How to send a range of cells in an e-mail message by using Visual Basic for Applications in Excel 2002 or Excel 2003 (816644)


The information in this article applies to:

  • Microsoft Office Excel 2003
  • Microsoft Excel 2002
  • Microsoft Outlook 2002

SUMMARY

In Microsoft Excel, you can send a section of a workbook as an e-mail message. This article contains sample Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications (VBA) code that demonstrates how to automate sending a range of cells in an e-mail message.

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The following VBA code sample sends a range of ten cells, A1 through B5, from the currently active workbook to the e-mail address specified in the code:
Sub Send_Range()
   
   ' Select the range of cells on the active worksheet.
   ActiveSheet.Range("A1:B5").Select
   
   ' Show the envelope on the ActiveWorkbook.
   ActiveWorkbook.EnvelopeVisible = True
   
   ' Set the optional introduction field thats adds
   ' some header text to the email body. It also sets
   ' the To and Subject lines. Finally the message
   ' is sent.
   With ActiveSheet.MailEnvelope
      .Introduction = "This is a sample worksheet."
      .Item.To = "E-Mail_Address_Here"
      .Item.Subject = "My subject"
      .Item.Send
   End With
End Sub
Note This code only works with Microsoft Outlook. It does not work with any version of Microsoft Outlook Express.
Replace E-Mail_Address_Here with the e-mail address that you want to send the range to.

Note Item.Send in the code triggers an Outlook security warning to display the following message: A program is trying to automatically send e-mail on your behalf. Do you want to allow this? If this is unexpected, it may be a virus and you should choose "No". Click Yes to allow the mail to be sent.

REFERENCES

For more information, click the following article number to view the article in the Microsoft Knowledge Base:

290500 Description of the developer-related e-mail security features in Outlook 2002

Modification Type:MinorLast Reviewed:3/23/2006
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