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msvidya11
Occasional Contributor
13 years ago

CDO Configuration error in Windows 7

Hi,



I am using the CDO configuration to send a test mail to my email account using JScript using Testcomplete. It works perfectly in WinXP, whereas, throws an error in Windows 7. 



Error Message: "The SendUsing Configuration value is invalid".  

PFA the screenshot. Please guide me to resolve this issue





Below is the code I am using to send the test mail:



<Code>



function sendEmail(smtpServerName,smtpAccountName,fromAddress,toAddress,subject) {






  try {


  


  var objMessage = new ActiveXObject("CDO.Message")


  var cdoConfig = new ActiveXObject("CDO.Configuration")






  cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = smtpServerName;


  cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25


  cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 1


  cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = 1


  cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpaccountname") = smtpAccountName;


  cdoConfig.Fields.Update();  


   


  objMessage.Subject = subject;


  objMessage.From = fromAddress; 


  objMessage.To = toAddress;


  objMessage.TextBody = "This is a test mail."


  objMessage.Fields.Update();


  objMessage.Send();


  


  }


  catch(exception) {   


    throw exception;


  }    


}



function sendTestMail(){

sendEmail("mail.domain.com","mail.domain.com",<From Address>,<To Address>,"Test Mail");



}

</Code>





Thanks in advance,

Vidya

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  • Dmitry_Nikolaev's avatar
    Dmitry_Nikolaev
    Staff
    13 years ago

    Hi Vidya,



    A possible cause of the problem is that your mail server requires secured connection. You can find a sample script demonstrating how to set up such a connection in this How To article.



    Please let me know whether this is the case.







  • msvidya11's avatar
    msvidya11
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago
    Hi ,



    Thanks David. I tried using the authentication parameter as shown in the example. But still the same error message. Please help me to identify and resolve this issue.

    Meanwhile, the same code works fine in Windows XP whereas it throws the specified error only in Windows 7.



    <Code>

    function sendEmail(smtpServerName,smtpAccountName,fromAddress,toAddress,subject)
    {



    try {



    var objMessage = new ActiveXObject("CDO.Message")

    var
    cdoConfig = new
    ActiveXObject("CDO.Configuration")



    cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver")
    = smtpServerName;

    cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport")
    = 25

    cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing")
    = 2

    cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate")
    = 1

    cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpaccountname")
    = smtpAccountName;

    cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername")
    = "<username>";

    cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword")
    = "<password>";



    cdoConfig.Fields.Update();



    objMessage.Subject =
    subject;

    objMessage.From = fromAddress;

    objMessage.To =
    toAddress;

    objMessage.TextBody = "This is a test
    mail."

    objMessage.Fields.Update();

    objMessage.Send();



    }

    catch(exception)
    {

    throw exception;

    }

    }



    </Code>



    Thanks,

    Vidya
  • Dmitry_Nikolaev's avatar
    Dmitry_Nikolaev
    Staff
    13 years ago

    Hi Vidya,





    Are you sure that you are using the correct SSL port number? Can you contact the mail server administrator to get information on what exactly settings are needed to send a message via this server?







  • msvidya11's avatar
    msvidya11
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago
    Hi,



    Thanks David. 

    My requirement  is to send a test mail to an email address and check if my application imports it from the mailbox.

    We are using our internal mail server to send mail and it does not require SSL authentication. To make clear, I ran the script in Win XP and Win7 in the same domain and using the same configuration. In Win XP, it generated the test mail .I am getting the error only in Win 7 machine. 



    Meanwhile, I also tried using TestComplete's SendMail function. It works fine and sends test mail in Win 7. 

    But I am getting a different error in  Win XP: "Socket Error # 10061. Connection refused." .

    Please help me on this.



    Thanks,

    Vidya    







     








  • Dmitry_Nikolaev's avatar
    Dmitry_Nikolaev
    Staff
    13 years ago

    Hi Vidya,





    In your original code, you use the local Outlook Express account with name 'mail.domain.com'. It is possible that this account exists on the XP machine, but does not exist on the Windows 7 machine. Please check whether you have this account on the Windows 7 machine.





    I think that the better approach will be not using the local Outlook Express account, but specifying the credentials for the SMTP server account. Use this code for this:

    function sendEmail(smtpServerName,smtpAccountName,fromAddress,toAddress,subject) { 





      try { 

       

        var objMessage = new ActiveXObject("CDO.Message") 

        var cdoConfig = new ActiveXObject("CDO.Configuration") 





        cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserver") = smtpServerName; 

        cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpserverport") = 25 

        cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusing") = 2 

        cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpauthenticate") = 1 

        cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendusername") = ""; // Specify account name here

        cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/sendpassword") = ""; // Specify account password

    //    cdoConfig.Fields.Item("http://schemas.microsoft.com/cdo/configuration/smtpaccountname") = smtpAccountName; 

        cdoConfig.Fields.Update();   

          

        objMessage.Subject = subject; 

        objMessage.From = fromAddress;  

        objMessage.To = toAddress; 

        objMessage.TextBody = "This is a test mail." 

        objMessage.Fields.Update(); 

        objMessage.Send(); 

       

      } 

      catch(exception) {    

        throw exception; 

      }     

    }





    function sendTestMail(){

      sendEmail("mail.domain.com","mail.domain.com",<From Address>,<To Address>,"Test Mail");

    }






    Before running the function, insert the valid account name and password to its code.





    Please let me know if this helps.







  • cruzader's avatar
    cruzader
    Contributor
    13 years ago
    I think CDO.Message is not anymore supported in Windows 7 or has been changed or something.
  • Dmitry_Nikolaev's avatar
    Dmitry_Nikolaev
    Staff
    13 years ago

    Hi Ruel,



    This is quite odd. I have just checked this on a clean Windows 7 x64 system with MS Office 2010 installed and everything worked fine. It seems that the problems mentioned in the discussion you referenced are quite specific or already resolved by Microsoft.







  • egbea's avatar
    egbea
    Occasional Contributor
    13 years ago
    What is the final solution to this problem report, because I am having the same problem.

    I got the following error Error: The requested property or feature, while supported, is not available at this time or in this context.



    Please see  the attached screenshot