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[sinkfaze]

...I wonder why Sean didn't post it on the first page of the original one!

Probably because we had no way to anticipate that AHK_L would suddenly become the de facto version of AHK. Since at the time the original version was still the standard there wasn't a lot of point to pushing solutions to an alternate version to the top of the stack (an exception being COM).

[Sean]

I wonder why Sean didn't post it on the first page of the original one!

IMO, threads like this one should be trivial/pointless. Otherwise, there would've been no point of implementing Native COM.

[shajul]

I wonder why Sean didn't post it on the first page of the original one!

IMO, threads like this one should be trivial/pointless. Otherwise, there would've been no point of implementing Native COM.

I would like to very humbly mention here that experts/programmers who know Objects/COM may find it very trivial. But noobs like me with no programming/engineering background rely on examples. And without any working examples on how to use native COM, it is pretty useless to me.
So I created a thread so that new members of the AHK community are not confused when they try to run scripts on the forum and keep on getting error messages. It is important more so now, becuase AHK_L is the first download option presented to new entrants, and many of the advanced scripts on this forum wont run on AHK_L.

Also, though completely off topic, i would like to mention here that though i joined on 15 Sep 2006, i have not asked many questions on Ask for help all these years. Most of whatever I have learnt in AHK was through studying the Documents (so well written), the examples on the forum, rarely the Wiki. Hence thanks to all active members like Sean and countless others who have created a huge database of useful functions and scripts.
Hence I feel i should do my bit to help any other newbie non-programmer who happens to stumble upon AHK. If this thread is trivial, mods may delete it, as simple as that.

[sbc]

I would like to very humbly mention here that experts/programmers who know Objects/COM may find it very trivial. But noobs like me with no programming/engineering background rely on examples. And without any working examples on how to use native COM, it is pretty useless to me.

+1 Thanks shajul. Your examples are very helpful to me and I'm sure for other non-advanced users too.

[Sean]

I would like to very humbly mention here that experts/programmers who know Objects/COM may find it very trivial.

It was not a critique on your thread, but was my answer to the quest.

But noobs like me with no programming/engineering background rely on examples. And without any working examples on how to use native COM, it is pretty useless to me.

That's why I said that Native COM implementation would've been pointless. Why do you think other people were so obsessed with the dot syntax support for COM? Then, countless codes in VBS/JS abundant all over the web were supposed to be example codes, after obvious/trivial adjusts into AHK. Anyway, what count are the contents the codes contain, not the syntax in which they are written. IMO, you better spend your time in digging into/out new contents than in converting mere syntax (which I don't think deserves a new thread).

[ruespe]

I think, you've got the wrong version of AHK_L. Download the actual one.

[shajul]

IMO, you better spend your time in digging into/out new contents than in converting mere syntax..

I hope List Running Processes [AHK_L], WMI Tasks COM with AHK_L, Create a scheduled task natively [AHK_L] and Powerpoint.application qualify.
CDO email delivery was the first one i used, hence posted it in a new thread so that it was prominent for AHK_L users, with full credits to you. Thanks again for your code. Maybe we can append the posts here to the main thread when we have more powerful moderation features of PHPBB3 8)

But still have the same error.

Steps to get it right:
1. Uninstall current version of Autohotkey
2. Open task manager and "End Process" any Autohotkey.exe process
3. Download and Install Autohotkey_L from here -> Downloads
4. Choose Unicode when prompted.
5. Save the following code as test.ahk and run it

isUnicode := A_IsUnicode ? "Yes" : "No"
MsgBox % "Autohotkey Version : " . A_AhkVersion . "`nAutohotkey Path : " . A_AhkPath . "`nIs Unicode : " . isUnicode

It should say something like

Autohotkey Version : 1.0.90.00
Autohotkey Path : C:\Program Files\AutoHotkey\AutoHotkey.exe
Is Unicode : Yes

Then you can try to run the CDO Email code again. Also, you may want to see Autohotkey_L and Basic Together

[Sean]

I hope List Running Processes [AHK_L], WMI Tasks COM with AHK_L, Create a scheduled task natively [AHK_L] and Powerpoint.application qualify.
CDO email delivery was the first one i used, hence posted it in a new thread so that it was prominent for AHK_L users, with full credits to you.

Good. BTW, if you're interested in a real challenge on Email subject, here is one: although I haven't encountered one so far, there is a possibility that some smtp server accepts only 587 port for Explicit SSL. As CDOSYS doesn't handle 587 port for Explicit SSL, there may remain only one COM solution: using .NET's System.Net.Mail. So, write a COM code for it. If you like a pure COM challenge, here is another one: write a COM code for 465 port for Implicit SSL using System.Web.Mail, which will be a little more involved.

[The Naked General]

Absolutely great work guys!

I have had a need over the last week or so to hook an Outlook box to send messages. I'm still working on it but I figured I'd post what I have so far as I tore the forums apart looking for something like it. Parts are based on the CDO.message functions and most of the rest was modified from the Outlook developer site here:
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I'm still working on CC and BCC and MAPI uses some kind of crazy account struct for the from field, so... yeah. But the attachments work and it resolves the "to" address before sending and alerts you if it won't resolve.

DEPENDENCIES:
This script requires that Outlook or another MAPI based mail client be installed

It is written in AHK_L COM compliant syntax

TEST ENVIRONMENT:
Built and tested in Windows XP X64 sp3 with a gmail account. Written with SciTE4AHK

object.FromAddress := "[email protected]"
ToAddress := "[email protected]"
MessageSubject := "MAPI TEST"
MessageBody := "This is a test of the MAPI hooked batch sender"
AttachmentPath := "c:\TEST.txt|c:\OTHER_TEST.ico" ; can add multiple attachments, the delimiter is |

ol := ComObjCreate("Outlook.Application")
ns := ol.getNamespace("MAPI")
ns.logon("","",true,false) ;get default MAPI profile
newMail := ol.CreateItem(0) ;0 is Outlook constant 'olMailItem' (thanks Sinkfaze)
newMail.Subject := MessageSubject
newMail.Body := MessageBody
MessageAttach := newMail.Attachments
Loop, Parse, AttachmentPath, |, %A_Space%%A_Tab%
MessageAttach.Add(A_LoopField)

; validate the recipient, just in case...
myRecipient := ns.CreateRecipient(ToAddress)
myRecipient.Resolve
If Not myRecipient.Resolved
MsgBox "unknown recipient"
Else
{
newMail.Recipients.Add(myRecipient)
;newMail.Sender := FromAddress ;this would be the from field but does not work yet
newMail.Send
MsgBox mail sent!
}
Return

Improvements are welcome!

[shajul]

DEPENDENCIES:
This script requires that Outlook or another MAPI based mail client be installed

It is written in AHK_L COM compliant syntax

TEST ENVIRONMENT:
Built and tested in Windows XP X64 sp3 with a gmail account. Written with SciTE4AHK

Your documentation is wonderful, covers all aspects, something for us to imitate.

object.FromAddress := "[email protected]"
...
;newMail.Sender := FromAddress ;this would be the from field but does not work yet

The reason the from field does not work maybe because the from field need not be an object, eg (this works for me)

FromAddress := "[email protected]"
...
newMail.Sender := FromAddress

ns.logon("","",true,false) ;get default MAPI profile

This may be changed to

ns.logon("Outlook","",true,true) ;get default MAPI profile

as that is the default profile created by Outlook.

[The Naked General]

Yeah I tried it like you said above not referencing it as a object and it throws an error.

Tested on two machines now with same error.

Error: 0x80020006 - Unknown name.

Specifically: Sender

025: newMail.Sender := FromAddress