Microsoft KB Archive/178669

= How To Send Files as Outlook Attachments from Visual InterDev Interface =

Article ID: 178669

Article Last Modified on 5/2/2006

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APPLIES TO


 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 1.0 Standard Edition
 * Microsoft Visual InterDev 6.0 Standard Edition

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This article was previously published under Q178669



SUMMARY
This article describes how to configure Visual InterDev to easily attach a Web file from your Visual InterDev project to a Microsoft Outlook e-mail message.



MORE INFORMATION
To easily send a Web file as a file attachment, you need add the Microsoft Office Outlook SendFile executable as a helper application to your "Open With" list.

Use the following steps to do this:  Within Visual InterDev, right-click on any Web file and select Open With. Select Add. Insert the following in the Program Name field:

C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\Outlook.exe

 Insert the following in the Friendly Name field: Outlook  Click OK.

Now when you need to send an Active Server Pages (ASP) file as an Outlook File attachment complete the following steps:
 * 1) Right-click on the ASP file you wish to send.
 * 2) Click Open With.
 * 3) Select Outlook as the program to open.
 * 4) A new e-mail message will appear with the ASP file you have chosen as a file attachment.

