Email automation

I've written several SubRoutines for sending reports via embedded A97
VBA to OUtlook, but was wondering if there's a way to send from
Access/Outlook 2000 a daily email letting certain users know that my
backups of their databases ran. I'd like to do this from the push of a
button.

In Access97 I was using the trusty:

DoCmd.SendObject acSendReport, "MyReport",_ acFormatRTF,
"JohnDoe@abcde.com", , "Here is your report", , False

But now I'm in A2000 and just want to send a message, without an
attachment. Just need "To" "Recipients" "Subject" "Body of Message"

So I need some syntax help with my button if anyone has ever done this??

re: Email automation

instead of "acSendReport use acSendMoObject, and delete the "MyReport"
and acFormatRTF

re: Email automation

instead of "acSendReport use acSendNoObject, and delete the "MyReport"
and acFormatRTF

re: Email automation

Thanks! That works fine.... one more thing: What to do about handling
carriage returns when the body of the email is long like:

"mcrClients ran at 6:30am 4/18 (for SA)
mcrQM_Pressmen ran at 7:15pm 4/17 (for QM)
mcrIncoming ran at 7:15pm 4/17 (for FG)
mcrQMgmt ran at 7:15pm 4/17 (for QM)"

re: Email automation

"mcrClients ran at 6:30am 4/18 (for SA) " & char(13) & _
"mcrQM_Pressmen ran at 7:15pm 4/17 (for QM) " & char(13) & _
"mcrIncoming ran at 7:15pm 4/17 (for FG)" & char(13) & _
"mcrQMgmt ran at 7:15pm 4/17 (for QM)" & char(13)

or the whole thing as a single string without the _

re: Email automation

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re: Email automation

Since your on a role... the above worked (THANKS!),

How can I put a variable date in the above?

I tried this (but got a compile error):

"mcrClients ran at 6:30am" &Format(Date(), "mm/dd"& "(for SA)" &
Chr(13) & _

re: Email automation

I think you left out a parenthesis (and some spaces, which you would
have seen as soon as it worked).

"mcrClients ran at 6:30am " & Format(Date(), "mm/dd") & " (for SA)" &

Chr(13) & _

I am assuming that the format is proper syntax

Ron

re: Email automation

Thanks! All is working properly now per below: (except0
.... one problem with syntax is lingering... I get a good carriage
return after the first two lines and the last two lines in this set,
but lines 3, 4, 5, 6 fail to get a carriage return and I get a
continuous string... see any errors?

"Dept. successfully did backups on all databases and executed macros
for feeds to MainData." & Chr(13) & _
"" & Chr(13) & _
"mcrClients ran at 6:30am " & Format(Date, "mm/dd") & " (for SA)" &
Chr(13) & _
"mcrQM_Pressmen ran at 7:15pm " & Format(Date, "mm/dd") & " (for QM)" &
Chr(13) & _
"mcrIncoming ran at 7:15pm " & Format(Date, "mm/dd") & " (for FG)" &
Chr(13) & _
"mcrQMgmt ran at 7:15pm " & Format(Date, "mm/dd") & " (for QM)" &
Chr(13) & _
"" & Chr(13) & _
"Thanks!" & Chr(13) & _

Here's what gets sent:

Dept. successfully did backups on all databases and executed macros for
feeds to MainData.

mcrClients ran at 6:30am 04/19 (for SA)
mcrQM_Pressmen ran at 7:15pm 04/19 (for QM) mcrIncoming ran at 7:15pm
04/19 (for FG) mcrQMgmt ran at 7:15pm 04/19 (for QM)

Thanks!

re: Email automation

Boy, you have an interesting situation.
I can't see any logical co-ordination between those that worked and
those that did not.
Since it is NOT acting logically (or we can't see the logic) try some
illogical solutions.

1)I always have my underscore "_" directly after the "&" and you have a
space there. It hardly seems that like that should do it, but it is
worth a try.
2) try adding an extra Chr(13) to the end of the offending line.
3) Maybe, create strings for line1, line2, line3 and line4, load then
before you get there and use the try

"Dept. successfully did backups on all databases and executed macros
for feeds to MainData." & Chr(13) & _
"" & Chr(13) & _
line1 & Chr(13) & line2 & Chr(13) & line3 & Chr(13) & line4 & Chr(13)
&_
"" & Chr(13) & _
"Thanks!" & Chr(13) & _

or
"Dept. successfully did backups on all databases and executed macros
for feeds to MainData." & Chr(13) & _
"" & Chr(13) &_
line1 & Chr(13) &_
line2 & Chr(13) &_
line3 & Chr(13) &_
line4 & Chr(13) &_
"" & Chr(13) &_
"Thanks!" & Chr(13) & _

Ron

re: Email automation

Thanks! I found a work-around (see bottom of post)

The "1)I always have my underscore "_" directly after the "&" and you
have a
space there. It hardly seems that like that should do it, but it is
worth a try." ...... I tried this and it gave compile errors (I'm
using A2000 which may be the culprit, I don't recal seeing anything
this weird in A97.

Anyway I put a "" & Chr(13) & _ between each line like this:

"mcrClients ran at 6:30am " & Format(Date, "mm/dd") & " (for SA)" &
Chr(13) & _
"" & Chr(13) & _
"mcrQM_Pressmen ran at 7:15pm " & Format(Date, "mm/dd") & " (for QM)" &
Chr(13) & _
"" & Chr(13) & _
"mcrIncoming ran at 7:15pm " & Format(Date, "mm/dd") & " (for FG)" &
Chr(13) & _
"" & Chr(13) & _
"mcrQMgmt ran at 7:15pm " & Format(Date, "mm/dd") & " (for QM)" &

.... and this work good enough for me ... with the results being:

mcrClients ran at 6:30am 4/18 (for SA)

mcrQM_Pressmen ran at 7:15pm 4/17 (for QM)

mcrIncoming ran at 7:15pm 4/17 (for FG)

mcrQMgmt ran at 7:15pm 4/17 (for QM)

re: Email automation

Glad you found a workaround. Very unusual problem. Will have to
watch for it.

Ron