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If you want to trigger the "send e-mail" function, you can do so with:

Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c start mailto:user@domain.com");

Note that this is Windows-specific.

If you want to have full access to the Outlook API, I have been unable to
find any libraries that will do what you want.  The closest thing I've found
is this:

http://www.intrinsyc.com/support/j-integra/doc/servlet_com/ServletToOutlookExample.html

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"Borland" <it@brake-eng.com> wrote in message
news:3ebf811e$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> Hello.
>
> Is there anyway of opening Microsoft Outlook E-mails from within a Java
> Application.  I have developed a CRM program and would like to integrate
> e-mail.  I am able to send/read e-mails using IP*Works beans & can shell
to
> Outlook using:
>
>    Runtime load = Runtime.getRuntime();
>    load.exec("c:\\Program Files\\Microsoft Office\\Office\\Outlook.exe");
>
> but cannot open native Outlook mails.
>
> Regards.
>
> Ted
>
>

I'm just thinking out loud here, you should be able to find some Outlook ocx
control and make JINI calls to it to be able to get control over Outlook.
I'm just thinking what I would do from my VB days, and I would reference an
Outlook OCX/control and then use it like another native object.

Hope it helps (or at least fuels the fire for thoughts? :>), good luck.




"Kevin Dean" <NkOdSePaAnM@datadevelopment.com> wrote in message
news:3ebf9681$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> If you want to trigger the "send e-mail" function, you can do so with:
>
> Runtime.getRuntime().exec("cmd /c start mailto:user@domain.com");
>
> Note that this is Windows-specific.
>
> If you want to have full access to the Outlook API, I have been unable to
> find any libraries that will do what you want.  The closest thing I've
found
> is this:
>
>
http://www.intrinsyc.com/support/j-integra/doc/servlet_com/ServletToOutlookE
xample.html
>
> --
> Check out our latest white papers at
> http://www.datadevelopment.com/papers/index.html
>
> BladeNET Scores With Borland Enterprise Tools
> Team Development with JBuilder and Borland Enterprise Server
>
> Dolphin Data Development Ltd.
> http://www.datadevelopment.com/
>
> "Borland" <it@brake-eng.com> wrote in message
> news:3ebf811e$1@newsgroups.borland.com...
> > Hello.
> >
> > Is there anyway of opening Microsoft Outlook E-mails from within a Java
> > Application.  I have developed a CRM program and would like to integrate
> > e-mail.  I am able to send/read e-mails using IP*Works beans & can shell
> to
> > Outlook using:
> >
> >    Runtime load = Runtime.getRuntime();
> >    load.exec("c:\\Program Files\\Microsoft
Office\\Office\\Outlook.exe");
> >
> > but cannot open native Outlook mails.
> >
> > Regards.
> >
> > Ted
> >
> >
>
>

Borland wrote:

> Is there anyway of opening Microsoft Outlook E-mails from within a Java
> Application.  I have developed a CRM program and would like to integrate
> e-mail.  I am able to send/read e-mails using IP*Works beans & can shell to
> Outlook using:

Well, that's probably the wrong way to do it. Rather than drive an 
end-user mail client from your program, you should be talking directly 
to your exchange (or other mail) server.

The best way to do this is to use the JavaMail API. Exchange has an IMAP 
and a POP connector available, so you can choose either one. POP is 
better if you want to use your application as the mail store (you 
download the messages from the exchange server and delete them from there).

If you simply want to peek at the messages but leave them there, you 
would be better off using IMAP, though POP3 can be used for that, too 
(just leave the messages on the server after you're done).

To send mail, use the JavaMail API to create a message (it can create 
MIME messages with attachments and all that jazz), and send it using 
SMTP by connecting to the SMTP connector of your Exchange server (or 
other SMTP server like sendmail or qmail).

In both cases, you're using pure Java code with no native dependencies.