Copy a formatted table from excel sheet to outlook meeting request.

Hi All,

I have the below macro code which automatically sends the meeting requests from excel using outlook it works fine but I need to put some data as well on the meeting requests body when I am sending the meeting requests. my code copies the data as well on my meeting requests body but if my worksheet has a datatable with formatting then it just pastes the data with out any formatting. I am using dataobject method to copy the data to meeting body from excel sheet. I am using outlook 2003 so I can't use HTML method as Outlook 2003 doesn't support HTML for meeting requests. Below is my code :

Sub Sendmeetingrequests ()
' adds a list of appontments to the Calendar in Outlook
    Dim olApp As Outlook.Application
    Dim olAppItem As Outlook.appointmentItem
    Dim r As Long
    Dim myPath As String

    Application.ScreenUpdating = False
    myPath = ActiveWorkbook.Path

    DeleteTestAppointments    ' deletes previous test appointments
    On Error Resume Next
    Set olApp = GetObject("", "Outlook.Application")
    On Error GoTo 0
    If olApp Is Nothing Then
        On Error Resume Next
        Set olApp = CreateObject("Outlook.Application")
        On Error GoTo 0
        If olApp Is Nothing Then
            MsgBox "Outlook is not available!"
            Exit Sub
        End If
    End If

    r = 10    ' first row with appointment data in the active worksheet
    While Len(Cells(r, 1).Formula) > 0
        Set olAppItem = olApp.CreateItem(olAppointmentItem)    ' creates a new appointment

        With olAppItem
            ' set default appointment values
            .Start = Now
            .End = Now
            .Subject = "No subject"
            .Location = ""
            .Body = ""
            .ReminderSet = True
            .MeetingStatus = olMeeting

            ' read appointment values from the worksheet
            On Error Resume Next
            .Start = Cells(r, 1).Value + Cells(r, 2).Value
            .End = Cells(r, 1).Value + Cells(r, 3).Value
            .Subject = Cells(r, 4).Value
            .Location = Cells(r, 5).Value
            .ReminderSet = Cells(r, 8).Value
            .Importance = Right(Cells(r, 9).Value, 1)
            .RequiredAttendees = Cells(r, 10).Value
            .Categories = "TestAppointment"    ' add this to be able to delete the testappointments
            On Error GoTo 0
            .Save    ' saves the new appointment to the default folder
        End With

        With olApp
            Dim Xl As Excel.Application
            Dim Ws As Excel.Worksheet
            Dim xlRn As Excel.Range

            Set Xl = GetObject(, "Excel.Application")
            Set Ws = Xl.Workbooks.Parent.Worksheets(Cells(r, 1).Offset(0, 5).Value)
            Set xlRn = Ws.Range("MailBodyText")


            Dim varBody As String
            Dim objdata As DataObject
            Dim DataObject As Object
            Set objdata = New DataObject

            Application.GoTo Reference:=xlRn
            Selection.Copy
            objdata.GetFromClipboard
            varBody = objdata.GetText

            With olAppItem
                .Body = varBody '& vbCrLf & vbCrLf
            End With
        End With

        olAppItem.Close olSave
        r = r + 1
        Sheets("scheduleapp").Activate
    Wend
    Set olAppItem = Nothing
    Set olApp = Nothing
    Application.ScreenUpdating = True
End Sub

I have attached my macro file as well. Please have a look.

Thanks a lot for your help in advance.

Hi romperstomper,

Thanks, I will ensure the same going forward.

Cross posted here: http://www.mrexcel.com/forum/showthread.php?t=506949

Thanks a lot for your help in advance.

Abhay