Outlook 2003 – Embedded Image not Received

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I’ve written VBA code to send a mass mailing email that contains an embedded image (a jpg logo). I tested the code on my own computer using Outlook 2007. Everything works perfectly.

The problem I’m having is that when I installed it on the user’s computer, which has Outlook 2003 installed, the message is sent out and received but the embedded image is not received. The message appears perfectly in the Sent Items folder, including the image . Upon receipt, however, instead of the image, the dreaded red x appears. I Googled this and tried changing a few Outlook 2003 settings but nothing works.

I’m thinking that it appears fine in the Sent Items folder because the image is physically on that C: drive. What settings control this?

Any ideas? Thanks, in advance.

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What code do you use to embed the image?

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What code do you use to embed the image?

Thanks for the reply. Here is my code. Strpath is the path in which the jpg file is located. The commented out strpath = statement is the path on my computer.
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Public Sub SendMessage()
Dim strbcc As String
Dim strmsg As String

Dim dbsmember As Database
Dim rstvols As Recordset

Set dbsmember = CurrentDb()
Set rstvols = _
dbsmember.OpenRecordset(“qry-email alone for broadcast message”, dbOpenDynaset)
On Error GoTo err1

strbcc = “”
Forms![BroadcastMessageSubmenu].strerrmsg = “”

rstvols.MoveFirst
intnumvols = 0

Do While Not rstvols.EOF
With rstvols
If Not IsNull(![CV Email]) Then
strbcc = strbcc & ![CV Email] & “;”
intnumvols = intnumvols + 1
End If
End With
rstvols.MoveNext
Loop

Set rstvols = Nothing

If intnumvols = 0 Then
GoTo err1
End If

‘strpath = “D:My DocumentsALLVLogos”
strpath = “C:Documents and SettingsAll UsersDocumentsLogos”

strmsg = “

Following is a message from Assistance League® of Las Vegas:

”
‘strmsg = strmsg & “ “”

Dim strEmail, strSubject As String, strBody As String
Dim objOutlook As Outlook.Application
Dim objEmail As Outlook.MailItem

Set objOutlook = CreateObject(“Outlook.application”, “localhost”)
Set objEmail = objOutlook.CreateItem(olMailItem)

‘strEmail = ” a @ b.c”
‘strBody = “Make this bold and add a line.”
‘strSubject = “Subject”
With objEmail
.BCC = strbcc
.Subject = “Enter Message Subject to Volunteers here”
.HTMLBody = strmsg
‘.Send ‘Will cause warning message
.Display
End With

Set objEmail = Nothing
Exit Sub

err1:
Forms![BroadcastMessageSubmenu].strerrmsg = “No members found in this group. No email message will be generated.”
Exit Sub
End Sub

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Upon receipt, however, instead of the image, the dreaded red x appears. I Googled this and tried changing a few Outlook 2003 settings but nothing works.

If you view the source of a message where the image does not appear, does the tag have a src attribute similar to src=”cid:image…”? That usually indicates that the image was embedded rather than merely linked, and was bundled into the message as an attachment.

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If you view the source of a message where the image does not appear, does the tag have a src attribute similar to src=”cid:image…”? That usually indicates that the image was embedded rather than merely linked, and was bundled into the message as an attachment.

Thanks for the reply. Here is the src = statement obtained by viewing source on the received message:

src=”file:///C:Documents%20and%20SettingsAll%20UsersDocumentsLogosLasVegas.3color.jpg”

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As you can see, the img tags refer to files on your hard disk, so they are linked, not embedded. Hence the recipient won’t be able to view them.

See To add an embedded image to an HTML message in Microsoft Outlook using code for the code you need to embed an image instead of linking it.

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As you can see, the img tags refer to files on your hard disk, so they are linked, not embedded. Hence the recipient won’t be able to view them.

See To add an embedded image to an HTML message in Microsoft Outlook using code for the code you need to embed an image instead of linking it.

Thanks, Hans. I’ll give this a try.

Several additional points/questions:

1 – When I did the original testing using Outlook 2007 and the code I posted, I sent the message to two other individuals beside myself. Both of them received the image. Any idea why?

2 – Will the code you provided attach the image or embed it in the message? The requirement is for it to be embedded in the message, not attached.

Thanks.

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1. I have no idea, sorry.

2. The code I posted a link to will embed the image in the body of the e-mail message.

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I wanted to give you both an update on my workaround to this issue.

I missed an obvious solution yesterday – i.e. use src = “http://…….”. So, I uploaded the image to the organization’s website and used the following two lines of code:

strpath = “http://allv.org/imageDisplay/0601544LasVegas.3color.jpg”

strmsg = “Following is a message from Assistance League® of Las Vegas:”

Of course, it takes a fraction of a second longer for the image to appear in the Outlook window but the image is received by all recipients.

Thanks, again, for your replies.

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A link to a public website should work, but some recipients may be prompted to allow images to be displayed.

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A link to a public website should work, but some recipients may be prompted to allow images to be displayed.

Thanks, Hans, as always.

I’ll keep that in mind if the issue comes up.

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