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  Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-07-23 10:19 -0700
    Re: Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-07-23 12:11 -0600
    Re: Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-07-23 11:33 -0700
      Re: Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email python@bdurham.com - 2012-07-23 16:20 -0400
      Re: Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email Ian Kelly <ian.g.kelly@gmail.com> - 2012-07-23 14:32 -0600
        Re: Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-07-23 14:24 -0700
        Re: Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-07-23 14:24 -0700
          Re: Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-07-23 17:42 -0700
          Re: Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email bruceg113355@gmail.com - 2012-07-23 17:42 -0700
      Re: Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email Emile van Sebille <emile@fenx.com> - 2012-07-23 14:02 -0700

#25907 — Python and Outlook, sendinf an image in the body of email

All,

I am trying to figure out how to send a image in the body of a email when Making a Meeting Request.
Below is my current code.

Thanks,
Bruce


# code below is mainly from http://harunprasad.blogspot.com/2012/01/python-make-meeting-request-appointment.html
# --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------

import win32com.client
oOutlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
appt = oOutlook.CreateItem(1) 
appt.Start = '2012-07-24 08:00'
appt.Subject = '5th Meeting'
appt.Duration = 60
appt.Location = 'Conference Room, Main'


appt.Body = "This is body text\n"
attach1 = "someimage.jpg"
appt.Attachments.Add (attach1)        #prefer to have attachment inline (body) of email

appt.MeetingStatus = 1 

appt.Recipients.Add("someone@email.com") #enter valid email here

appt.Save()
appt.Send()

print "Done"

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#25910

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 11:19 AM,  <bruceg113355@gmail.com> wrote:
> All,
>
> I am trying to figure out how to send a image in the body of a email when Making a Meeting Request.

You need to use html in the body with an <img> tag that references the
attachment.  See:

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4312687/how-to-embed-images-in-email

One of the answers there contains an Outlook-specific example, which
is written in C# but should still be translatable to what you are
doing.

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#25914

I tried something similar to the example at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4312687/how-to-embed-images-in-email .

Problem is, this line is not understood:
       mail.BodyFormat = OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML

    Traceback (most recent call last):
      ...
      appt.BodyFormat = OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML
    NameError: name 'OlBodyFormat' is not defined

Bruce

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#25918

> Problem is, this line is not understood:
> 
> mail.BodyFormat = OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML

Try olBodyFormat (lower case 'o')

Malcolm

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#25919

On Mon, Jul 23, 2012 at 12:33 PM,  <bruceg113355@gmail.com> wrote:
> I tried something similar to the example at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4312687/how-to-embed-images-in-email .
>
> Problem is, this line is not understood:
>        mail.BodyFormat = OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML
>
>     Traceback (most recent call last):
>       ...
>       appt.BodyFormat = OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML
>     NameError: name 'OlBodyFormat' is not defined

Assuming you've run makepy to generate the static dispatch Python module for the
Outlook type library, all generated constants are available via
win32com.client.constants  Try:

appt.BodyFormat = win32com.client.constants.olFormatHTML

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#25925

These do not work:

  appt.BodyFormat = olBodyFormat.olFormatHTML 
      ...
      appt.BodyFormat = olBodyFormat.olFormatHTML
      NameError: name 'olBodyFormat' is not defined

  

  appt.BodyFormat = win32com.client.constants.olFormatHTML 
     ...
     appt.BodyFormat = win32com.client.constants.olFormatHTML
     File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", 
        line 170, in  __getattr__
     raise AttributeError(a)
     AttributeError: olFormatHTML


Bruce

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#25926

These do not work:

  appt.BodyFormat = olBodyFormat.olFormatHTML 
      ...
      appt.BodyFormat = olBodyFormat.olFormatHTML
      NameError: name 'olBodyFormat' is not defined

  

  appt.BodyFormat = win32com.client.constants.olFormatHTML 
     ...
     appt.BodyFormat = win32com.client.constants.olFormatHTML
     File "C:\Python26\lib\site-packages\win32com\client\__init__.py", 
        line 170, in  __getattr__
     raise AttributeError(a)
     AttributeError: olFormatHTML


Bruce

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#25939

This assignment works:
  import win32com.client
  oOutlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
  appt = oOutlook.CreateItem(0)
  appt.BodyFormat = win32com.client.constants.olFormatHTML 

But this assignment does not work:
  import win32com.client
  oOutlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application"
  appt = oOutlook.CreateItem(1)  #appointment
  appt.BodyFormat = win32com.client.constants.olFormatHTML 

      AttributeError: ... object has no attribute 'BodyFormat'

It simply appears an Appointment Item does not support .BodyFormat
Images are delivered as attachments, can not be in the body (inline) of the appointment email.


Bruce

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#25940

This assignment works:
  import win32com.client
  oOutlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application")
  appt = oOutlook.CreateItem(0)
  appt.BodyFormat = win32com.client.constants.olFormatHTML 

But this assignment does not work:
  import win32com.client
  oOutlook = win32com.client.Dispatch("Outlook.Application"
  appt = oOutlook.CreateItem(1)  #appointment
  appt.BodyFormat = win32com.client.constants.olFormatHTML 

      AttributeError: ... object has no attribute 'BodyFormat'

It simply appears an Appointment Item does not support .BodyFormat
Images are delivered as attachments, can not be in the body (inline) of the appointment email.


Bruce

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#25921

On 7/23/2012 11:33 AM bruceg113355@gmail.com said...
> I tried something similar to the example at http://stackoverflow.com/questions/4312687/how-to-embed-images-in-email .
>
> Problem is, this line is not understood:
>         mail.BodyFormat = OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML

If I read the example properly, this is bvisual basic and should result 
in some form of visual basic error (possibly library related) if 
anything and not a python traceback.

Emile

>
>      Traceback (most recent call last):
>        ...
>        appt.BodyFormat = OlBodyFormat.olFormatHTML
>      NameError: name 'OlBodyFormat' is not defined
>
> Bruce
>

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