Mail one Sheet With SendMail

Ron de Bruin (last updated 15-April-2010)
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Important read this :

The code on this page is working with Outlook, Outlook Express, Windows Mail and Windows Live Mail.
With SendMail it is not possible to :

1) Send text in the Body of the mail
2) Use the CC or BCC field
3) Attach other files

If you want to have the options above and more and use Outlook you
can use one of the Outlook object model examples on my mail index page.

Copy the code in a Standard module, if you just started with VBA see this page.
http://www.rondebruin.nl/code.htm

Check out this page for Tips If you want to change the code on this page.
http://www.rondebruin.nl/mail/tips1.htm

Example 1

The following subroutine sends a newly created workbook with just the ActiveSheet.
It is saving the workbook before mailing it with a date/time stamp.
After the file is sent the workbook will be deleted from your hard disk.
Change the mail address and subject in the macro before you run it.

Important: Read also the information below the macro

Sub Mail_ActiveSheet()
'Working in 97-2010
    Dim FileExtStr As String
    Dim FileFormatNum As Long
    Dim Sourcewb As Workbook
    Dim Destwb As Workbook
    Dim TempFilePath As String
    Dim TempFileName As String
    Dim I As Long

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

    Set Sourcewb = ActiveWorkbook

    'Copy the sheet to a new workbook
    ActiveSheet.Copy
    Set Destwb = ActiveWorkbook

    'Determine the Excel version and file extension/format
    With Destwb
        If Val(Application.Version) < 12 Then
            'You use Excel 97-2003
            FileExtStr = ".xls": FileFormatNum = -4143
        Else
            'You use Excel 2007-2010, we exit the sub when your answer is
            'NO in the security dialog that you only see  when you copy
            'an sheet from a xlsm file with macro's disabled.
            If Sourcewb.Name = .Name Then
                With Application
                    .ScreenUpdating = True
                    .EnableEvents = True
                End With
                MsgBox "Your answer is NO in the security dialog"
                Exit Sub
            Else
                Select Case Sourcewb.FileFormat
                Case 51: FileExtStr = ".xlsx": FileFormatNum = 51
                Case 52:
                    If .HasVBProject Then
                        FileExtStr = ".xlsm": FileFormatNum = 52
                    Else
                        FileExtStr = ".xlsx": FileFormatNum = 51
                    End If
                Case 56: FileExtStr = ".xls": FileFormatNum = 56
                Case Else: FileExtStr = ".xlsb": FileFormatNum = 50
                End Select
            End If
        End If
    End With

    '    'Change all cells in the worksheet to values if you want
    '    With Destwb.Sheets(1).UsedRange
    '        .Cells.Copy
    '        .Cells.PasteSpecial xlPasteValues
    '        .Cells(1).Select
    '    End With
    '    Application.CutCopyMode = False

    'Save the new workbook/Mail it/Delete it
    TempFilePath = Environ$("temp") & "\"
    TempFileName = "Part of " & Sourcewb.Name & " " _
                 & Format(Now, "dd-mmm-yy h-mm-ss")

    With Destwb
        .SaveAs TempFilePath & TempFileName & FileExtStr, _
                FileFormat:=FileFormatNum
        On Error Resume Next
        For I = 1 To 3
            .SendMail "ron@debruin.nl", _
                      "This is the Subject line"
            If Err.Number = 0 Then Exit For
        Next I
        On Error GoTo 0
        .Close SaveChanges:=False
    End With

    'Delete the file you have send
    Kill TempFilePath & TempFileName & FileExtStr

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

You can also use the following line if you know the sheet you want to mail :
Sheets("Sheet5").Copy
It doesn't have to be the active sheet used at that time.

Information

In the macro you see that if Val(Application.Version) < 12 is True that I use
FileExtStr = ".xls": FileFormatNum = -4143
This is the normal Excel workbook format in 97-2003

If you run the code in Excel 2007-2010 it will look at the FileFormat of the parent workbook
and save the new file in that format.
Only if the parent workbook is an xlsm file and if there is no code in the new workbook
it will save the new file as xlsx, this way the receiver knows that this is a macro free file.
If the parent workbook is not an xlsx, xlsm, or xls then it will be saved as xlsb.

This are the main formats in Excel 2007-2010:

51 = xlOpenXMLWorkbook (without macro's in 2007-2010, xlsx)
52 = xlOpenXMLWorkbookMacroEnabled (with or without macro's in 2007-2010, xlsm)
50 = xlExcel12 (Excel Binary Workbook in 2007-2010 with or without macro’s, xlsb)
56 = xlExcel8 (97-2003 format in Excel 2007-2010, xls)

If you always want to save in a certain format you can replace this part of the macro

                Select Case Sourcewb.FileFormat
                Case 51: FileExtStr = ".xlsx": FileFormatNum = 51
                Case 52:
                    If .HasVBProject Then
                        FileExtStr = ".xlsm": FileFormatNum = 52
                    Else
                        FileExtStr = ".xlsx": FileFormatNum = 51
                    End If
                Case 56: FileExtStr = ".xls": FileFormatNum = 56
                Case Else: FileExtStr = ".xlsb": FileFormatNum = 50
                End Select

With one of the one liners from this list

FileExtStr = ".xlsb": FileFormatNum = 50
FileExtStr = ".xlsx": FileFormatNum = 51
FileExtStr = ".xlsm": FileFormatNum = 52
FileExtStr = ".xls": FileFormatNum = 56

Or maye you want to save the one sheet workbook to csv, txt ot prn.
(you can use this also if you run it in 97-2003)

FileExtStr = ".csv": FileFormatNum = 6
FileExtStr = ".txt": FileFormatNum = -4158
FileExtStr = ".prn": FileFormatNum = 36

Example 2

The example below will send each sheet in the Shname Array to a person In the Addr Array.
In this example four separate mails will be send with one sheet.

Sheet1 to ron@test.nl
Sheet2 to jelle@test.nl
Sheet3 to judith@test.nl
Sheet4 to nicolet@test.nl

If you run the macro in Excel 2007-2010 the files will be saved/send as xlsm files.
You can change that to another format if you want (See information of Example 1)
Copy this macro in a module of the file with the sheets in the array (not in your personal.xls(b)).

See also the mail index page for other code examples to do this or install the sheet template.

Sub Mail_Sheets()
'Working in 97-2010
    Dim wb As Workbook
    Dim Shname As Variant
    Dim Addr As Variant
    Dim N As Integer
    Dim TempFilePath As String
    Dim TempFileName As String
    Dim FileExtStr As String
    Dim FileFormatNum As Long
    Dim I As Long

    Shname = Array("Sheet1", "Sheet2", "Sheet3", "Sheet4")
    Addr = Array("ron@test.nl", "jelle@test.nl", "judith@test.nl", "nicolet@test.nl")

    If Val(Application.Version) >= 12 Then
        'You run Excel 2007-2010
        FileExtStr = ".xlsm": FileFormatNum = 52
    Else
        'You run Excel 97-2003
        FileExtStr = ".xls": FileFormatNum = -4143
    End If

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

    TempFilePath = Environ$("temp") & "\"

    'Create the new workbooks/Mail it/Delete it
    For N = LBound(Shname) To UBound(Shname)

        TempFileName = "Sheet " & Shname(N) & " " & Format(Now, "dd-mmm-yy h-mm-ss")

        ThisWorkbook.Sheets(Shname(N)).Copy
        Set wb = ActiveWorkbook

        With wb
            .SaveAs TempFilePath & TempFileName & FileExtStr, FileFormatNum
            On Error Resume Next
            For I = 1 To 3
                .SendMail Addr(N), _
                          "This is the Subject line"
                If Err.Number = 0 Then Exit For
            Next I
            On Error GoTo 0
            .Close SaveChanges:=False
        End With

        'Delete the file you have send
        Kill TempFilePath & TempFileName & FileExtStr

    Next N

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