Email Text Editor

[Rickety107]

I have been tasked with adding functionality to our current access mde to
allow the users to send email directly from the mde. I can not use the
outlook object because our remote terminal server users have mail boxes that
are to large to open. I have found code to send the email using the cdo
object.

My problem is that I have to give them a form that allows them to type and
format their email message just like they could in outlook. The toolbars for
editing are disabled in the mde. Any help would be appreciated. My deadline
just got moved up a week so I am running out of time fast.

 

[Douglas J. Steele]

Might the HTMLEditor that Stephen Lebans has at
http://www.lebans.com/htmleditor.htm be of use?

 

[Rickety107]

I looked at that. The issue my boss had with it was

1. The users had to cntl-enter to create a new line.
2. Unlike a text editor, the text kept going accross the screen and did not
end unless you created a new line.

 

[dymondjack]

Have you considered using a Rich Text control? I belive there's an ActiveX
control (though somewhat limited, from what I gather), and there is one on
Lebans site, and FMS also has one, though its pricey. I'm not sure how you
would get it from there to an email (I don't generally get into this type of
stuff).

http://www.lebans.com/richtext.htm

http://www.fmsinc.com/products/memo/indexom.asp

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