Re: call Outlook or something else to send an email

Thanks,
it's exactly what i want to do,
but i'm a beginner in forms and i didn't found how to call a windows API function...
If you know that.

Nico

Christian Kaas a écrit dans le message
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><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 - 10:17:02 CST