inserting images in outlook mailitems

chav · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

New on this forum. Might be helpful.
This is the problem. I'm a access developer and for a clien I create in VBA mailitems with the outlook mailobject. I want below the text in the body insert a .gif picture DEPENDING on a companyname. I have 3 company-names with three diffrent pictures. I could use in HTML (customize with VBA the HTMLbody) src:<filename> where filename links to the file. However when the mail is send to a recipient the link is not recognized. So I want to send the picture, NOT the link. Checking HTML in received mails say 'cid:877415322at11022005-0342' or some simular nrs, where 11022005 seems to be the date. It seems as if in this case the picture and not the link is send. Am I right?
So if I know how to retrieve the nrs (in this case) 877415322 and 0342 of a particular gif-file on my stand-alone computer I would be able to send the picture instead of the link. Who can help me.

Corey Bryant · Posted: Fri Feb 11, 2005 3:33 pm

You can use an absolute URL to embed into the body of an HTML email

chav · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

OK Corey,

2 questions: can you give me an example of how that is done in HTML and (second) where should the gif-file be located (should it be on a website or is it still possible to locate it on the mailsending stand-alone computer)?

Corey Bryant · Posted: Sat Feb 12, 2005 6:39 am

And absolute URL out be something like:

chav · Joined: 11 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

Thanks a lot Corey, that should do it.

tegrovesjr · Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

Is there a way to include the image, without using an absolute URL ? I'm doing the same thing, but my image server is unavailable externally.

Thanks

Corey Bryant · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 4:52 am

If you are developing the HTML email in Outlook Express, it sometimes will embed the images for you but it is not as reliable

tegrovesjr · Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

I'm not using outlook, the email is built by a VB program and sent via smtp gateway. The receipients use everymail client known to man.

Corey Bryant · Posted: Thu Feb 17, 2005 11:45 am

You will need to use absolute URLs

tegrovesjr · Joined: 16 Feb 2005 Posts: 3

Thanks