/// <summary>
/// Openes a prepared mail-sending-window using the installed Outlook.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="senderAddress">The sender.</param>
/// <param name="receipients">The receipients.</param>
/// <param name="replyToAddress">Give in an SMTP mail if you want to reply to another mail.</param>
/// <param name="subject">The subject of the mail.</param>
/// <param name="body">The body-text.</param>
/// <param name="bcc">One or many BCC receipients seprated by ";".</param>
/// <param name="attachements">A list of strings representing file-URIs to attach.</param>
/// <param name="format">The format of the body.</param>
/// <returns><c>true</c>, if the process succeeded.</returns>
public static bool OpenOutlookMail(
string senderAddress,
IEnumerable <string> receipients,
string replyToAddress,
string subject,
string body,
string bcc = "",
IEnumerable <string> attachements = null,
OutlookMailBodyFormat format = OutlookMailBodyFormat.Plain)
{
var result = false;
var outlookMailItem = GetMailItem(senderAddress, receipients, replyToAddress, subject, body, bcc, attachements, format);
outlookMailItem.Save();
try
{
outlookMailItem.Display(false);
result = true;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
TraceUtil.WriteTraceError(ex.Message);
}
return(result);
}
/// <summary>
/// Openes a prepared mail-sending-window using the installed Outlook.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="senderAddress">The sender.</param>
/// <param name="receipient">The receipient.</param>
/// <param name="replyToAddress">Give in an SMTP mail if you want to reply to another mail.</param>
/// <param name="subject">The subject of the mail.</param>
/// <param name="body">The body-text.</param>
/// <param name="bcc">One or many BCC receipients seprated by ";".</param>
/// <param name="attachements">A list of strings representing file-URIs to attach.</param>
/// <param name="format">The format of the body.</param>
/// <returns><c>true</c>, if the process succeeded.</returns>
public static bool OpenOutlookMail(
string senderAddress,
string receipient,
string replyToAddress,
string subject,
string body = "",
string bcc = "",
IEnumerable <string> attachements = null,
OutlookMailBodyFormat format = OutlookMailBodyFormat.Plain)
{
return(OpenOutlookMail(senderAddress, new[] { receipient }, replyToAddress, subject, body, bcc, attachements, format));
}
/// <summary>
/// Openes a prepared mail-sending-window using the installed Outlook.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="senderAddress">The sender.</param>
/// <param name="receipient">The receipient.</param>
/// <param name="replyToAddress">Give in an SMTP mail if you want to reply to another mail.</param>
/// <param name="subject">The subject of the mail.</param>
/// <param name="body">The body-text.</param>
/// <param name="bcc">One or many BCC receipients seprated by ";".</param>
/// <param name="attachements">A list of strings representing file-URIs to attach.</param>
/// <param name="format">The format of the body.</param>
/// <returns><c>true</c>, if the process succeeded.</returns>
public static bool OpenOutlookMail(
string senderAddress,
string receipient,
string replyToAddress,
string subject,
string body = "",
string bcc = "",
IEnumerable<string> attachements = null,
OutlookMailBodyFormat format = OutlookMailBodyFormat.Plain)
{
return OpenOutlookMail(senderAddress, new[] { receipient }, replyToAddress, subject, body, bcc, attachements, format);
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates an OutlookMailItem using dynamic types independently from the locally installed Office-Version.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="senderAddress">The sender.</param>
/// <param name="receipients">The receipients.</param>
/// <param name="replyToAddress">Give in an SMTP mail if you want to reply to another mail.</param>
/// <param name="subject">The subject of the mail.</param>
/// <param name="body">The body-text.</param>
/// <param name="bcc">One or many BCC receipients seprated by ";".</param>
/// <param name="attachements">A list of strings representing file-URIs to attach.</param>
/// <param name="format">The format of the body.</param>
/// <returns>The ready-to-use mail item.</returns>
private static dynamic GetMailItem(
string senderAddress,
IEnumerable <string> receipients,
string replyToAddress,
string subject,
string body,
string bcc = "",
IEnumerable <string> attachements = null,
OutlookMailBodyFormat format = OutlookMailBodyFormat.Plain)
{
var outlookApplicationType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Outlook.Application");
if (outlookApplicationType == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Outlook not installed on this machine.");
}
dynamic outlookApplication = Activator.CreateInstance(outlookApplicationType);
dynamic outlookMailItem = outlookApplication.CreateItem(0);
outlookMailItem.Subject = subject;
outlookMailItem.Body = body;
outlookMailItem.To = receipients.ToArray();
outlookMailItem.Subject = subject;
outlookMailItem.BodyFormat = (int)format;
outlookMailItem.BCC = bcc;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(replyToAddress))
{
// we have to add a reply-address
outlookMailItem.ReplyRecipients.Add(replyToAddress);
}
if (attachements != null && attachements.Any())
{
// add the attachements
foreach (var strAtt in attachements.Where(strAtt => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(strAtt) && File.Exists(strAtt)))
{
outlookMailItem.Attachments.Add(strAtt, 5, 1, string.Empty);
}
}
return(outlookMailItem);
}
/// <summary>
/// Openes a prepared mail-sending-window using the installed Outlook.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="senderAddress">The sender.</param>
/// <param name="receipients">The receipients.</param>
/// <param name="replyToAddress">Give in an SMTP mail if you want to reply to another mail.</param>
/// <param name="subject">The subject of the mail.</param>
/// <param name="body">The body-text.</param>
/// <param name="bcc">One or many BCC receipients seprated by ";".</param>
/// <param name="attachements">A list of strings representing file-URIs to attach.</param>
/// <param name="format">The format of the body.</param>
/// <returns><c>true</c>, if the process succeeded.</returns>
public static bool OpenOutlookMail(
string senderAddress,
IEnumerable<string> receipients,
string replyToAddress,
string subject,
string body,
string bcc = "",
IEnumerable<string> attachements = null,
OutlookMailBodyFormat format = OutlookMailBodyFormat.Plain)
{
var result = false;
var outlookMailItem = GetMailItem(senderAddress, receipients, replyToAddress, subject, body, bcc, attachements, format);
outlookMailItem.Save();
try
{
outlookMailItem.Display(false);
result = true;
}
catch (Exception ex)
{
TraceUtil.WriteTraceError(ex.Message);
}
return result;
}
/// <summary>
/// Generates an OutlookMailItem using dynamic types independently from the locally installed Office-Version.
/// </summary>
/// <param name="senderAddress">The sender.</param>
/// <param name="receipients">The receipients.</param>
/// <param name="replyToAddress">Give in an SMTP mail if you want to reply to another mail.</param>
/// <param name="subject">The subject of the mail.</param>
/// <param name="body">The body-text.</param>
/// <param name="bcc">One or many BCC receipients seprated by ";".</param>
/// <param name="attachements">A list of strings representing file-URIs to attach.</param>
/// <param name="format">The format of the body.</param>
/// <returns>The ready-to-use mail item.</returns>
private static dynamic GetMailItem(
string senderAddress,
IEnumerable<string> receipients,
string replyToAddress,
string subject,
string body,
string bcc = "",
IEnumerable<string> attachements = null,
OutlookMailBodyFormat format = OutlookMailBodyFormat.Plain)
{
var outlookApplicationType = Type.GetTypeFromProgID("Outlook.Application");
if (outlookApplicationType == null)
{
throw new InvalidOperationException("Outlook not installed on this machine.");
}
dynamic outlookApplication = Activator.CreateInstance(outlookApplicationType);
dynamic outlookMailItem = outlookApplication.CreateItem(0);
outlookMailItem.Subject = subject;
outlookMailItem.Body = body;
outlookMailItem.To = receipients.ToArray();
outlookMailItem.Subject = subject;
outlookMailItem.BodyFormat = (int)format;
outlookMailItem.BCC = bcc;
if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(replyToAddress))
{
// we have to add a reply-address
outlookMailItem.ReplyRecipients.Add(replyToAddress);
}
if (attachements != null && attachements.Any())
{
// add the attachements
foreach (var strAtt in attachements.Where(strAtt => !string.IsNullOrEmpty(strAtt) && File.Exists(strAtt)))
{
outlookMailItem.Attachments.Add(strAtt, 5, 1, string.Empty);
}
}
return outlookMailItem;
}
