Send an Email BCC only

[DJRhino1175]

I use this public function:

Public Function SendAnEmail(olSendTo As String, _
                            olSubject As String, _
                            olEMailBody As String, _
                            olDisplay As Boolean, _
                   Optional olCCLine As String, _
                   Optional olBCCLine As String, _
                   Optional olOnBehalfOf As String, _
                   Optional olAtchs As String, _
                   Optional SendAsHTML As Boolean) As Boolean
On Error GoTo EH
    Dim olApp       As Outlook.Application
    Dim olMail      As Outlook.MailItem
    Dim strArray()  As String
    Dim intAtch     As Integer

    Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    Set olMail = olApp.CreateItem(olMailItem)
    With olMail
        .To = olSendTo
        .subject = olSubject
 
        If SendAsHTML Then
            .BodyFormat = olFormatHTML
            .HTMLBody = olEMailBody
        Else
            .body = olEMailBody
        End If
 
        .CC = olCCLine
        .BCC = olBCCLine
        .SentOnBehalfOfName = olOnBehalfOf
        strArray = Split(olAtchs, "%Atch")
 
        For intAtch = 0 To UBound(strArray)
            If FileExists(strArray(intAtch)) Then _
                .Attachments.Add strArray(intAtch)
        Next intAtch
 
        If olDisplay Then
            .Display
        Else
            .Send
        End If
 
    End With
    Set olMail = Nothing
    Set olApp = Nothing
 
    SendAnEmail = True
 
    Exit Function
EH:
    MsgBox "There was an error generating the E-Mail!" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
        "Error: " & Err.Number & vbCrLf & _
        "Description: " & Err.Description & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
        "Please contact your Database Administrator.", vbCritical, "WARNING!"
    SendAnEmail = False
    Exit Function
End Function

Which is called out in this sub routine:

Private Sub btnGroupEmail_Click()
 
On Error GoTo EH
 
    Dim strSendTo     As String
    Dim strSubject    As String
    Dim strEMailBody  As String
    Dim strCCLine     As String
    Dim strBCCLine    As String
    Dim strOnBehalfOf As String
    Dim MyDB          As DAO.Database
    Dim rstEMail      As DAO.Recordset
    Dim strEMail      As String
 
    DoCmd.SetWarnings False
    DoCmd.OpenQuery "qryEmail", acViewNormal
    DoCmd.SetWarnings True
 
Set MyDB = CurrentDb
 
Set rstEMail = MyDB.OpenRecordset("Select * From tblEMail", _
    dbOpenSnapshot, dbOpenForwardOnly)
 
   With rstEMail
            If Not (.BOF And .EOF) Then
                Call .MoveFirst
                Do While Not .EOF
                    'Build the Recipients String
                    strSendTo = _
                        strSendTo & _
                        IIf(strSendTo = "", _
                            "", _
                            ";") & !Email
                  Call .MoveNext
                Loop
            End If
            Call .Close
        End With
 
        Call MyDB.Close
        Set rstEMail = Nothing
        Set MyDB = Nothing
 
    'Generate and Display the E-Mail
 
        Call SendAnEmail(olSendTo:=strSendTo, _
                     olSubject:=strSubject, _
                     olEMailBody:=strEMailBody, _
                     olDisplay:=True, _
                     SendAsHTML:=True)
 
    Exit Sub
EH:
    MsgBox "There was an error sending mail!" & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
        "Error: " & Err.Number & vbCrLf & _
        "Description: " & Err.Description & vbCrLf & vbCrLf & _
        "Please contact your Database Administrator.", vbCritical, "WARNING!"
    Exit Sub
 
End Sub

My question is "How Would I send this as BCC: only"?

Tried changing the strSendto string to strBCCLine string in all instances and all that happens is a blank email.

[twinnyfo]

DJ,

Easy:

        Call SendAnEmail(olBCCLine:=strSendTo, _
                     olSubject:=strSubject, _
                     olEMailBody:=strEMailBody, _
                     olDisplay:=True, _
                     SendAsHTML:=True)

You are confusing your variables with your arguments.

Hope this hepps!

[DJRhino1175]

So I changed that, but now it doesn't compile. It tells me

"Argument not optional" in this section:

 Call SendAnEmail(olBCCLine:=strSendTo, _
                     olSubject:=strSubject, _
                     olEMailBody:=strEMailBody, _
                     olDisplay:=True, _
                     SendAsHTML:=True)

[twinnyfo]

Call SendAnEmail(olSendTo:="", _
                 olSubject:=strSubject, _
                 olEMailBody:=strEMailBody, _
                 olBCCLine:=strSendTo, _
                 olDisplay:=True, _
                 SendAsHTML:=True)

You should be better able to troubleshoot these by now, DJ....

[DJRhino1175]

Thanks Twinny,

Still finding some of this stuff confusing.

[twinnyfo]

No worries, DJ!

Keep pluggin' away. Soon things will start to become natural. It takes many years to become comfortable with this stuff. You'll get there! Just stay encouraged and keep asking questions!