Back when I was using Access there was a way to send a report with a simple line like this
DoCmd.SendObject acSendReport, "MyReport", acFormatRTF, , , , "MySubject", MyMessage, True
I was able to send the message with or without Outlook opening so it can be edited. This was easy to use.
Now I want to know if there is a way as simple as this to send a message in VB.net. I dont need to send a report, but i want to be able to make Outlook send a message in the background to alert managers when updates have been made in the database. The database is on an intranet. We have exchange server and Outlook.
I have tried using the smtpclient functionality, but found that it requires a 'from' mail address. With the sendobject that was automatically sent. As there are many users of the database i am not sure how to get their from details.
I thought of using mailto: but i want it to send the message without having outlook open.
Can anyone help?
Scott LyslePosted Oct 24, 2006, 4:41 PM
Why not just setup a dummy email address like [email protected] and then include a line in the report saying that the message was autogenerated and not to respond to it?