OL98: How to Set a Form's From Field Using VBScript (182396)
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This article was previously published under Q182396 SUMMARY
You cannot directly change an item's From field using any programming
methods in Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Outlook. If you could, mail
could be sent on someone else's behalf without their permission; therefore,
the From field is read-only.
Instead, you can use the SentOnBehalfOfName property to set the From field,
provided that you were given delegate permissions to send mail on someone
else's behalf.
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You can use Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) or
Automation to populate various fields on a form. When you create a mail
message (MailItem) form to send to someone, the "To" "CC" and "BCC" fields
are set by using the Recipients collection.
The following sample code demonstrates how to create a new Mail item and
populate the CC: line.
Note: This code illustrates use of Automation from another program.
'Create an Outlook application object
Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
'Creates a new MailItem form
Set myItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
'Add Jon Grande to the Recipients collection
Set myRecipient = myItem.Recipients.Add("Jon Grande")
'Set the CC field to the Recipients collection defined above
myRecipient.Type = olCC
You can use the constants olTo, olCC, and olBCC to set the "To", "CC", and
"BBC" address fields of the MailItem. However, olOriginator does not set
the "From" field.
To set the "From" field, use the SentOnBehalfOfName property of the
Item object. The following example demonstrates the use of the
SentOnBehalfOfName property:
'Create an Outlook application object
Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
'Creates a new MailItem form
Set myItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
'Set the "From" field
myItem.SentOnBehalfOfName = "Jon Grande"
REFERENCES
For more information about creating solutions with Microsoft Outlook 98,
please see the following articles in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:
180826 OL98: Resources for Custom Forms and Programming
182349 OL98: Questions About Custom Forms and Outlook Solutions
| Modification Type: | Minor | Last Reviewed: | 3/9/2005 |
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