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PRB: Mailto: Hyperlink Object Starts Internet Explorer in Error

Article ID: 189921

Article Last Modified on 3/1/2005

Microsoft Visual FoxPro 6.0 Professional Edition

This article was previously published under Q189921

SYMPTOMS

Using the Mailto: URL syntax with the HyperLink object to send e-mail causes Internet Explorer to launch before the new mail message window appears.

CAUSE

The API used by the HyperLink object does not support the Mailto: and File: links.

STATUS

This behavior is by design.

MORE INFORMATION

Steps to Reproduce Behavior

Run the following code: oX=NewObject("HyperLink") oX.NavigateTo("mailto:myemail@mydomain.com")

Internet Explorer appears before the new mail message window.

WORKAROUND

To work around this behavior, use the FoxPro Foundation Classes' _ShellExecute class.

loRunIt = NEWOBJECT("_ShellExecute", HOME() + "ffc\_environ.vcx")
loRunIt.ShellExecute("mailto:myEmail@myDomain.com")

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