HOWTO: Make Outlook Empty Mail from the Outbox w/OLE Automation

ID: Q189599

The information in this article applies to:

Microsoft Visual FoxPro for Windows, versions 3.0, 3.0b, 5.0, 5.0a

SUMMARY

When you send an e-mail message to Outlook 97 or 98 using the MAPI OLE container controls in Visual FoxPro for Windows, your e-mail messages might not leave the Outbox.

MORE INFORMATION

One possible cause of this problem is that Outlook has the Internet Mail Only (IMO) option installed, you are working offline, and you have not made a remote connection.

If the e-mail message you sent is stuck in the Outbox, use the following code to force Outlook to send the message:


   oOutlook = GETOBJECT(,"Outlook.Application")
   oNameSpace= oOutlook.GetNamespace("MAPI")
   oFolder = oNameSpace.GetDefaultfolder(4)     && Go to Outbox, folder 4
   oSend = oFolder.Items(1).Send                && Send waiting items

To test this code, create a new e-mail message addressed to yourself. Save and close the message without sending it. Move this message to the Outbox and run the preceding code. This should make Outlook send the message.

REFERENCES

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

Q185314 OL97: E-mail Does Not Leave the Outbox

Q162343 OL97: How to Troubleshoot Mail Stuck in the Outbox

Q185313 OL98: (IMO) E-mail Does Not Leave the Outbox

Q182572 OL98: How to Troubleshoot Mail Stuck in the Outbox

Additional query words: kbAutomation kbVFp300b kbVFp300 kbVFp500 kbVFp500a kbMAPI

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Version : WINDOWS:3.0,3.0b,5.0,5.0a
Platform : WINDOWS
Issue type : kbhowto