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Copy Excel range as Picture to Outlook

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outlook

How can I use the command "Paste Special - As Picture" that you access in Excel from the right-click menu?

I have viewed various posts, but they seem to be outdated when using Excel 2016. It seems it has to be in this section,

With TempWB.Sheets(1)
    .Cells(1).PasteSpecial Paste:=8
    .Cells(1).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues, , False, False
    .Cells(1).PasteSpecial xlPasteFormats, , False, False
    .Cells(1).Select

How do I alter to allow copy and paste as picture?

When using the original code below, I lose all column and row sizing in the email body.

Dim rng As Range
Dim OutApp As Object
Dim outMail As Object

Set rng = Nothing
' Only send the visible cells in the selection.

Set rng = Sheets("Dashboard").Range("B4:L17").SpecialCells(xlCellTypeVisible)

With Application
    .EnableEvents = False
    .ScreenUpdating = False
End With

Set OutApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
Set outMail = OutApp.CreateItem(0)

With outMail
    .To = ""
    .CC = ""
    .BCC = ""
    .Subject = ""
    .HTMLBody = RangetoHTML(rng)
    .Display
End With
On Error GoTo 0

With Application
    .EnableEvents = True
    .ScreenUpdating = True
End With

Set outMail = Nothing
Set OutApp = Nothing
End Sub


Function RangetoHTML(rng As Range)
' By Ron de Bruin.
    Dim fso As Object
    Dim ts As Object
    Dim TempFile As String
    Dim TempWB As Workbook

    TempFile = Environ$("temp") & "/" & Format(Now, "dd-mm-yy h-mm-ss") & ".htm"

    'Copy the range and create a new workbook to past the data in
    rng.Copy
    Set TempWB = Workbooks.Add(1)
    With TempWB.Sheets(1)
        .Cells(1).PasteSpecial Paste:=8
        .Cells(1).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues, , False, False
        .Cells(1).PasteSpecial xlPasteFormats, , False, False
        .Cells(1).Select
        Application.CutCopyMode = False
        On Error Resume Next
        .DrawingObjects.Visible = True
        .DrawingObjects.Delete
        On Error GoTo 0
    End With

    'Publish the sheet to a htm file
    With TempWB.PublishObjects.Add( _
         SourceType:=xlSourceRange, _
         Filename:=TempFile, _
         Sheet:=TempWB.Sheets(1).Name, _
         Source:=TempWB.Sheets(1).UsedRange.Address, _
         HtmlType:=xlHtmlStatic)
        .Publish (True)
    End With

    'Read all data from the htm file into RangetoHTML
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set ts = fso.GetFile(TempFile).OpenAsTextStream(1, -2)
    RangetoHTML = ts.ReadAll
    ts.Close
    RangetoHTML = Replace(RangetoHTML, "align=center x:publishsource=", _
                          "align=left x:publishsource=")

    'Close TempWB
    TempWB.Close savechanges:=False

    'Delete the htm file we used in this function
    Kill TempFile

    Set ts = Nothing
    Set fso = Nothing
    Set TempWB = Nothing
End Function
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linktheory Avatar asked Feb 21 '18 00:02

linktheory


1 Answers

To get better picture on Outlook, work with Word object model with MailItem.GetInspector Property (Outlook)

Example

Option Explicit
Public Sub Example()
    Dim rng As Range
    Dim olApp As Object
    Dim Email As Object
    Dim Sht As Excel.Worksheet
    Dim wdDoc As Word.Document

    Set Sht = ActiveWorkbook.Sheets("Dashboard")
    Set rng = Sht.Range("B4:L17")
        rng.CopyPicture Appearance:=xlScreen, Format:=xlPicture

    With Application
        .EnableEvents = False
        .ScreenUpdating = False
    End With

    Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
    Set Email = olApp.CreateItem(0)
    Set wdDoc = Email.GetInspector.WordEditor

    With Email
        .To = ""
        .CC = ""
        .BCC = ""
        .Subject = ""
        .Attachments.Add ActiveWorkbook.FullName

         wdDoc.Range.PasteAndFormat Type:=wdChartPicture

'        if need setup inlineshapes hight & width
         With wdDoc
            .InlineShapes(1).Height = 130
         End With

        .Display
    End With

    With Application
        .EnableEvents = True
        .ScreenUpdating = True
    End With

    Set Email = Nothing
    Set olApp = Nothing
End Sub
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0m3r Avatar answered Sep 30 '22 11:09

0m3r