Create a mail using C# in outlook but do not send instead display.

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Hi,
I have a scenario where i have to create an email using C#. Attach an excel file and then instead of sending it, give a chance to user to view it and then send it manually.
Same kind of functionality is available in VBA where if used .send it sends mail, and if used .Display it pops up the mail to users to see.
Let me know if this is possible in C#.

Thanks,
Sajid

Posted 2-Jan-14 1:29am

sajid hassan

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Richard MacCutchan 2-Jan-14 7:40am

Of course it is possible. you just need to provide the controls (and coding) that allow the user to view the message, and then decide whether or not to send it.

db7uk 2-Jan-14 7:40am

Are you using VSTO or EWS etc? Or is this going to be custom mail client?

sajid hassan 3-Jan-14 2:28am

i was planning to do this in plain C#. No VSTO

ZurdoDev 2-Jan-14 8:10am

It's certainly possible by writing a lot of code; however, if VBA supported it you may want to narrow your search down to a .Net equivalent.

Sergey Alexandrovich Kryukov 2-Jan-14 12:53pm

It is possible but not so easy if you do it from scratch as you would need to support all content (MIME) types which may be used inside the message.
Also, it all depends on your application type. What is it?
—SA

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Sunny_Kumar_ · Accepted Answer · 2014-01-02T18:50:00

Hi Sajid,

You can really do it and it's that simple, use the codes below:

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Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application app = new  
                          Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application();
            MailItem item = app.CreateItem((OlItemType.olMailItem));
            item.BodyFormat = OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML;
            item.To = "a@test.com;b@test.com;c@test.com";
            item.BCC = "cc@test.com";
            item.Body = "Hello There!";
            item.Display();

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