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    <div class="moz-cite-prefix">Hi Joylon<br>
      <br>
      No problem !<br>
      <br>
      I usually use Indy to send emails but in this case I wanted to use
      the default email client.  I HAVE found some MAPI code that seems
      to work!  I am working through it now.  Third time lucky :)<br>
      <br>
      Code below for others (in its cut and paste format) ...<br>
      <br>
      procedure ArtMAPISendMail(<br>
                  const Subject, MessageText, MailFromName,
      MailFromAddress,<br>
                        MailToName, MailToAddress: String;<br>
                  const AttachmentFileNames: array of String);<br>
      //Originally by Brian Long: The Delphi Magazine issue 60 - Delphi
      And Email<br>
      var<br>
        MAPIError: DWord;<br>
        MapiMessage: TMapiMessage;<br>
        Originator, Recipient: TMapiRecipDesc;<br>
        Files, FilesTmp: PMapiFileDesc;<br>
        FilesCount: Integer;<br>
      begin<br>
         FillChar(MapiMessage, Sizeof(TMapiMessage), 0);<br>
      <br>
         MapiMessage.lpszSubject := PAnsiChar(AnsiString(Subject));<br>
         MapiMessage.lpszNoteText := PAnsiChar(AnsiString(MessageText));<br>
      <br>
         FillChar(Originator, Sizeof(TMapiRecipDesc), 0);<br>
      <br>
         Originator.lpszName := PAnsiChar(AnsiString(MailFromName));<br>
         Originator.lpszAddress :=
      PAnsiChar(AnsiString(MailFromAddress));<br>
      //   MapiMessage.lpOriginator := @Originator;<br>
         MapiMessage.lpOriginator := nil;<br>
      <br>
      <br>
         MapiMessage.nRecipCount := 1;<br>
         FillChar(Recipient, Sizeof(TMapiRecipDesc), 0);<br>
         Recipient.ulRecipClass := MAPI_TO;<br>
         Recipient.lpszName := PAnsiChar(AnsiString(MailToName));<br>
         Recipient.lpszAddress := PAnsiChar(AnsiString(MailToAddress));<br>
         MapiMessage.lpRecips := @Recipient;<br>
      <br>
         MapiMessage.nFileCount := High(AttachmentFileNames) -
      Low(AttachmentFileNames) + 1;<br>
         Files := AllocMem(SizeOf(TMapiFileDesc) *
      MapiMessage.nFileCount);<br>
         MapiMessage.lpFiles := Files;<br>
         FilesTmp := Files;<br>
         for FilesCount := Low(AttachmentFileNames) to
      High(AttachmentFileNames) do<br>
         begin<br>
           FilesTmp.nPosition := $FFFFFFFF;<br>
           FilesTmp.lpszPathName :=
      PAnsiChar(AnsiString(AttachmentFileNames[FilesCount]));<br>
           Inc(FilesTmp)<br>
         end;<br>
      <br>
         try<br>
           MAPIError := MapiSendMail(<br>
             0,<br>
             Application.MainForm.Handle,<br>
             MapiMessage,<br>
             {MAPI_LOGON_UI or }{MAPI_NEW_SESSION} MAPI_DIALOG,<br>
             0);<br>
         finally<br>
           FreeMem(Files)<br>
         end;<br>
      <br>
         case MAPIError of<br>
           MAPI_E_AMBIGUOUS_RECIPIENT:<br>
            Showmessage('A recipient matched more than one of the
      recipient descriptor structures and MAPI_DIALOG was not set. No
      message was sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_ATTACHMENT_NOT_FOUND:<br>
            Showmessage('The specified attachment was not found; no
      message was sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_ATTACHMENT_OPEN_FAILURE:<br>
            Showmessage('The specified attachment could not be opened;
      no message was sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_BAD_RECIPTYPE:<br>
            Showmessage('The type of a recipient was not MAPI_TO,
      MAPI_CC, or MAPI_BCC. No message was sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_FAILURE:<br>
            Showmessage('One or more unspecified errors occurred; no
      message was sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_INSUFFICIENT_MEMORY:<br>
            Showmessage('There was insufficient memory to proceed. No
      message was sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_LOGIN_FAILURE:<br>
            Showmessage('There was no default logon, and the user failed
      to log on successfully when the logon dialog box was displayed. No
      message was sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_TEXT_TOO_LARGE:<br>
            Showmessage('The text in the message was too large to sent;
      the message was not sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_TOO_MANY_FILES:<br>
            Showmessage('There were too many file attachments; no
      message was sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_TOO_MANY_RECIPIENTS:<br>
            Showmessage('There were too many recipients; no message was
      sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_UNKNOWN_RECIPIENT:<br>
             Showmessage('A recipient did not appear in the address
      list; no message was sent.');<br>
           MAPI_E_USER_ABORT:<br>
             Showmessage('The user canceled the process; no message was
      sent.');<br>
           SUCCESS_SUCCESS:<br>
             Showmessage('MAPISendMail successfully sent the message.');<br>
         else<br>
           Showmessage('MAPISendMail failed with an unknown error
      code.');<br>
         end;<br>
      end;<br>
      <br>
      <br>
      On 28/07/2016 4:00 PM, Jolyon Direnko-Smith wrote:<br>
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    <blockquote
cite="mid:CALXexOqqbaJUj4kFQthH0mi_hp0fmxqUo-fy=5Fzn8Ez32_ONw@mail.gmail.com"
      type="cite">
      <div dir="ltr">Ignore my previous response - it was just
        re-stating what you already learned.  Sorry 'bout that.<br>
        <br>
        As for alternatives, is there any reason you must use the
        default email client and cannot simply construct and send an
        email using (e.g.) Indy SMTP or IMAP components, suitably
        configured ?<br>
        <br>
        <br>
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        <div class="gmail_quote">On 28 July 2016 at 15:58, Jolyon
          Direnko-Smith <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a moz-do-not-send="true"
              href="mailto:jsmith@deltics.co.nz" target="_blank">jsmith@deltics.co.nz</a>&gt;</span>
          wrote:<br>
          <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
            .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">
            <div dir="ltr">The mailto URI scheme does not support
              attachments.<br>
              <br>
              <a moz-do-not-send="true"
                href="https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6068"
                target="_blank">https://tools.ietf.org/html/rfc6068</a><br>
              <br>
              Specific email clients may provide extensions to the URI
              scheme that allow that email client to support attachments
              via a mailto: URI but by definition these extensions will
              not be universally supported and so fail the test of
              "working with the user's default email client (whatever
              that may be)".<br>
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                <div class="gmail_extra"><br>
                  <div class="gmail_quote">On 28 July 2016 at 15:33,
                    Robert Martin <span dir="ltr">&lt;<a
                        moz-do-not-send="true"
                        href="mailto:rob@chreos.co.nz" target="_blank">rob@chreos.co.nz</a>&gt;</span>
                    wrote:<br>
                    <blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0 0 0
                      .8ex;border-left:1px #ccc solid;padding-left:1ex">Hi
                      All<br>
                      <br>
                      I am trying to open the default system email
                      client with a new email<br>
                      (subject and attachment).  I know about MailTo but
                      that doesn't support<br>
                      file attachments.  I have tried a couple of MAPI
                      functions I got off the<br>
                      web but to no avail (one errors the other just
                      runs and does nothing).<br>
                      Does anyone have code to do this?<br>
                      <br>
                      <br>
                      Cheers<br>
                      <br>
                      Rob<br>
                      <br>
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        found in this message.<br>
        Checked by AVG - <a moz-do-not-send="true"
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        Version: 2016.0.7690 / Virus Database: 4627/12695 - Release
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