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Delphi - Microsoft Outlook COM (1)
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In this article we are going to cover one of the most useful features for any Delphi application. Microsoft Outlook provides Delphi developers with a COM interface (outlook2000.pas, outlook2003.pas) that contains literally 1000's of classes, methods and properties essential to any business application.
No matter how many bad words we have to say about Microsoft from time to time, they are simply the best when it comes to mail management. Their Outlook product being a pure success. Any good programmer should utilize the features of Outlook and integrate them into their Delphi application without hesitation. In this article we are going to cover a light taster for creating a mail message, completing mail details, adding an attachment and sending the email to our intended recipient. This is only the tip of the ice berg as far as Outlook COM goes. Advanced developers should look closely into the Outlook2000.pas file to view the whole host of features available.
Ok lets start by creating a demo application (that you can download from our site). First of all we are going to create a simple project that has only a single form which will be our Mail template. The screen shot of our Mail template form is shown below:
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As you can see we have added various TextBox and Memo components that allow the user to complete common Outlook message details. These details include To, Subject, Message and Attachment. These details will be integrated into the MailItem object of the Outlook interface (more on this later). We have also added a single button to our form that lets the user SEND the mail. |
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