outlook.application

[ibigpapa]

when i use the outlook object in vb to create an email it works great.

well now i'm moving my vb script into auto it.

Here is the vb snippet

Set OutlookApp = createobject("Outlook.Application")
Set OutlookMailItem = OutlookApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)

so in auto it i do

$outlookApp = objcreate("outlook.application")
$outlookMailItem = $outlookApp.createitem(olmailitem)

autoit barfs at the create item on the second line.

I'm probably calling it incorrectly. Any help would be great.

[Authenticity]

olMailItem is a constant and it's value is 0 (zero). Either define the constants as you usually define constants with it's descriptive variable name or use the constant values directly in the call:

Const olMailItem = 0
Const olAppointmentItem = 1
Const olContactItem = 2
Const olTaskItem = 3
Const olJournalItem = 4
Const olNoteItem = 5
Const olPostItem = 6
Const olDistributionListItem = 7

So in AutoIt it should be:

Global Const $olMailItem = 0
Global Const $olAppointmentItem = 1
Global Const $olContactItem = 2
Global Const $olTaskItem = 3
Global Const $olJournalItem = 4
Global Const $olNoteItem = 5
Global Const $olPostItem = 6
Global Const $olDistributionListItem = 7

Global $outlookApp = objcreate("outlook.application")
Global $outlookMailItem = $outlookApp.createitem($olMailItem) ; Or 0.

[ibigpapa]

THANKS!!! that's it.

olMailItem is a constant and it's value is 0 (zero). Either define the constants as you usually define constants with it's descriptive variable name or use the constant values directly in the call:

Const olMailItem = 0
Const olAppointmentItem = 1
Const olContactItem = 2
Const olTaskItem = 3
Const olJournalItem = 4
Const olNoteItem = 5
Const olPostItem = 6
Const olDistributionListItem = 7

So in AutoIt it should be:

Global Const $olMailItem = 0
Global Const $olAppointmentItem = 1
Global Const $olContactItem = 2
Global Const $olTaskItem = 3
Global Const $olJournalItem = 4
Global Const $olNoteItem = 5
Global Const $olPostItem = 6
Global Const $olDistributionListItem = 7

Global $outlookApp = objcreate("outlook.application")
Global $outlookMailItem = $outlookApp.createitem($olMailItem) ; Or 0.