E-mail link

[Lord_Jereth]

Ok, admittedly I may not be the brightest bulb in the box. I am a beginning programmer learning in my spare time so this question might sound a little stupid if I've just missed something that I didn't know about.

I can't figure out how to put a button on my form that will, when executed, enable the user to send an e-mail to the author. In otherwords, they click the button (link, form, whatever) and it either opens their e-mail client or browser and defaults to the e-mail addy, like the HTML command "mailto:[email protected]" does on a web page. I have tried everything I could think of short of an internet shortcut file on the CDROM itself (because I am not sure that it would work with all browsers). Am I missing something obvious or is there a work-around that I haven't thought of yet?

Would appreciate help,


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: LJ

[Support]

Re: E-mail link

To craete a button that sends email:

1. Create an object.
2. Double-click on the object to open the Object Properties screen.
3. Go to the Mouse Click tab.
4. CLick the Add button and select Execute | Open URL
5. In the Web Location field, enter mailto:[email protected]

That should do it.

- Brett

[Lord_Jereth]

Re: E-mail link

You're not going to believe this but I actually tried that first and at run time (testing) it didn't work ... that's why I was racking my brain trying to find a work around. Thanks for the quick reply though.



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: LJ