Add the default outlook signature in the email generated

Question

I am using the Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.Application to generate an email and display it on the screen before the user can send it. The application is a

Answer 1

For anyone looking for an answer after all those years.

In Outlook 2016 mailItem.HTMLBody already contains your default signature/footer.

In my case I replied to someone. If you want to add a message before just do as shown below. Simple.

MailItem itemObj = item as MailItem; //itemObj is the email I am replying to
var itemReply = itemObj.Reply();
itemReply.HTMLBody = "Your message" + itemReply.HTMLBody; //here happens the magic, your footer is already there in HTMLBody by default, just don't you delete it :)
itemReply.Send();

Answer 2

There is a really quick easy way that hasn't been mentioned. See modified below:

public static void GenerateEmail(string emailTo, string ccTo, string subject, string body)
{
    var objOutlook = new Application();
    var mailItem = (MailItem)(objOutlook.CreateItem(OlItemType.olMailItem));        
    mailItem.To = emailTo;          
    mailItem.CC = ccTo;
    mailItem.Subject = subject;
    mailItem.Display(mailItem);
    mailItem.HTMLBody = body + mailItem.HTMLBody;
}

By editing the HTMLBody after you display the mailitem you allow for Outlook to do the work of adding the default signature and then essentially copy, edit, and append.

Answer 3

For some reason libraries are made a bit different depending on language installed. Also a signature can hold a logo-image, wich I do not know why, but it is made in 2 files in 2 different sizes.

private string ReadSignature()
    {
        string appDataDir = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "\\Microsoft\\Signatures";
        string signature = string.Empty;
        DirectoryInfo diInfo = new DirectoryInfo(appDataDir);

        if (diInfo.Exists)
        {
            FileInfo[] fiSignature = diInfo.GetFiles("*.htm");

            if (fiSignature.Length > 0)
            {
                StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fiSignature[0].FullName, Encoding.Default);
                signature = sr.ReadToEnd();

                if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(signature))
                {
                    string fileName = fiSignature[0].Name.Replace(fiSignature[0].Extension, string.Empty);
                    signature = signature.Replace(fileName + "_files/", appDataDir + "/" + fileName + "_files/");
                }
            }
        }
        else
        {
            appDataDir = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "\\Microsoft\\Signaturer";
            signature = string.Empty;
            diInfo = new DirectoryInfo(appDataDir);

            if (diInfo.Exists)
            {
                FileInfo[] fiSignature = diInfo.GetFiles("*.htm");

                if (fiSignature.Length > 0)
                {
                    StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fiSignature[0].FullName, Encoding.Default);
                    signature = sr.ReadToEnd();

                    if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(signature))
                    {
                        string fileName = fiSignature[0].Name.Replace(fiSignature[0].Extension, string.Empty);
                        signature = signature.Replace(fileName + "_files/", appDataDir + "/" + fileName + "_files/");
                    }
                }
            }
        }
        if (signature.Contains("img"))
        {
            int position = signature.LastIndexOf("img");
            int position1 = signature.IndexOf("src", position);
            position1 = position1 + 5;
            position = signature.IndexOf("\"", position1);
            billede1 = appDataDir.ToString() + "\\" + signature.Substring(position1, position - position1);
            position = billede1.IndexOf("/");
            billede1 = billede1.Remove(position, 1);
            billede1 = billede1.Insert(position, "\\");

            billede1 = System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlDecode(billede1);

            position = signature.LastIndexOf("imagedata");
            position1 = signature.IndexOf("src", position);
            position1 = position1 + 5;
            position = signature.IndexOf("\"", position1);
            billede2 = appDataDir.ToString() + "\\" + signature.Substring(position1, position - position1);
            position = billede2.IndexOf("/");
            billede2 = billede2.Remove(position, 1);
            billede2 = billede2.Insert(position, "\\");

            billede2 = System.Web.HttpUtility.UrlDecode(billede2);
        }
        return signature;
    }

Getting and inserting the signature: Global variables:

    string billede1 = string.Empty;    // holding image1
    string billede2 = string.Empty;    // holding image2

                        string signature = ReadSignature();
                        if (signature.Contains("img"))
                        {
                            int position = signature.LastIndexOf("img");
                            int position1 = signature.IndexOf("src", position);
                            position1 = position1 + 5;
                            position = signature.IndexOf("\"", position1);

                            //CONTENT-ID
                            const string SchemaPR_ATTACH_CONTENT_ID = @"http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x3712001E";
                            string contentID = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

                            //Attach image
                            mailItem.Attachments.Add(@billede1, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlAttachmentType.olByValue, mailItem.Body.Length, Type.Missing);
                            mailItem.Attachments[mailItem.Attachments.Count].PropertyAccessor.SetProperty(SchemaPR_ATTACH_CONTENT_ID, contentID);

                            //Create and add banner
                            string banner = string.Format(@"cid:{0}", contentID);
                            signature = signature.Remove(position1, position - position1);
                            signature = signature.Insert(position1, banner);

                            position = signature.LastIndexOf("imagedata");
                            position1 = signature.IndexOf("src", position);
                            position1 = position1 + 5;
                            position = signature.IndexOf("\"", position1);

                            //CONTENT-ID
                           // const string SchemaPR_ATTACH_CONTENT_ID = @"http://schemas.microsoft.com/mapi/proptag/0x3712001E";
                            contentID = Guid.NewGuid().ToString();

                            //Attach image
                            mailItem.Attachments.Add(@billede2, Microsoft.Office.Interop.Outlook.OlAttachmentType.olByValue, mailItem.Body.Length, Type.Missing);
                            mailItem.Attachments[mailItem.Attachments.Count].PropertyAccessor.SetProperty(SchemaPR_ATTACH_CONTENT_ID, contentID);

                            //Create and add banner
                            banner = string.Format(@"cid:{0}", contentID);
                            signature = signature.Remove(position1, position - position1);
                            signature = signature.Insert(position1, banner);
                        }
                        mailItem.HTMLBody = mailItem.Body + signature;

The stringhandling can be don smarter, but this Works and gave me my sinature God luck.

Answer 4

Take a look at the link below. It explains where the signatures can be found in the file system as well as how to read them properly.

http://social.msdn.microsoft.com/Forums/en/vsto/thread/86ce09e2-9526-4b53-b5bb-968c2b8ba6d6

The thread only mentions Window XP and Windows Vista signature locations. I have confirmed that Outlooks signatures on Windows 7 live in the same place as Vista. I have also confirmed that the signature location is the same for Outlook 2003, 2007, and 2010.

Here's a code sample if you choose to go this route. Taken from this site.

private string ReadSignature()
{
    string appDataDir = Environment.GetFolderPath(Environment.SpecialFolder.ApplicationData) + "\\Microsoft\\Signatures";
    string signature = string.Empty;
    DirectoryInfo diInfo = new DirectoryInfo(appDataDir);

    if(diInfo.Exists)
    {
        FileInfo[] fiSignature = diInfo.GetFiles("*.htm");

        if (fiSignature.Length > 0)
        {
            StreamReader sr = new StreamReader(fiSignature[0].FullName, Encoding.Default);
            signature = sr.ReadToEnd();

            if (!string.IsNullOrEmpty(signature))
            {
                string fileName = fiSignature[0].Name.Replace(fiSignature[0].Extension, string.Empty);
                signature = signature.Replace(fileName + "_files/", appDataDir + "/" + fileName + "_files/");
            }
        }
    }
        return signature;
}

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Edit: See here to find the name of the default signature for Outlook 2013 or @japel's answer in this thread for 2010.

Answer 5

To get/set the user's default signature you can use the windows registry. Example for Outlook 2010: HKEY_CURRENT_USER\Software\Microsoft\Office\14.0\Common\MailSettings Name: NewSignature Datatype: String Value: (name of signature file without ending)