Append text to (formatted) body of Reply

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My VBA code is properly finding and opening emails that I want to reply to,

but the body of these messages is formatted somewhat with a table and some

bordering.

I want to append some text to the bottom of this outgoing reply via my code,

but using objItm.Body = objItm.Body & chr(13) & newstring

seems to be removing all the formatting. I can send the reply (with its

formatting) just fine when I manually add text to the bottom, but I can't

seem to replicate this through my code. If can understand the line above

concatenating newstring might be forcing the body to text; is there a coding

way to position the cursor after the existing text and add text without

affecting the existing formatting?
 
You woudl need to set the HTMLBody propretty instead of Body.

Read the old value of HTMLBody, find the position of the "</body", inset

your own value just before that, set the new value of HTMLBody

Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)

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"Mark Parent" <MarkParent> wrote in message

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> My VBA code is properly finding and opening emails that I want to reply
> to,
> but the body of these messages is formatted somewhat with a table and some
> bordering.

> I want to append some text to the bottom of this outgoing reply via my
> code,
> but using objItm.Body = objItm.Body & chr(13) & newstring
> seems to be removing all the formatting. I can send the reply (with its
> formatting) just fine when I manually add text to the bottom, but I can't
> seem to replicate this through my code. If can understand the line above
> concatenating newstring might be forcing the body to text; is there a
> coding
> way to position the cursor after the existing text and add text without
> affecting the existing formatting?

>
 
Thank You Dmitry... That's put me on the right track, and I've been able to

produce a much better looking outgoing email.

On a side note, let me thank all of the responders to these discussions...

This board is an incredibly practical resource!

"Dmitry Streblechenko" wrote:


> You woudl need to set the HTMLBody propretty instead of Body.
> Read the old value of HTMLBody, find the position of the "</body", inset
> your own value just before that, set the new value of HTMLBody

> > Dmitry Streblechenko (MVP)
>

>

>

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> "Mark Parent" <MarkParent> wrote in message
> news:42CCACDB-6612-4201-BE11-76D32AD2B6DA@microsoft.com...
> > My VBA code is properly finding and opening emails that I want to reply
> > to,
> > but the body of these messages is formatted somewhat with a table and some
> > bordering.
> > I want to append some text to the bottom of this outgoing reply via my
> > code,
> > but using objItm.Body = objItm.Body & chr(13) & newstring
> > seems to be removing all the formatting. I can send the reply (with its
> > formatting) just fine when I manually add text to the bottom, but I can't
> > seem to replicate this through my code. If can understand the line above
> > concatenating newstring might be forcing the body to text; is there a
> > coding
> > way to position the cursor after the existing text and add text without
> > affecting the existing formatting?
> >


>
 
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