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Auto Email from a report or query
Hello
I need to find a way to have Access 2007 run a report or query at 00:01am of everyday and then to generate an email, containing all the information present in the report or query, to send via outlook 2007 to a predetermined email account. Plus where would this code be wrote, SQL, Forms, Basic etc...? Your help with this question would greatly appreciated. |
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Auto Email from a report or query
Brendan,
In most of my applications, I have a Splash screen (some people call it a switchboard) that is the first form that users see. When they select one of the options on that form, I generally hide the form, and then make it visible again when the user exits whatever module they have selected. You could put some code in that forms Timer event, to determine whether the current date is the previous date, and if so, use the SendObject method to run the report. It might look something like: Private Sub Form_Timer Static dtLastPass as Date If dtLastPass = 0 Then dtLastPass = Date ElseIf dtLastPass Date Then DoCmd.SendObject acSendReport, "ReportName", , _ ", , , , _ "Daily report", strMsg, False End If End Sub Then, set the Timer interval based on how close you want this to run to Midnight. I would probably set it to something like 60000. SendObject allows you to send a report, query, ... to one or more recipients, allows you to put the subject in the email, and even put text in the message body. Depending on what version of Access you are running, and what Service Pack, this might not work in an unattended mode (security patches prevent unwanted email from being sent from your computer). I know I've read some other messages about how to bypass that security, but have never implemented any of them. -- HTH Dale Don''t forget to rate the post if it was helpful! email address is invalid Please reply to newsgroup only. "Brendanpeek" wrote: Hello I need to find a way to have Access 2007 run a report or query at 00:01am of everyday and then to generate an email, containing all the information present in the report or query, to send via outlook 2007 to a predetermined email account. Plus where would this code be wrote, SQL, Forms, Basic etc...? Your help with this question would greatly appreciated. |
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Auto Email from a report or query
hi
first, if the access file is open and running then you can use a timer on an open form to check the time and do a "DoCmd.SendObject" to the report you want. if the access file isnt running, use windows' scheduler to run it at the right time. the (big) problem is that from office 2002 onward, outlook will not allow code-generated emails to be sent automatically without a manual confirmation (something like "a program is trying to send email...") and as far as i know there is no way to go around it. this was added to prevent robots sending information on your behalf without you knowing it, but it cetainly made our (programmers) life quite a bit harder. the solution i use is a small .net dll i wrote, refered to from access, that uses system.net.mail to send emails without outlook. it's quite a bit of a detour, but once accomplished, it's doing the job nicely, and i dont know of any other solution if you need help with that, i'll try to help you good luck Erez. "Brendanpeek" wrote: Hello I need to find a way to have Access 2007 run a report or query at 00:01am of everyday and then to generate an email, containing all the information present in the report or query, to send via outlook 2007 to a predetermined email account. Plus where would this code be wrote, SQL, Forms, Basic etc...? Your help with this question would greatly appreciated. |
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Auto Email from a report or query
Ok looks like i will need your help Erez Mor because the database i have made
will be all ways open on a sever with office 2007 loaded on it. "Erez Mor" wrote: hi first, if the access file is open and running then you can use a timer on an open form to check the time and do a "DoCmd.SendObject" to the report you want. if the access file isnt running, use windows' scheduler to run it at the right time. the (big) problem is that from office 2002 onward, outlook will not allow code-generated emails to be sent automatically without a manual confirmation (something like "a program is trying to send email...") and as far as i know there is no way to go around it. this was added to prevent robots sending information on your behalf without you knowing it, but it cetainly made our (programmers) life quite a bit harder. the solution i use is a small .net dll i wrote, refered to from access, that uses system.net.mail to send emails without outlook. it's quite a bit of a detour, but once accomplished, it's doing the job nicely, and i dont know of any other solution if you need help with that, i'll try to help you good luck Erez. "Brendanpeek" wrote: Hello I need to find a way to have Access 2007 run a report or query at 00:01am of everyday and then to generate an email, containing all the information present in the report or query, to send via outlook 2007 to a predetermined email account. Plus where would this code be wrote, SQL, Forms, Basic etc...? Your help with this question would greatly appreciated. |
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Auto Email from a report or query
Erez Mor wrote:
the (big) problem is that from office 2002 onward, outlook will not allow code-generated emails to be sent automatically without a manual confirmation (something like "a program is trying to send email...") and as far as i know there is no way to go around it. this was added to prevent robots sending information on your behalf without you knowing it, but it cetainly made our (programmers) life quite a bit harder. There are solutions. See the Outlook specific links at the Access Email FAQ at my website. http://www.granite.ab.ca/access/email/outlook.htm Tony -- Tony Toews, Microsoft Access MVP Please respond only in the newsgroups so that others can read the entire thread of messages. Microsoft Access Links, Hints, Tips & Accounting Systems at http://www.granite.ab.ca/accsmstr.htm Tony's Microsoft Access Blog - http://msmvps.com/blogs/access/ |
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