"Resend this message" button

[stevewy]

I would like to add the above button to my main toolbar in Outlook
2003, so that I can resend the message currently highlighted in the
main "Sent Items" window, without having to open that message and go
through the Actions menu. However, the correct button to add to a
customized toolbar is only available once you have opened the message,
and I am not able to copy the button from the opened message toolbar
across to the main Outlook toolbar - it just won't go.

Is it possible to resend a message without actually having the message
open, just selected? Would I need a VBA macro to accomplish this?

Any help would be appreciated. Thanks.

Steve Wylie
Canterbury
UK

 

[Rajat]

Hi Steve,

Try the following (I am currently using 2007, should work in other verisions
as well):

1. Goto the Actions Menu
2. Right-click on the 'Re-send mail button'
3. Select 'Add to quick access toolbar'

Let me know if this works.

Best,
Rajat

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You would indeed need VBA to call this function directly from the main
Outlook window.

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You would then still need to open the message to trigger this command.

--
Robert Sparnaaij [MVP-Outlook]
Coauthor, Configuring Microsoft Outlook 2003


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[stevewy]

Sorry, Rajat, but that option you suggested is not available in
Outlook 2003, even in Customize mode.

Roady, I have been searching the internet generally to see if anyone
has had a similar problem and come up with a solution. Someone
suggested adding this macro to a toolbar button, which should simulate
the click on the "resend" button. Apparently, there is no Resend
Message command in the Outlook VBA Object Model, which I find rather
odd...

Dim oCmd as Office.CommandBarButton
Set oCmd=Application.ActiveInspector.CommandBars(,3165 )
oCmd.Execute

I will post again to say whether it worked. Thanks for your
suggestion.

Steve

 

[stevewy]

No, it didn't work with that little routine. I don't think there is a
way of doing it, other than manually opening the message and using the
menus. That routine only works in the toolbar that appears once you
open the message, not in the general Outlook one.

Steve

 

[Roady [MVP]]

That only works for available buttons within the screen you are working. I
don't know if it can be called directly from the main Outlook screen but
things aren't as simple as calling a single statement. You might want to
check with the developers down the hall in outlook.program_vba

 

[stevewy]

Thank you for your advice.

Steve

 

[Roady [MVP]]

You're welcome!

 

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In 2007 is there a way to change the size of the icons in the quick access
toolbar. Also is there a way to display the function of the icon with the
toolbar instead of displaying when mouse is pointed to the item?