wisdom of the Perl Monks concerning the following question:

I only want to start outlook on de screen not in the background. Create a new mail and add a attachment.
So that the user can fill in the addresses,subject and the mail content and send the mail from the screen.
The same as in OpenOffice send document as attachment.
How do i do this ?
I looked around and always find code which sends mail in the background.
Thks for your help HarryC

my $Outlook = Win32::OLE->GetActiveObject
                           ('Outlook.Application') ||
               Win32::OLE->new('Outlook.Application');
$Outlook->{'Visible'} = 1;
[download]

does not work
Win32::OLE(0.1709) error 0x8002000e: "Ongeldig aantal parameters" in PROPERTYPUT "Visible" at D:\scripts\outlooktest.pl line 11

Thks for your help HarryC

Comment on OUTLOOK new mail with attachment Download Code

Replies are listed 'Best First'.
Re: OUTLOOK new mail with attachment by harryC (Sexton) on Dec 11, 2012 at 11:41 UTC
found is myself after hours op looking and is was so easy `my $outlook = new Mail::Outlook(); # create a message for sending my $message = $outlook->create(); $message->To(' '); $message->Cc(' '); $message->Bcc(' '); $message->Subject(' '); $message->Body(' '); # attachments are appended $message->Attach("$home_dir\\test.pdf"); # so multiple calls ar +e allowed $message->display;` [download] you must have ' ' otherwise it does not work rgds HarryC	[reply] [d/l]
Re: OUTLOOK new mail with attachment by Anonymous Monk on Dec 11, 2012 at 09:38 UTC
How do i do this ? I looked around and always find code which sends mail in the background. Use that same code, but find out which option brings outlook into the foreground `[ddg://perl win32::ole outlook foreground]` perl win32::ole outlook foreground -> Win32::OLE Outlook and E-mail security update	[reply] [d/l]