mailto script ? - newbie

[chloe]

Hello,

I have a field (let's name it : usermail)

and a button that when i click on it, i want it to open my email program, new mail, and put the field usermail in the To:

i tried via open url and sendmail but it doesn't seem to work the way i want to.

what kind of script could i use ? and how to use it?

Thanks for all

[GerryGerry]

Hi,

The URL button specification should look like this:

"mailto:" & table_name::email_address_field

Not only can you put the usermail into the "To:" but also you could put the "Subject" and even the body of the email, like this:

"mailto:" & table_name::email_address_field & "?subject=" & table_name::subject_field & "&body=" & table_name::body_field

See attached file for an example. It works on my XP machine with FP7 and Outlook.

Enjoy,

-GerryGerry

simple_email_test.zip

[GerryGerry]

Hi,

I just thought of three things...

1.- We are in the ScriptMaker forum, so I should have created a script with the above mentioned specification instead of making a button. Anyway, it works exactly the same way.

2.- I should have mentioned that I to checked "Perform without dialog" (Button or ScriptMaker), saves one click.

3.- I don't like "Send Mail" because (on my machine) it asks me for a profile, then opens a plain-text Outlook window. This window seems to be a child of the FMP window because I cannot access FMP unless I close the child window (which can't be minimized). This doesn't happen with "Open URL"; it opens an independent html-text Outlook window and I can access FMP without a problem.

That's it for now,

-GerryGerry.