Microsoft KB Archive/182396

= OL98: How to Set a Form's From Field Using VBScript =

Article ID: 182396

Article Last Modified on 3/9/2005

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 * Microsoft Outlook 98 Standard Edition

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SUMMARY
You cannot directly change an item's From field using any programming methods in Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Outlook. If you could, mail could be sent on someone else's behalf without their permission; therefore, the From field is read-only.

Instead, you can use the SentOnBehalfOfName property to set the From field, provided that you were given delegate permissions to send mail on someone else's behalf.



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You can use Microsoft Visual Basic Scripting Edition (VBScript) or Automation to populate various fields on a form. When you create a mail message (MailItem) form to send to someone, the "To" "CC" and "BCC" fields are set by using the Recipients collection.

The following sample code demonstrates how to create a new Mail item and populate the CC: line.

Note: This code illustrates use of Automation from another program. 'Create an Outlook application object Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") 'Creates a new MailItem form Set myItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem) 'Add Jon Grande to the Recipients collection Set myRecipient = myItem.Recipients.Add("Jon Grande") 'Set the CC field to the Recipients collection defined above myRecipient.Type = olCC You can use the constants olTo, olCC, and olBCC to set the "To", "CC", and "BBC" address fields of the MailItem. However, olOriginator does not set the "From" field.

To set the "From" field, use the SentOnBehalfOfName property of the Item object. The following example demonstrates the use of the SentOnBehalfOfName property: 'Create an Outlook application object Set myOlApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application") 'Creates a new MailItem form Set myItem = myOlApp.CreateItem(olMailItem) 'Set the "From" field myItem.SentOnBehalfOfName = "Jon Grande"

