Re: call Outlook or something else to send an email

From: Christian Kaas <ckaas_at_odn.de>
Date: Thu, 13 Jan 2000 13:58:55 GMT
Message-ID: <3888d916.106621763@businessnews.de.uu.net>

<ndezaire_at_theleme.com> wrote:

>Hi,
>I use Forms 4.5 and i'd like to send a mail from my application
>by calling outlook or something else.
>Does any one knows how to do this ?

You can to that with the Windows API Function "ShellExecute" if you supply the command parameter with somehting like "mailto: address_at_provider" then windows will start the registered windows email client for you in dialog mode (pops up the email compose window). With shellexecute you can also open any kind of document or URL.

IF you need something different - compose the whole email from within form you probably have to use the ole2 package and drive outlook from there. Received on Thu Jan 13 2000 - 07:58:55 CST