Send Excel range into Email body with autofit

Question

I'm currently using Ron de Bruin's RangetoHTML function to send a couple of tables out in an e-mail. I'd like to have these tables auto-fit to the screen in outlook.

Currently, I have to click on each table and go to layout->autofit to screen on each table. I was wondering if this task could be folded into the macro in some way.

Edit: This was my first guess at a solution:

objMail.HTMLBody = RangetoHTML(Range("A1:G14")) & _
    RangetoHTML(Range(Range("vmRange").Value)) & _
    RangetoHTML(Range(Range("hpRange").Value)) & _
    RangetoHTML(Range(Range("esrRange").Value))

For Each tbl In objMail.body.tables
    tbl.Columns.AutoFit 'Note: This doesn't actually work
Next tbl

Answer 1

Here's my modified version of Ron de Bruin's function:

Function RangetoHTMLFlexWidth(rng As Range)
' Changed by Ron de Bruin 28-Oct-2006
' Working in Office 2000-2013
    Dim fso As Object
    Dim ts As Object
    Dim TempFile As String
    Dim TempWB As Workbook

    TempFile = Environ$("temp") & "\" & Format(Now, "dd-mm-yy h-mm-ss") & ".htm"

    'Copy the range and create a new workbook to past the data in
    rng.Copy
    Set TempWB = Workbooks.Add(1)
    With TempWB.Sheets(1)
        .Cells(1).PasteSpecial Paste:=8
        .Cells(1).PasteSpecial xlPasteValues, , False, False
        .Cells(1).PasteSpecial xlPasteFormats, , False, False
        .Cells(1).Select
        Application.CutCopyMode = False
        On Error Resume Next
        .DrawingObjects.Visible = True
        .DrawingObjects.Delete
        On Error GoTo 0
    End With

    'Publish the sheet to a htm file
    With TempWB.PublishObjects.Add( _
         SourceType:=xlSourceRange, _
         Filename:=TempFile, _
         Sheet:=TempWB.Sheets(1).Name, _
         Source:=TempWB.Sheets(1).UsedRange.Address, _
         HtmlType:=xlHtmlStatic)
        .Publish (True)
    End With

    'Read all data from the htm file into RangetoHTML
    Set fso = CreateObject("Scripting.FileSystemObject")
    Set ts = fso.GetFile(TempFile).OpenAsTextStream(1, -2)
    RangetoHTMLFlexWidth = ts.readall
    ts.Close
    RangetoHTMLFlexWidth = Replace(RangetoHTMLFlexWidth, "align=center x:publishsource=", _
        "align=left x:publishsource=")

    Dim startIndex As Long
    Dim stopIndex As Long
    Dim subString As String

    'Change table width to "100%"
    startIndex = InStr(RangetoHTMLFlexWidth, "<table")
    startIndex = InStr(startIndex, RangetoHTMLFlexWidth, "width:") + 5
    stopIndex = InStr(startIndex, RangetoHTMLFlexWidth, "'>")
    subString = Left(RangetoHTMLFlexWidth, startIndex)
    subString = subString & "100%"
    RangetoHTMLFlexWidth = subString & Mid(RangetoHTMLFlexWidth, stopIndex)

    'Close TempWB
    TempWB.Close savechanges:=False

    'Delete the htm file we used in this function
    Kill TempFile

    Set ts = Nothing
    Set fso = Nothing
    Set TempWB = Nothing
End Function

The changes start with the comment:

'Change table width to "100%"

It just finds the spot where the table's width is defined and sets it to 100%. The browser or outlook scales the cells to the new width, so it does the job, but it's a dirty hack, IMO.