This article is talking about sending an email through Outlook with multiple attachments attached in Excel.
Send email with multiple attachments attached in Excel with VBA code
Please do as follows to send an email with multiple attachments attached in Excel.
1. Please insert a command button by clicking Developer > Insert > Command Button (ActiveX Control). See screenshot:
2. After inserting the Command Button, please right click it and select View Code from the context menu.
3. In the opening Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please click Tools > References as below screenshot shown.
4. In the References – VBAProject dialog box, please find and check the Microsoft Outlook Object Library option, and then click the OK button.
5. Then replace the original code in the Code window with below VBA code.
VBA code: Send email attached with multiple attachments in Excel
Private Sub CommandButton1_Click()
Dim xStrFile As String
Dim xFilePath As String
Dim xFileDlg As FileDialog
Dim xFileDlgItem As Variant
Dim xOutApp As Outlook.Application
Dim xMailOut As Outlook.MailItem
Application.ScreenUpdating = False
Set xOutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set xMailOut = xOutApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
Set xFileDlg = Application.FileDialog(msoFileDialogFilePicker)
If xFileDlg.Show = -1 Then
With xMailOut
.BodyFormat = olFormatRichText
.To = "happy.xuebi@163.com"
.Subject = "test"
.HTMLBody = "test"
For Each xFileDlgItem In xFileDlg.SelectedItems
.Attachments.Add xFileDlgItem
Next xFileDlgItem
.Display
End With
End If
Set xMailOut = Nothing
Set xOutApp = Nothing
Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub
Note: please specify your email recipient, subject, and body by changing the variate in .To = happy.xuebi@163.com, .Subject = "test" and .HTMLBody = "test" lines in the code.
6. Press the Alt + Q keys together to exit the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
7. Click Developer > Design Mode to turn off the Design Mode. See screenshot:
8. Click the Command Button to run the code. In the popping up Browse window, select the files you need to attach in the email, and then click the OK button. See screenshot:
9. Then an email is created with specified fields and attachments listed out. Please click the Send button to send it. See screenshot:
Note: The VBA code is only working when you use Outlook as your email program.
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