How to Reply to Mail using Outlook VBA

Copy formatted word document to Outlook mail using VBA


Here is a simple snippet that replies to the mail using VBA. The contents of the document has earlier been saved as HTML and the HTML is copied to the mail Item

Public Sub ReplyWithHTML()
Dim oMail As Outlook.MailItem
Dim oFSO
Dim oFS
If Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Count Then
If TypeOf Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection(1) Is Outlook.MailItem Then
Set oMail = Application.ActiveExplorer.Selection(1).Reply

Set oFSO = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")

Set oFS = oFSO.OpenTextFile("C:\ForBlogger\formedSample.html")

stext = oFS.readall
oMail.BodyFormat = olFormatHTML
oMail.HTMLBody = stext & vbCr & oMail.HTMLBody
oMail.Display
End If
End If
End Sub