Create Email is greyed out

[rkl122]

Hello all,

I just noticed that my Access 2010 "Create Email" option is greyed out. It's in the External Data tab. Does anyone know how to activate it?

I'm running Access 2010 on Win7x64. My default (MAPI) email client was not MS Outlook, but since the help file indicates Outlook needs to be installed and configured, I did that (Outlook 2010), and set it as the default mail client (both MAPI and SendTo). After doing so, using DoCmd.SendObject in some test VBA, I can send an email from within Access. FWIW, I also have the Outlook 14.0 object library ticked in the "available references" library.

But that Create Email option remains greyed out. This is true even when I have open the Northwind "Employee Edit" form (which has a field for email addresses).

Been googling for a couple days on this. There are scattered reports of same problem, but no solution that I've found. :banghead:

Thx for any help. -Ron

 

[boblarson]

Are you using an MDB file or ACCDB file type?

 

[rkl122]

ACCDB. Northwind as well as my own project.

 

[boblarson]

I think I figured it out. You must have a table or query open to do it.

 

[rkl122]

YESssss! I've been fiddling with this for days; you nailed it in seconds.... Doh!

As mentioned, I had tried it with a form. Not (yet) understanding just what the feature is good for, I was guessing it would be used with a form. Now I see that if I have *both* a form and a table open, the feature is enabled when the table has focus, disabled when the form has focus.

Thank you so much.

-Ron

I think I figured it out. You must have a table or query open to do it.