outlook mailitem always sends as richtext!

[marcdoyle]

Despite all the settings in Outlook 2000 being set to send e-mails in plain text format, when an Outlook mailitem object sends an e-mail using message.send, it changes to richtext format. vb.net allows a message.bodyformat = olformatplain command to be used, but this isn't available in VB6. Is there an alternative?

Thanks in advance

Marc

 

[marcdoyle]

no one? If you want/need more information, please let me know.

 

[paulbent]

I've never had that problem with VB6/OL2000; it always creates an e-mail in the format specified under Tools | Options | Mail Format, "Send in this message format". Post your code so we can see how you are creating the e-mail.

>>vb.net allows a message.bodyformat<<

That isn't part of the Outlook object model which makes me suspect you are using a MAPI or some other control and not coding directly against the Outlook object model.


Paul Bent
Northwind IT Systems

http://www.northwindit.co.uk

 

[marcdoyle]

ok, this is what i have. The actual program with the problem isn't mine but it has more or less the same code, it's just different in that it creates a new mailitem every time instead of when needed, has different data going into the e-mail, and uses message.send instead of message.display


general declarations:

Public OUTAPP As New outlook.Application
Public MESSAGE As outlook.MailItem


form code:

Private Sub createmail()
On Error GoTo continue
MESSAGE.To = tovar
MESSAGE.CC = ccvar
MESSAGE.BCC = bccvar
MESSAGE.Display
Exit Sub
continue:
createnewmail


End Sub


Private Sub createnewmail()
Err.Clear

Set MESSAGE = OUTAPP.CreateItem(olMailItem)
MESSAGE.To = &quot;&quot;
MESSAGE.CC = &quot;&quot;
MESSAGE.BCC = &quot;&quot;
MESSAGE.Subject = &quot;&quot;
createmail
End Sub

 

[paulbent]

I can't see anything in the code that would cause the problem. I wonder if it's a service pack issue, I'm running Office 2000 SR-1. Don't go to SR-2 unless you want the dreaded Outlook Object Model Guard because it includes the security patch.

Paul Bent
Northwind IT Systems

http://www.northwindit.co.uk