Integrating Outlook with Form 6

Question

I want to integrate MS Outlook with my application running on Forms 6. From the database in Oracle, user should be able to send email directly by clicking on the email id field of the database. i.e. on clicking on the email id field, Outlook should open with new message window automatically.
I am using Oracle 8.1.5 & Developer 6.0

Answer 1

Try this if you using Microsoft Outlook :
GENERAL USAGE:
The Mail package contains three procedures:
1. Procedure Mail_pkg.logon( profile IN varchar2 default NULL);
Use this procedure to logon to the MS Exchange mail client.
The procedure takes a character argument which specifies the
Exchange Profile to use for logon. Passing a NULL argument to
the logon procedure brings up a dialog box which asks you to
choose a profile from a list of valid profiles or create a new
one if it doesn't exist.
2. Procedure Mail_pkg.send(
--------- Recipient IN varchar2,
Subject IN varchar2 default NULL,
Text IN varchar2 default NULL,
Attachment IN varchar2 default NULL
This is the procedure that actually sends the message and
attachments, if any, to the recipient. The recipient may be
specified directly as a valid email address or as an alias
defined in the address book. If the message is intended for a
fax recipient then a valid alias must be used that is defined as
a fax address in the address book.
3. Procedure Mail_pkg.logoff;
This procedure closes the Exchange session and deallocates
the resources used by the OLE automation objects.
SAMPLE FORMS APPLICATION:
1. Create the Mail Package using the following two Program
Units:
(a) Mail Package Spec
(b) Mail Package Body
Mail Package Spec:
PACKAGE Mail_pkg IS
session OLE2.OBJ_TYPE; /* OLE object handle */
args OLE2.LIST_TYPE; /* handle to OLE argument list */
procedure logon( Profile IN varchar2 default NULL );
procedure logoff;
procedure send( Recp IN varchar2,
Subject IN varchar2,
Text IN varchar2,
Attch IN varchar2
END;
Mail Package Body:
PACKAGE BODY Mail_pkg IS
session_outbox OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
session_outbox_messages OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
message1 OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
msg_recp OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
recipient OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
msg_attch OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
attachment OLE2.OBJ_TYPE;
procedure logon( Profile IN varchar2 default NULL )is
Begin
session := ole2.create_obj('mapi.session');
/* create the session object */
args := ole2.create_arglist;
ole2.add_arg(args,Profile);/* Specify a valid profile name */
ole2.invoke(session,'Logon',args);
/* to avoid the logon dialog box */
ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
End;
procedure logoff is
Begin
ole2.invoke(session,'Logoff');
/* Logoff the session and deallocate the */
/* resources for all the OLE objects */
ole2.release_obj(session);
ole2.release_obj(session_outbox);
ole2.release_obj(session_outbox_messages);
ole2.release_obj(message1);
ole2.release_obj(msg_recp);
ole2.release_obj(recipient);
ole2.release_obj(msg_attch);
ole2.release_obj(attachment);
End;
procedure send( Recp IN varchar2,
Subject IN varchar2,
Text IN varchar2,
Attch IN varchar2
)is
Begin
/* Add a new object message1 to the outbox */
session_outbox := ole2.get_obj_property(session,'outbox');
session_outbox_messages :=
ole2.get_obj_property(session_outbox,'messages');
message1 := ole2.invoke_obj(session_outbox_messages,'Add');
ole2.set_property(message1,'subject',Subject);
ole2.set_property(message1,'text',Text);
/* Add a recipient object to the message1.Recipients collection
msg_recp := ole2.get_obj_property(message1,'Recipients');
recipient := ole2.invoke_obj(msg_recp,'add') ;
ole2.set_property(recipient,'name',Recp);
ole2.set_property(recipient,'type',1);
ole2.invoke(recipient,'resolve');
/* Add an attachment object to the message1.Attachments
collection */
msg_attch := ole2.get_obj_property(message1,'Attachments');
attachment := ole2.invoke_obj(msg_attch,'add') ;
ole2.set_property(attachment,'name',Attch);
ole2.set_property(attachment,'position',0);
ole2.set_property(attachment,'type',1); /* 1 => MAPI
File Data */
ole2.set_property(attachment,'source',Attch);
/* Read the attachment from the file */
args := ole2.create_arglist;
ole2.add_arg(args,Attch);
ole2.invoke(attachment,'ReadFromFile',args);
ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
args := ole2.create_arglist;
ole2.add_arg(args,1); /* 1 => save copy */
ole2.add_arg(args,0); /* 0 => no dialog */
/* Send the message without any dialog box, saving a copy in the
Outbox */
ole2.invoke(message1,'Send',args);
ole2.destroy_arglist(args);
message('Message successfully sent');
End;
END;
The layout contains 5 text-itmes:
- Profile
- To
- Subject
- Message (multiline functional property set to true)
- Attach
and a 'Send' button with the following WHEN-BUTTON-PRESSED
trigger:
mail_pkg.logon(:profile);
mail_pkg.send(:to,:subject,:message,:attch);
mail_pkg.logoff;