Well assuming you've selected (highlighted) the message,
Dim mItem As MailItem
Set mItem = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)
debug.print mitem.body

To get to the message use something like the following (untested).
I believe you might also alternatively utilize
Item.SaveSentMessageFolder.

Sub ShowSpecificSentBody(MySubject As String)
Dim Mail As Outlook.MailItem
Dim Items As Outlook.MAPIFolder
Dim obj as Object

Set Items =
Application.Session.GetDefaultFolder(olFolderSentM ail).Items
For Each obj In Items
If TypeOf obj Is Outlook.MailItem Then
Set Mail=obj
If Mail.Subject=MySubject Then
debug.print Mail.Body
Exit For
End If
End If
Next
End Sub

Not knowing what the mystery of it missing is - and if it's also missing
here - perhaps you can assign it here as a temporary workaround.

Another wild thought led to the article "INFO: MAPI Is Not Suitable for
HTML Messages"
http://support.microsoft.com/kb/268440/
that may have merit in solving your dilemma. Perhaps the real experts
here can comment on that. It might be helpful to show your send command
and context code and Outlook version.

More info and code about examining body can be adapted from msdn on
HTMLProperty
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ffice.11).aspx
and
http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/lib...ffice.10).aspx

I'm an OL programming novice, so Ken and all, please try to stay close
here!

Thanks to Ken and Wild Bill. Still not having any luck on this, tho. I
tried checking the body prior to send() and the message is there and is fine.


I also tried a display() instead of send(), and then clicked on Send when
the email was displayed. This resulted in the email message arriving fine,
and also being recorded in the sent folder fine. So the problem is still
getting the body of the message to be available in the sent folder when I
send() programmatically.

Am really stumped. Any ideas very much appreciated.
Mark

"Markus" wrote:

I have been able to send HTML email programmatically thru Outlook from within
my app. The message is received by the recipient, and the email is recorded
as sent in the Outllook sent box. But the message in the sent box is empty.

I basically read the html email message from a .htm file, assign the message
to a variable, and then assign the value of this variable to the HTMLbody
property. I then .send() the email thru Outlook, and the message is received
fine. The email is registered in the Outlook sent box as being sent, but the
message there is completely blank.

Can anyone give me some ideas on what I may be missing?

Many thanks,
Mark