Open an outlook message witth an attachment

Question

Hey!
I'm using forms 6 and try to build a proc for the task of openning an outlook + a message (for 1 or more receivers) , including an attachment file.
note: it should be sent manualy by the user. the task is only to produce a new message + attachment.
i've try to do it with WIN_API_ENVIRONMENT.Read_Registry and win_api_shell.winexec (running mailto) for the message + attachment.
(i'm attached the full syntax bellow).
now , the message oppening task is done propperly , but yet , without the attachment.(it dident work when i try to attach it localy , or through network)
i'm working on db 9i , windows xp.
thanks!
yair
my syntax:
v_explorer_path := WIN_API_ENVIRONMENT.Read_Registry      ('HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE\SOFTWARE\Microsoft\Windows\CurrentVersion\App paths\OUTLOOK.EXE', null, TRUE);
win_api_shell.winexec(v_explorer_path||' mailto:'||v_to_mail||' ?cc='||v_cc||' &bcc='||v_bcc||' &subject='||in_subject||' &body='||in_body||' &name='||in_file_name,WIN_API.SW_SHOWMAXIMIZED, TRUE);

Answer 1

Hi,
You can use something like this:
http://www.moyosoft.com/joc/
This is not Open-Source, it might be the case that Apache POI is working on something for Outlook now since Microsoft release the main API calls not too long ago.
You will need the native library, and I assume somehow you can do a WebStart application to run the code in the client machine. Information regarding Java WebStart can be found on http://java.sun.com/javase/technologies/desktop/javawebstart/index.jsp
I did not really investigate other ways of doing this, maybe there are better approaches.
Also, take a look here http://java.sun.com/products/javamail/Third_Party.html
Hope it helps,
Daniel
Edited by: Daniel Ruiz on May 3, 2010 1:11 PM