Sample: Use JavaScript with OOM to create an email with an attachment and display it in Outlook for sending.

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This sample shows how OOM can be used with JavaScript from the command line. Use cscript to launch it - this will cause the script to write the output to the command window.

 

// Use this command line:　 cscript test.js

function test()

{

WScript.Echo('Start -------------');

try {

var outlook = new ActiveXObject('Outlook.Application');

var email = outlook.CreateItem(0);

//add some recipients

email.Recipients.Add('danba@microsoft.com').Type = 1; //1=To

//subject and attachments

email.Subject = 'Javascript test';

WScript.Echo('Before Add()');

email.Attachments.Add('https://contoso/documents/wonderful.pdf', 1); //1=Add by value so outlook downloads the file from the url

WScript.Echo('After Add()');

WScript.Echo('Before display()');

email.Display();

WScript.Echo('After display()');

}

catch (error)

{

WScript.Echo("Error - name:" + (error).name + "　　 \nMessage:" + error.message);

}

 

WScript.Echo('End -------------');

}

test();