Here's a tricky one!

I've got an e-mail that is set up and saved in a network folder e.g
J:\Finance\MYMAIL.??? (as you can see I'm not even sure what the file
stem is for an outlook mailitem!)
I don't know how to get a hold of htis object....usually in code I find
myself creating a new mail item, that is using the following code:

Set MyOutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)

....but if the mail already exists I'm not too sure how to reference it.
Once I've got hold of the object I intend on changing some of the
properties and then sending it which should be easy enough.

Any help greatly appreciated,
Regards,
Jason.

If it's an .oft or .msg file (and why don't you know???), you can use the Application.CreateItemFromTemplate command to create a new unsent item that's a copy of the saved file.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"WhytheQ" wrote in message oups.com...
Here's a tricky one!

I've got an e-mail that is set up and saved in a network folder e.g
J:\Finance\MYMAIL.??? (as you can see I'm not even sure what the file
stem is for an outlook mailitem!)
I don't know how to get a hold of htis object....usually in code I find
myself creating a new mail item, that is using the following code:

Set MyOutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)

...but if the mail already exists I'm not too sure how to reference it.
Once I've got hold of the object I intend on changing some of the
properties and then sending it which should be easy enough.

Any help greatly appreciated,
Regards,
Jason.

sue,

thanks for quick response: I'll try it out
out of interest: what is a quick way of finding out a file extension
(I'm pretty sure it's an msg file)

thanks
Jason

Look in the folder? Look at the item properties? Turn on file extensions in Windows Explorer? Pick one or more.

--
Sue Mosher, Outlook MVP
Author of Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003
http://www.turtleflock.com/olconfig/index.htm
and Microsoft Outlook Programming - Jumpstart for
Administrators, Power Users, and Developers
http://www.outlookcode.com/jumpstart.aspx

"WhytheQ" wrote in message oups.com...
sue,

thanks for quick response: I'll try it out
out of interest: what is a quick way of finding out a file extension
(I'm pretty sure it's an msg file)

thanks
Jason

Thanks Sue
Just got round to using the createfromitemtemplate - whatan excellent
little method it is!
Adjusted the properties in my explorer aswell (- thanks)

Regards
Jason