How to: Programmatically Create an E-Mail Item
This example creates an e-mail message in Microsoft Office Outlook.
Applies to: The information in this topic applies to application-level projects for Outlook 2013 and Outlook 2010. For more information, see Features Available by Office Application and Project Type.
Example
Private Sub ThisAddIn_Startup() Handles Me.Startup
CreateMailItem()
End Sub
Private Sub CreateMailItem()
Dim mailItem As Outlook.MailItem = _
Me.Application.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem)
mailItem.Subject = "This is the subject"
mailItem.To = "someone@example.com"
mailItem.Body = "This is the message."
mailItem.Importance = Outlook.OlImportance.olImportanceLow
mailItem.Display(False)
End Sub
private void ThisAddIn_Startup(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
CreateMailItem();
}
private void CreateMailItem()
{
Outlook.MailItem mailItem = (Outlook.MailItem)
this.Application.CreateItem(Outlook.OlItemType.olMailItem);
mailItem.Subject = "This is the subject";
mailItem.To = "someone@example.com";
mailItem.Body = "This is the message.";
mailItem.Importance = Outlook.OlImportance.olImportanceLow;
mailItem.Display(false);
}