How to send a specific chart in an email with vba in Excel?
You may know how to send an email through Outlook in Excel with VBA code. However, do you know how to attach a specific chart in a certain worksheet into the body of the email? This article wills show you the method to solve this problem.
Send a specific chart in an email in Excel with VBA code
Send a specific chart in an email in Excel with VBA code
Please do as follows to send a specific chart in an email with VBA code in Excel.
1. In the worksheet contains the chart you want to attach in the email body, press the Alt + F11 keys to open the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window.
2. In the Microsoft Visual Basic for Applications window, please click Insert > Module. Then copy below VBA code into the Code window.
VBA code: Send a specific chart in an email in Excel
Sub mailHTMLsend()
'Updated by Extendoffice 2018/3/5
Dim xOutApp As Object
Dim xOutMail As Object
Dim xStartMsg As String
Dim xEndMsg As String
Dim xChartName As String
Dim xChartPath As String
Dim xPath As String
Dim xChart As ChartObject
On Error Resume Next
xChartName = Application.InputBox("Please enter the chart name:", "KuTools for Excel", , , , , , 2)
If xChartName = "" Then Exit Sub
Set xChart = Sheets("Sheet1").ChartObjects(xChartName) 'Change "Sheet1" to your worksheet name
If xChart Is Nothing Then Exit Sub
Set xOutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set xOutMail = xOutApp.CreateItem(0)
xStartMsg = "<font size='5' color='black'> Good Day," & "<br> <br>" & "Please find the chart below: " & "<br> <br> </font>"
xEndMsg = "<font size='4' color='black'> Many Thanks," & "<br> <br> </font>"
xChartPath = Application.ActiveWorkbook.Path & "\" & Environ("USERNAME") & VBA.Format(VBA.Now(), "DD_MM_YY_HH_MM_SS") & ".bmp"
xPath = "<p align='Left'><img src="/%20&%20"cid:" & Mid(xChartPath, InStrRev(xChartPath, "\") + 1) & """ width=700 height=500 > <br> <br>"
xChart.Chart.Export xChartPath
With xOutMail
.To = "xrr@163.com"
.Subject = "Add Chart in outlook mail body"
.Attachments.Add xChartPath
.HTMLBody = xStartMsg & xPath & xEndMsg
.Display
End With
Kill xChartPath
Set xOutMail = Nothing
Set xOutApp = Nothing
End Sub
Note: In the code, please change the recipient’s email address and the email subject in line .To = "xrr@163.com" and line .Subject = "Add Chart in outlook mail body" , Sheet1 is the sheet which contains the chart you want to send, please change it to your own.
3. Press the F5 key to run the code. In the opening Kutools for Excel dialog box, enter the name of the chart you will attach in the email body, and then click the OK button. See screenshot:
Then an email is created automatically with the specified chart showing in the email body as below screenshot shown. Please click the Send button to send this email.
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