Send Email in VFP just using Windows native functions

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Hi Experts,

I have come across several ways to send email in VFP using CDO, BLAT, Outlook or some 3rd party app.

Which one basically uses native functions in Windows 10/11?

I find CDO kinda iffy coz it needs to reference some URL like "

http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate".

Pardon my ignorance in advance.

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[Mike Lewis]

There is no native method of sending email from within VFP, that is, there is no built-in function or command for sending email. So you will always need some third-party intervention.

Personally, I have no problem with using CDO. You say that it is "iffy" because it involves certain URLs. But I don't see that as a problem. Mike Gagnon's code (in faq184-4969) works well. I understand that you don't want to rely on the URLs always being available. I can only say that I have an application that has been using CDO in this way for the last 20 years, and it hasn't failed yet.

Mike


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[GriffMG]

I use Chilkat these days, yes it is not free - but it works well.

Really easy to integrate...

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[Chris Miller]

If you want to go with native functions/classes Winsock is the basis of almost all internet communication, but unless you have fun doing all things from scratch the options you mentioned, like BLAT, are making mails much simpler, another option on the same level is

http://www.vfpwinsock.com/vfpwinsock.asp

If you don't even want to start on the level of configuring which mail server to adress etc. your entry point can be MAPI and that has its difficulties, too, but would be the choice when you want to use the standard mail client to send mails.

Chriss

 

[TamarGranor]

I've just reimplemented email for a client using Chilkat and the ChilkatVFP wrapper that's in VFPX. (To be fair, I've run into some issues with ChilkatVFP, but have been able to work through them with Bill Anderson, the author. I know he's already posted one update based on my feedback and there should be another one soon.)

Previously, we were using Blat, but it just stopped working one day.

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