HOWTO: Send Files as Outlook Attachments from VI Interface

• Microsoft Visual InterDev, version 1.0

SUMMARY

This article describes how to configure Visual InterDev to easily attach a Web file from your Visual InterDev project to a Microsoft Outlook e-mail message.

MORE INFORMATION

To easily send a Web file as a file attachment, you need add the Microsoft Office Outlook SendFile executable as a helper application to your "Open With" list.

Use the following steps to do this:

1. Within Visual InterDev right-click on any Web file and select Open With.

2. Select Add.

3. Insert the following in the Program Name field:

         C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Sendfile.exe
   

4. Insert the following in the Friendly Name field. Outlook

5. Click OK.

1. Right-click on the ASP file you wish to send.

2. Click Open With.

3. Select Outlook as the program to open.

4. A new e-mail message will appear with the ASP file you have chosen as a file attachment.

REFERENCES

For the latest Knowledge Base articles and other support information on Visual InterDev and Active Server Pages, see the following page on the Microsoft Technical Support site:

   http://support.microsoft.com/support/vinterdev/

Keywords          : VIDevEnv
Technology        : kbInetDev internet
Version           : WINDOWS:1.0
Platform          : WINDOWS
Issue type        : kbhowto