How do you send an Email through Outlook (from WinDev) ...

I have created a button... "Send Email". the code is ...

EmailString = " C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office11\Outlook.exe mailto: " + contacts.email_address + " &subject=Introduction &body=Thank .."

EDT_Edit1 = EmailString

CommandLine(EmailString)

//ExeRun(EmailString)


When then button is clicked, it creates the following string ...

mailto: dpmatis@componentsplus.net &subject=Introduction &body=Thank ..

When I past it into Start > Run > ... it fires up outlook and creates the email, all it is waiting for is the "send button"

BUT from WinDev it does nothing????

I have tried putting the string in ExeRun & CommandLine with no success ?

How do I get this to fire up in WinDev??

Hello Dan

Try ShellExecute("mailto: " + contacts.email_address + " &subject=Introduction &body=Thank .." )

Shellexecute() may probably preferable in an app because it will use the default mail client

Which version of Outlook are you running ? I am having problems with Outlook 2007 and Windev using mailto:

There is an alternative process using the email commands EmailStartSMTPSession etc
See the "SendMail.wdw" in the crm example

Regards
Al

Al,

Nothing from ShellExecute ...

I am using MicroSoft Office Outlook 2003

I just do not understand ...

I was able to get Skype to make outbound calls using ...

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PROCEDURE DialPhoneNumber(sNumberToDial)

sCallToMake is a string
sCallToMake = "C:\Program Files\Skype\Phone\Skype /callto:+1" + sNumberToDial
ExeRun(sCallToMake)

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ExeRun worked fine here ... ?????????

I am going to start tackling the example you recommended in the CRM tomorrow.

I've been at this today since 8am, our time, so 20 hours is enough!

It's pillow time !

Thanks again for all your help and feedback !!

Dan

Hello Dan

This site has some mailto: syntax examples
[www.ianr.unl.edu]
" " (beginning and ending double quotes) are necessary if any spaces are used
Mailto parameter should be preceded by "?" for the first or only parameter and "&" for second and subsequent parameter.

Your code example had &Subject and &Body.
According to the website it should have been ?Subject and &Body


This is the code that I use
ShellExecute("mailto:"+NoSpace(SendToEmail)+"?subject="+NoteTopic+"&body="+RTFToText(Edit1))

Regards
Al