Outlook Body limited to 132 char

Reinhard

Hi!
I was asked to have N. automatically generate an email. Usually I use the smtpMailX OCX for this. But she asked me to open it in Outlook so she can double-check the message as well as add in some additional comments if needed.


var objApp 'Microsoft Outlook 11.0 Object Library'.Application
var objMail 'Microsoft Outlook 11.0 Object Library'.MailItem

//Create application
IF ISCLEAR(objApp) THEN CREATE(objApp);

//Create mail item
objMail := objApp.CreateItem(0);

//Set properties
objMail."To"('reinhard.ruescher@oztera.com');
objMail.Subject('Mail from Navision');
objMail.Body('This method wont take parameters over 132 char!');

//Uncomment for display email
//objMail.Display();

//Send mail
objMail.Send();

The problem arises from the fact that if I try to write a long message in the body method it will stop my from typing at some opint. (After 132 char.) If I copy paste past that limit it pops up an error:
"The last ediditng action (often 'paste') was ignored because it would have cause dthe maximum number of characers (132) for the text box Control1 to be exceeded."

I figured this would be a common problem since I saw no "addBodyLine" type of method. A mibuso search didn't bring up anything. So I'm asking for help, thanks in advance! I found many code snippets using this automation on msdn.com but every time the body was only a short sentence.

What is causing the problem? How can I get around it?

garak

Does this work :?:

objMail.Body('the First 132 chars');
objMail.Body('the next 132 chars');

Reinhard

no
that reassigns the value of the body to 'the next 132 char'
Mail Item.Body() is found under properties

Reinhard

It seems I have miscategorized the problem. Here is something that works:

strOne := "132 char";
strTwo := "132 char";

objMail.Body(strOne + strTwo);
//this works and exceeds the "limit"

curiously, I can't assign strOne more than 132 char either. In other words NOTHING seems to be able to do that. Interesting. So I guess I solved my problem but I still feel like I don't understand what's going on.

Reinhard

I know what the problem that I have been having is. Don't laugh, because it's embarrassing.

The 132 char limit I have been dealing with is the width of the code editor!

arghh.... maybe instead of a cryptic error message it should just go ahead and place the cursor at the start of the next line? I just started working here and our screens are fairly large... so I am not used to this kind of problem of course... and even notepad does not have this kind of limitation so I was not considering it at all.

ajhvdb

Happens to us all.. O:)