Mailto: and attachments

[markgoldin]

Using mailto: protocol We can specify the address, the subject, and the body of
a message but we cannot create an attachment.
I could send an email from the server but that will
require showing to the user all possible addresses to
send that mail to.
Instead I'd like to use client side because the user will
be able to specify an address to send to from his local
address book.
So, how can I open new mail form on the client (Browser) and add an attachment?

Thanks,
Mark

[vbmom]

Use MAPI http://support.microsoft.com/default...b;en-us;113033 or use Outlook Objects.

Both are long journeys, requring lots of food, water, and installed ocx's or dll's.

[JordanChris]

You can add an attachment to the MailTo command using things like:

& "&attach=" & Chr(34) & strFileName & Chr(34)

[markgoldin]

But as far as mailto: goes it does not support attachment commands. Correct me if I am wrong.

[JordanChris]

I haven't tried it, but other people have, and they seem to feel that MailTo: does allow attachments, and they are specified as shown 2 posts above....

[markgoldin]

This is my code. What is wrong with it?
<A HREF="mailto:[email protected]?subject=Menu component feedback&body=test&attach=C:\test1.png">email</A>

[JordanChris]

This is how I would use it - from a VB program:

Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias _
    "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation _
    As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters _
    As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd _
    As Long) As Long
 
Dim strAddress As String: strAddress = "[email protected]"
Dim strSubject As String: strSubject = "Test E-Mail"
Dim strBody As String: strBody = "This is a test. " & "Blah"
    
ShellExecute 0&, vbNullString, _
       "mailto:" & strAddress & _
        "?subject=" & strSubject & _
        "&body=" & strBody, vbNullString, "C:\", vbNormal
 
'Can also add an attachment using: 
'& "&attach=" & Chr(34) & strFileName & Chr(34)

That shows that attachment names have " (Chr34) around them. Also, you may need more " in your example....

[JordanChris]

and MailTo works OK from a VB program, with an attachment.

Maybe when called from a web page there is a restriction on the implementation of MailTo to prevent you sending any file from someone elses computer?

Or maybe the web page can't see the local disk??

[markgoldin]

This does not attach a file:
<A id="id1" HREF="">email</A>
<script>
strFileName = "http://mgoldinxp/mailto/test1.png"
document.all.id1.href = "mailto:[email protected]?subject=Menu component feedback&body=test" + "&attach=" + '"' + strFileName + '"'
</script>