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Harvey Abernathy
6 months ago

I have an access routine that sends emails just fine and as long as I use the full path to the file in quotes, will send attachments. However, if I try to use a variable for the file name it will not work, Example:
.AddAttachment "F:\actualfilename" - works
.AddAttachment (VariableName) - will not work
Any ideas why a variable will not work. The variable = the full filename.

Kevin Robertson
6 months ago

Remove the parentheses.
.AddAttachment VariableName

Richard Rost
6 months ago

Are you putting the variable name inside of paratheses like that? try removing them. It's a method, so I don't believe you need them.

Richard Rost
6 months ago

And this (Kevin's fast response) is why I sometimes wait 24 hours before answering any posts. LOL

Harvey Abernathy
6 months ago

Kevin - Removing parentheses does not fix the problem.

Richard - I have tried to make the variable contain the full filename with and without quotes. I have tried the variable inside parentheses and without parentheses. When using a variable for the filename the routine does not give an error, it just does not send the email. replace the variable with "F:\filename" it works just fine.

Richard Rost
6 months ago

That's really weird. It shouldn't matter. Did you DIM your variable as a String? Can I see the whole block of code?

Harvey Abernathy
6 months ago

Here is the Access Subroutine:
Public Sub SendMail(pLine, smptServer, userName, userPassword, userEmailTo, userEmailFrom, attachmentTotal, subjectLine, attachmentArray())

  Dim mail As Object                ' CDO.MESSAGE
  Dim config As Object             ' CDO.Configuration
  Dim x As Integer
    Set mail = CreateObject("CDO.Message")
  Set config = CreateObject("CDO.Configuration")
  With config.Fields
     .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate").Value = 1         'SMTP Auth (For Windows Auth set this to 2)
     .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusestartls").Value = True        'Enable STARTLS Authentication
     .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpusessl").Value = False           'Disable send as SSL
     .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing").Value = 2
     .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver").Value = smptServer
     .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport").Value = 25
     .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername").Value = userName
     .Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword").Value = userPassword
     .Item(CdoMailHeader.cdoDispositionNotificationTo).Value = userEmailFrom
     .Item(CdoMailHeader.cdoReturnReceiptTo).Value = userEmailFrom
     .Update
  End With
  Set mail.Configuration = config
  With mail
      .From = userEmailFrom
      .Subject = subjectLine
      .To = userEmailTo
      .Textbody = pLine
       If attachmentTotal > 0 Then
         For x = 0 To attachmentTotal
           MsgBox ".AddAttachment " & attachmentArray(x)   'For testing only to make sure the variable = the full filename
          .AddAttachment attachmentArray(x)
         Next
       End If
      .Send
  End With
  Set config = Nothing
  Set mail = Nothing
End Sub

Richard Rost
6 months ago

Problem could be sending the array element. Try:

Dim S as String

And then in your loop:

         For x = 0 To attachmentTotal

           S = attachmentArray(x)

          .AddAttachment S

         Next

Harvey Abernathy
6 months ago

I also tried to use a variable instead of the array. I used your idea but still does not work: s is dim as string

If attachmentTotal > 0 Then
         For x = 0 To attachmentTotal
           s = attachmentArray(x)
           MsgBox ".AddAttachment " & s    'For testing only to make sure the variable = the full filename
          .AddAttachment s
         Next
       End If
      .Send

Harvey Abernathy
6 months ago

Here is the calling routine:
Private Sub SendEmail_Click()
  Dim pLine As String
  Dim userName As String
  Dim smptServer As String
  Dim userPassword As String
  Dim userEmailTo As String
  Dim userEmailFrom As String
  Dim attachmentTotal As Integer
  Dim subjectLine As String
  Dim attachmentArray(2) ' I tried this as string also

  attachmentArray(0) = "F:\UCMN6300_usermanual.pdf"
  attachmentArray(1) = "F:\SessionTalkIPs.txt"
  'MsgBox "Send Email"   'Testing
  pLine = "Send Email from Stellarc on " & Date & " at " & Time
  smptServer = "192.168.2.25"
  userName = "xxxx"             'Removed
  userPassword = "xxxxxxx"    'Removed
  userEmailTo = ""
  userEmailFrom = ""
  attachmentTotal = 1
  subjectLine = "Email Succeeded"
  SendMail pLine, smptServer, userName, userPassword, userEmailTo, userEmailFrom, attachmentTotal, subjectLine, attachmentArray()
End Sub

Harvey Abernathy
6 months ago

This is the silliest thing. I put an on error Goto so I could see the error. The error was could not find the file. Looking at the calling routine, I mistakenly got a 'N' in the filename. Once I fixed that everything worked just fine. I am really sorry for wasting your time for such a stupid mistake on my part.

Richard Rost
6 months ago

Haha. It's something simple and/or stupid 99% of the time. Glad you fixed it. Be careful with "on error" handlers. Sometimes you WANT to see that error message! I've got a whole video on this topic on my list.

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