Sending an email template from within AutoCAD

By Madhukar Moogala

Recently, I received a query from an ADN partner, as part of partner customisation requirement expects users to send feedback about publisher app.

The idea is to trigger outlook from a .NET command which is loaded in a macro button.

We can use  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook API to achieve this in our command.

Sample code:

Use assemblyref  Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook

[CommandMethod("SMTP")]
static public void SMTP()
{
try
{
List lstAllRecipients = new List();
//Below is hardcoded - can be replaced with db data
lstAllRecipients.Add("Helpdesk@Publisher.com");
Outlook.Application outlookApp =
    new Outlook.Application();
Outlook._MailItem oMailItem = 
    (Outlook._MailItem)outlookApp.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem);
Outlook.Inspector oInspector = oMailItem.GetInspector;
// Recipient
Outlook.Recipients oRecips =
(Outlook.Recipients)oMailItem.Recipients;
foreach (String recipient in lstAllRecipients)
{
Outlook.Recipient oRecip =
(Outlook.Recipient)oRecips.Add(recipient);
oRecip.Resolve();
}
 
//Add Subject
oMailItem.Subject = "Test Mail";
// body
oMailItem.Body = " Write your Body ";
 
//Display the mailbox
oMailItem.Display(true);
}
catch (SystemException objEx)
{
Application.ShowAlertDialog(objEx.ToString());
}
}
 
In the CUI macro button, pass ^C^C_SMTP

Reference:DisplayMailbox