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Thank you all for your help.
I did some promising tests without any problem on my own PC. I will do some more on other PC.

Do you think I face a problem if I use one of our own smtp accounts.
Best regards,
Otto

Otto, I too prefer smtp because Outlook MAPI interface is buggy in some versions (so it would be better to use it via OLE instead) and there are mail clients that are NOT MAPI compatible however. It would be nice to find out a function to retrieve ...

You can always make this using the FWH smtp class. You can also use MAPI or OLE (if outlook XP/2003/2007 is installed) but note that Outlook always advice the customer that there is an app that is trying to send an email and other mail client also make the ...

Otto, You can use MAPI. There are different ways you can do this. You can just send it directly to the outbox of Outlook. By default, Outlook will display a message to the user that another app is trying to send mail through Outlook. ...

... software sends reports which are defined in a task planer. I did this with smtp. But I also want to convert this software to FIVEWIN. Now I saw a MAPI solution on the forum. Does MAPI work in automatic mode with office 2007 without an user interaction. I always faced problems with outlook and ...

... for the end-use. See FRH manual for a sample. I personally suggest you to use a more user-friendly solution as an ole connection to Outlook / MAPI in order FR simply open an email with the attachment directly in Outlook or into a MAPI compatible client. you can make this adding this code at ...

... attachment? Have you tried a simple text message attachment? >I'm looking for a solutions that also work with other email-programs. You can use MAPI (as you are doing) to send mail to any MAPI compliant email client. However, if the email client software is not MAPI compilant, then you cannot ...

... Opens the defined HOL-File. /ical ICS-Filenam Opens the defined ICS-file. /importprf PRF-Filename Starts Outlook, and opens or imports the defined MAPI-Profile (*.prf). If Outlook allready is open, the Profile will be saved in the waiting-loop and imported at next start. /recycle Starts Outlook ...

... Opens the defined HOL-File. /ical ICS-Filenam Opens the defined ICS-file. /importprf PRF-Filename Starts Outlook, and opens or imports the defined MAPI-Profile (*.prf). If Outlook allready is open, the Profile will be saved in the waiting-loop and imported at next start. /recycle Starts Outlook ...

... Makro aus. /c Nachrichtenklasse Erstellt ein neues Element der angegebenen Nachrichtenklasse (Outlook-Formular oder ein anderes gültiges MAPI-Formular). Beispiele: /c ipm.activity erstellt einen Journaleintrag /c ipm.appointment erstellt einen Termin /c ipm.contact erstellt einen Kontakt ...

... Makro aus. /c Nachrichtenklasse Erstellt ein neues Element der angegebenen Nachrichtenklasse (Outlook-Formular oder ein anderes gültiges MAPI-Formular). Beispiele: /c ipm.activity erstellt einen Journaleintrag /c ipm.appointment erstellt einen Termin /c ipm.contact erstellt einen Kontakt ...

James,

James Bott wrote:Thunderbird is not MAPI compliant so you cannot use FW's TMail class.

yes, it is. I use it myself.

Regards,
Davide

Patili, Thunderbird is not MAPI compliant so you cannot use FW's TMail class. You will need to send the mails directly to your SMTP server and you will need a copy of the TSMTP class for this. FW does have a copy of this class, but there ...

Patrick, I should mention that if your users need to compose a message, then perhaps MAPI is your best solution. You can send the TO or BC list to the MAPI client and bring up the message edit screen so they can then type in their message. If you are sending a pre-written ...

Thanks James, I will take a look at the FWH Samples ProxOut.prg and TestSmtp.prg (and TestMail.prg for the MAPI) to see if they offer the functionality our customers need for this particular feature. Antonio - If there is indeed a limit of 20k on the ClipBoard in Win32, why ...