Background programming in email client ala VBA in outlook

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I use VBA in Outlook for a lot of automation, but since Office 2007 I have had nothing but trouble with it. I just didn't like Outlook 2013 and am now trying Outlook 2010, but it's rejecting the VBA add-in as being invalid and just not running my programs.

Are there any E:Mail programs that have a similar background programming language as VBA in Outlook (they need to be able to access a SQL database) ?

What I have tried:

Various versions of Outlook & Googling now ...

Posted 18-Sep-17 21:07pm

Gary Heath

Updated 18-Sep-17 21:09pm

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Richard MacCutchan 19-Sep-17 4:17am

Why not just try fixing the errors in the VBA?

Graeme_Grant 19-Sep-17 5:22am

I wonder if it is a 3rd-party addin he is using...

Richard MacCutchan 19-Sep-17 5:33am

Always possible, but unless he explains ...

Graeme_Grant 19-Sep-17 5:42am

Yes, many vague questions today...

Gary Heath 19-Sep-17 7:20am

It's not my VBA, that works fine, it's getting Outlook to run it properly ... all I want to know is if there is a viable alternative to Outlook, an E:Mail program that offers a similar option to run self-written programs in the background, either VBA (which I doubt) or an alternative language ?

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