How to Reply to a selected Outlook Email with Pre-Defined Texts

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I found a code somewhere that enables users to ReplyAll to a selected email in MS Outlook. I would also like to add a pre-defined set of texts while keeping the history of email trail. I've seen this type of code quite often:
.HTMLBody = EmailBody & .HTMLBody
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However I keep getting "Run-time error 287: Application-defined or object-defined error." on the ".HTMLBody = EmailBody & .HTMLBody" line.
What am I missing?

Code: 
Sub ReplyAll_Attachments
'Create Email as ReplyAll
'Reference Required: VBE > Tools > References > Microsoft Outlook 15.0 Object Library

Dim outlookApp As Outlook.Application, outlookMail As Outlook.MailItem, outlookReply As Outlook.MailItem
Dim outlookItem As Object, EmailBody As String
    Set outlookApp = New Outlook.Application
    Set outlookMail = outlookApp.CreateItem(0)
    Set outlookItem = GetCurrentItem()

EmailBody = "Hello there"

If Not outlookItem Is Nothing Then
    Set outlookReply = outlookItem.ReplyAll
    With outlookReply
    .HTMLBody = EmailBody & .HTMLBody
    .Display
    outlookItem.UnRead = False
End With
End If

Set outlookReply = Nothing: Set outlookItem = Nothing: Set outlookMail = Nothing: Set outlookApp = Nothing

End Sub


Function GetCurrentItem() As Object

Dim objApp As Outlook.Application
    Set objApp = Outlook.Application

Select Case TypeName(objApp.ActiveWindow)
    Case "Explorer"
        Set GetCurrentItem = objApp.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)
    Case "Inspector"
        Set GetCurrentItem = objApp.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
End Select

Set objApp = Nothing

End Function

Thank you in advance for any help!
 
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What happens when you run the code below? Do you get explorer or inspector in the mail body? What Office version are you using?

Code: 
' Excel module
Dim aw$
Sub ReplyAll_Attachments()
'Reference Required: VBE > Tools > References > Microsoft Outlook 15.0 Object Library
Dim outlookApp As Outlook.Application, outMail As MailItem, outReply As MailItem
Dim outlookItem As Object, EmailBody$
Set outlookApp = New Outlook.Application
Set outMail = outlookApp.CreateItem(0)
Set outlookItem = GetCurrentItem()
EmailBody = "Hello there " & aw
If Not outlookItem Is Nothing Then
    Set outReply = outlookItem.ReplyAll
    With outReply
        .BodyFormat = olFormatHTML
        .HTMLBody = EmailBody & .HTMLBody & vbLf & "<HTML>******>More text.</BODY></HTML>"
        .Display
        outlookItem.UnRead = False
    End With
End If
Set outReply = Nothing: Set outlookItem = Nothing
Set outMail = Nothing: Set outlookApp = Nothing
End Sub
Function GetCurrentItem() As Object
Dim objApp As Outlook.Application
Set objApp = Outlook.Application
Select Case TypeName(objApp.ActiveWindow)
    Case "Explorer"
        Set GetCurrentItem = objApp.ActiveExplorer.Selection.Item(1)
        aw = "Explorer"
    Case "Inspector"
        Set GetCurrentItem = objApp.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
        aw = "Inspector"
End Select
Set objApp = Nothing
End Function
 
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Hi Worf, thank you for your reply.
I get Run-time error 287: Application-defined or object-defined error on the following line:
.HTMLBody = EmailBody & .HTMLBody & vbLf & "<HTML>******>More text.</BODY></HTML>"
Click to expand...

Even when I comment out the above .HTMLBody line, I'm not sure if I get explorer or inspector in the mail body. How can I tell?
I am using Office/Excel/Outlook 2013, and MS Office/Excel/Outlook 15.0 Object Library.
 
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Hi


  • You cannot get an error on a comment.
  • You will get explorer or inspector when the code reaches the display line.
  • The forum software interpreted the tags, as it always does. Please try again with the corrected version below, replacing less with < and greater with >.



.HTMLBody = EmailBody & .HTMLBody & vbLf & "lessHTMLgreaterlessBODYgreaterMore text.less/BODYgreaterless/HTMLgreater"
 
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I still get the same Run-time error 287: Application-defined or object-defined error.
It debugs to this line:
.HTMLBody = EmailBody & .HTMLBody & vbLf & "<HTML>******>More text.</BODY></HTML>"
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The issue is that it does not allow the ".HTMLBody = (Other) & .HTMLBody & (Other)" format.
If I remove ".HTMLBody" from the right side, it works -- I get Explorer in the mail body. Unfortunately, adding other texts before & after .HTMLBody is the easiest way I've seen to keep the email history when replying... But I can't seem to combine the two features.
 
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A different version for your testing. If this fails, we can try the Word editor.

Code: 
' Excel module
Dim aw$
Sub ReplyAll_Attachments()
'Reference Required: VBE > Tools > References > Microsoft Outlook 15.0 Object Library
Dim outApp As Outlook.Application, outReply As MailItem
Dim outItem As Object, EmailBody$, ns As Namespace, sid$
Set outApp = New Outlook.Application
Set outItem = GetCurrentItem()
sid = outItem.EntryID
Set ns = outApp.GetNamespace("MAPI")
Set outItem = ns.GetItemFromID(sid)
EmailBody = "Hello there " & aw
If Not outItem Is Nothing Then
    Set outReply = outItem.ReplyAll
    With outReply
        .BodyFormat = olFormatHTML
        .HTMLBody = EmailBody & .HTMLBody & vbLf & "More text."
        .Display
        outItem.UnRead = False
    End With
End If
Set outReply = Nothing: Set outItem = Nothing: Set outApp = Nothing
End Sub
 
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Still getting the same Run-time error 287: Application-defined or object-defined error.
It does not like the ".HTMLBody = (Other) & .HTMLBody & (Other)" format... Do you know if it's an Office 2013 thing?
 
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It is not, since everything I posted worked for me with Office 2013. I will be back later, probably with something using the Word editor option.
 
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Another one, which also worked for me. Note that it is an Outlook macro.


Code: 
' Outlook module
Dim aw
Sub ReplyWithOrig()
Dim objReply As MailItem, objDoc As Document, objSel As Word.Selection, ci As MailItem
Set ci = GetCurrentItem
Set objReply = ci.Reply
Set objDoc = objReply.GetInspector.WordEditor
Set objSel = objDoc.Windows(1).Selection
With objSel
    .Find.Execute "De:"             ' use From: here
    .Collapse wdCollapseStart
    .MoveEnd WdUnits.wdStory, 1
    .Copy
    .Move wdStory, 1
    .InlineShapes.AddHorizontalLineStandard
    .PasteAndFormat wdFormatOriginalFormatting
    .Move wdStory, -1
    .Find.ClearFormatting
    .Find.Execute ci.SenderName
End With
objDoc.Characters(1).InsertBefore "More text."
objReply.Display
Set objReply = Nothing:    Set objDoc = Nothing
End Sub

Function GetCurrentItem() As Object
Dim objApp As Application
Set objApp = Outlook.Application
Select Case TypeName(objApp.ActiveWindow)
    Case "Explorer"
        Set GetCurrentItem = objApp.ActiveExplorer.Selection.item(1)
        aw = "Explorer"
    Case "Inspector"
        Set GetCurrentItem = objApp.ActiveInspector.CurrentItem
        aw = "Inspector"
End Select
Set objApp = Nothing
End Function
 
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