How to add my Outlook email signature to the COM object using RDCOMClient
com, outlook, r, rdcomclient
Solution
Consider using Outlook's GetInspector() property. Assuming you have an auto-signature, assign a variable to capture the default body and then concatenate to your latter message:
library(RDCOMClient)
olMailItem = 0
OutApp <- COMCreate("Outlook.Application")
outMail <- OutApp$CreateItem(olMailItem)
outMail$GetInspector()
signature = outMail[["HTMLBody"]]
outMail[["Recipients"]]$Add("dest@dest.com")
outMail[["Subject"]] = "some subject"
outMail[["HTMLBody"]] = paste0('<p>some body', signature, '</p>')
outMail$Display()
outMail <- NULL
OutApp <- NULL
Problem
I am working RDCOMClient into some of my work flow and thanks to agstudy's answer Here I am able to send emails throuhg r, but I can't figure out how to add my Outlook email signature. I'm new to COM objects, but have done a fair share of searching and haven't found anything. Because my reputation hasn't hit 50 yet, I wasn't able to comment on the inital thread to ask there. Can someone show me how I can add my Outlook email signature? ``` library(RDCOMClient) OutApp <- COMCreate("Outlook.Application") outMail = OutApp$CreateItem(0) outMail[["To"]] = "dest@dest.com" outMail[["subject"]] = "some subject" outMail[["body"]] = "some body" ## I want to add my outlook signature here. outMail$Send() ```