My Code keeps stopping at the outlook display line

Question

I'm trying to get rich text box data to past into an outlook email.  I've created the following code, but the problem I'm having is that the code stops on outlook display doesn't continue.  I need it to continue in order to past the rich text data into the message window.  Does anyone know how I can get past this: 

            Outlook.Application olApp = new Outlook.Application();
            Outlook.MailItem olMsg = (Outlook.MailItem)olApp.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem);

            Clipboard.Clear();
            rtbFinal.SelectAll();
            rtbFinal.Copy();


             olMsg.BodyFormat = Outlook.OlBodyFormat.olFormatRichText;
             olMsg.Display(true);  - Code Stops Here 
             SendKeys.SendWait("^(v)");

Answer 1

I only see the copy

rtbFinal.Copy();

Where is the paste?

chanmm

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chanmm

Answer 2

Try this change:

olMsg.Display( false ); 

Answer 3

I don't think it is necessarily your Outlook code that is causing an issue.  I removed 3 lines and just ran the Outlook piece, and it works without a problem for me.

            OL.Application olApp = new OL.Application();
            OL.MailItem olMsg = (OL.MailItem)olApp.CreateItem(OL.OlItemType.olMailItem);
            olMsg.BodyFormat = OL.OlBodyFormat.olFormatRichText;
            olMsg.Display(true);

Answer 4

 SendKeys.SendWait("^(v)");

This is where I'm trying to paste into the outlook window.  I'm trying to paste rich text data with all the formatting and I tried pasting directly into the outlook window from the richtext box, but that didn't work.   And I didn't see the option to paste from the clipboard directly to the outlook window, so I'm trying to use sendkeys, but I keep getting an error.

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Kellie Murphy

Answer 5

I tried that and the code no longer stops on the outlook display line, but I still can't get the richtext to paste into the window.  

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Kellie Murphy

Answer 6

2 points:

1. Please make sure that the "Copy" part works (for example: paste manually into the MailItem).

2. If you aim for OL 2007\2010, you can use WordEditor in order to paste the data.
Something like:

using Microsoft.Office.Interop.Word;

....

//<Copy something here>Inspector objInsp = Application.ActiveInspector;

Document wDoc = objInsp.WordEditor as Document;
Range wRange = wDoc.Range;
wRange.Select();
wRaneg.Paste();

//<Release objects here>

Answer 7

When I click on Ctrl V after the outlook window I can past my rich text data directly into the outlook message with no problem.  When I try it using the code: 

                                

            Outlook.Applicatio

n olApp = new Outlook.Applicat

ion();
            Outlook.MailItem olMsg = (Outlook.MailItem)olApp.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem);

            Clipboard.Clear();
            rtbFinal.SelectAll();
            rtbFinal.Copy();


             olMsg.BodyFormat = Outlook.OlBodyFormat.olFormatRichText;
             olMsg.Display(false);


             SendKeys.SendWait("^v");

I get a message box that says: "Changes are not allowed while is running or if the option 'Break all processes when one process breaks is disabled'".   I think that the code is trying to paste the message in the C# code instead of the outlook window.  I just don't know how to get around this and make the message body of the outlook email have the focus.

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Kellie Murphy

Answer 8

Please try the code I posted above (or a variation)

(Document wDoc = objInsp.WordEditor as Document;
Range wRange = wDoc.Range;
wRange.Select();
wRaneg.Paste();)

Also, try to see if it works on Release, and not in Debug.
Beware anyway that sendkeys might send the keys yo an unwanted window..

Answer 9

Instead of simulating Paste, try setting the 'Body' or 'HTMLBody' property before calling 'Display':

    olMsg.Body = “My text”.

Answer 10

I did that, but it shows I'm trying to paste from RichTextBox with the formatting and when I do that I get the RichText tags in the email.

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Kellie Murphy

Answer 11

Hi Kellie,

Base on your issue, please try this code to transfer data from a RichTextBox control to an Outlook message

Outlook.Application olApp = new Outlook.Application();
Outlook.MailItem olMsg = (Outlook.MailItem)olApp.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem);
          
Clipboard.Clear
rtfFinal.SelStart = "0"
rtfFinal.SelLength = Len(rtfData.Text)
rtfData.SetFocus
            
SendKeys "^c", True      'copy text
Me.Hide
olMsg.Display  'display Outlook message
SendKeys "^v", True    ' paste text
Me.Show

Hope this can help you.

Best Regards,

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Leo_Gao [MSFT]
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