This example requires a working Outlook installation on a Windows system and a user already configured and logged on.
Demo recording: https://www.loom.com/share/2b516869a9564fce85660229e1d6dc26
OUTLOOK_ACCOUNT(REQUIRED): This variable incorporates the Outlook account name. (so the app window can be correctly identified and controlled)EMAIL_RECIPIENT(REQUIRED): To whom to send the e-mail. (can be the same address as above)EMAIL_ATTACHMENT(OPTIONAL): A file path to a file to attach. (can be relative)EMAIL_BODY(OPTIONAL): A path to a file containing the content of the e-mail body. (make sure that this contains an<ATTACHMENT_TEXT>placeholder inside, as this will be replaced by the file path you want to attach for confirmation purposes)
Our default body contains:
Greetings!
This e-mail has been sent by a Robocorp robot.
<ATTACHMENT_TEXT>
You can find my source at https://github.com/robocorp/example-windows-outlook
Best Regards,
Mark the Robot
The main task (Send email with Outlook application on Windows) calls the following
keywords:
Set variables for this task: Sets the final e-mail body content.Open new Outlook or use the currently open one: Ensures an active Outlook app open.Press New Email button and send one: Sends the e-mail with/out an attachment.
- Clipboard is used in some places to paste text into input fields / text areas instead
of sending keystrokes (faster). The clipboard is cleared with the
Teardown Actionskeyword. - A default e-mail body text is read from the email_body.txt
file in the absence of a custom body provided by the
EMAIL_BODYenvironment variable. The file content should include an<ATTACHMENT_TEXT>text inside, which will be replaced with the file name of the attachment (if one is provided).