How to send and receive email
01.01.2007
This code activates the Tools|Send and Receive|All accounts menu item:
uses Office_TLB; // Office97 for D5 users var ToolsMenu: CommandBar; SendRecMenuItem, AllAccs: CommandBarControl; begin ToolsMenu := (Outlook.ActiveExplorer.CommandBars as CommandBars).Item['Tools']; // D5 users can omit the underscore after 'Controls' in the next two lines SendRecMenuItem := ToolsMenu.Controls_['Send and Receive']; AllAccs := (SendRecMenuItem.Control as CommandBarPopup).Controls_['All Accounts']; AllAccs.Execute;
If you're using Outlook 2000, you'll have to change 'Send and Receive', perhaps to 'Send/Receive'. (I've had one report that this works, one that it doesn't - perhaps there are spaces around the '/'? Any clarification of this would be very welcome! Pointless menu changes don't make automation any easier...)