How to send attachment with MS Outlook automation?

[Mike Pliam]

Thanks OReubens. I came across the same post somewhere. But it's an old post that doesnt appear to work using Win 7, Microsoft Outlook 12.0 Object Library <9.3> where I have added the classes from the Class Wizard:

CApplication
CAppointmentItem
CContactItem
CMailItem
CMainSpace

But trying to instantiate the object Attachments

Attachments atts( myMailItemObject.GetAttachments() ;

is accompanied by the message:

Error: object of abstract class type "Attachments" is not allowed

I suspect that M$ made some changes in the OutLook automation classes and interfaces, e.g., myMailItemObject.GetAttachments() is now myMailItemObject.get_Attachements(). Further, there exist interfaces in the type library for Attachments which might be useful but I would prefer that someone who has used them might share their code rather than my endless fooling around with it.

This post addresses the problem more directly, particularly with respect to earlier vs later versions of Visual Studio.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/For...8-6205326f065d

However, some here have expressed the opinion that social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums are worth what you pay for them. : )

OK. I added Attachment and Attachments from the Class Wizard type library and now I can instantiate a CAttachments object. But how to add file objects to this - given that I have a CString full pathname for the file?

LPDISPATCH atts.Add(VARIANT &Source, VARIANT &Type, VARIANT &Postion, VARIANT &DisplayName);

I have tried this but clearly lack understanding of COM where m_vcsAttachments is a std::vector<CString> pathname:

	CAttachments atts;
	COleVariant covOption((long)DISP_E_PARAMNOTFOUND, VT_ERROR);

              // Using the CComVariant: Smart Wrapper Class for VARIANT
	CComVariant varSmartVariantString (m_vcsAttachments[0]);

	//LPDISPATCH atts.Add(VARIANT &Source, VARIANT &Type, VARIANT &Postion, VARIANT &DisplayName);

	atts.Add(varSmartVariantString,
	covOption,
	covOption,
	covOption);

	olMailItem.get_Attachments();

	// Send the message
	olMailItem.Send();

Thanks to Siddartha: http://forums.codeguru.com/showthrea...ing-to-CString

And now it compiles and runs and sends valid emails - BUT NO ATTACHMENTS ARE RECEIVED WITH THE EMAIL!

I must be missing something.
Still would appreciate your help on this.