Example of sending an email using outlook using IDEA

This is an example script of how to use IDEAScript to interface with outlook.  Here is the script and the sample data file.

Sub Main
	Dim OutApp As Object
	Dim OutMail As Object
	Dim db As database
	Dim rs As Object
	Dim rec As Object
	Dim sSubject As String
	Dim sMessage As String
	Dim i As Long
	Dim count As Long
	Dim CrLf As String
	
	CrLf = Chr(10) & Chr(13)
	
	Set db = Client.OpenDatabase("outlook-Sheet1.IMD") 
		
		Set rs = db.RecordSet
			count = rs.Count
			rs.ToFirst
			For i = 1 To count
				rs.next
				Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
					Set OutMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)

						Set rec = rs.ActiveRecord
						sSubject = "This email is for " & rs.ActiveRecord.GetCharValue("FIRST_NAME") & " " &  rs.ActiveRecord.GetCharValue("LAST_NAME") 
						sMessage = "Dear " & rs.ActiveRecord.GetCharValue("FIRST_NAME")  & CrLf & CrLf 
						sMessage = sMessage & "This is the body of the email, this is the amount " & rs.ActiveRecord.GetNumValue("AMOUNT") 
						sMessage = sMessage & " and this is the text " & rs.ActiveRecord.GetCharValue("TEXT") 
						On Error Resume Next
						' Change the mail address and subject in the macro before you run it.
						'MsgBox rs.ActiveRecord.GetCharValue("EMAIL_ADDRESS") 
						OutMail.To = rs.ActiveRecord.GetCharValue("EMAIL_ADDRESS") 
						OutMail.CC = ""
						OutMail.BCC = ""
						OutMail.Subject = sSubject
						OutMail.Body = sMessage
						' You can add other files by uncommenting the following line.
						'.Attachments.Add ("C:\test.txt")
						' In place of the following statement, you can use ".Display" to
						' display the mail.
						OutMail.Display
						OutMail.Send   
						On Error GoTo 0
					Set OutMail = Nothing
				Set OutApp = Nothing

			Next i
		Set rec = Nothing
		Set rs = Nothing
	Set db = Nothing
		
End Sub