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Interacting with Outlook

Author
5 Jan 2006 8:58 PM
Brian
Hi all,

I am looking to interact with Outlook to send mail in much the same way that
a MailTo would. For example, I would like to be able to open a new mail
message window and populate the subject and body. At this point the user
would be able to enter the recipients and sent the message.

I know that I can do all of this behind the seens with SendMail, but I would
like the user to have access to their contact list and not have to type all
the adresses out on a form.

Is this even possible?

Thanks,

Brian

Author
5 Jan 2006 10:00 PM
Craig Deelsnyder
Hmmm, if Outlook is their default mail application, doesn't mailto: then
open Outlook as you're asking?  I thought a mailto: link would open a
'compose' window in the user's default mail app...

If it's not their default mail app, you can't launch programs on the
user's PC without using something like an Active X control; you can't
access a user's computer/programs with 'normal' web technologies.

Alternatively, you may be able to build a webform of your own for the
compose window, which could query the Exchange Server for recipients,
etc. on the fly.  Never done it myself, but I'm sure it's doable.


Brian wrote:
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> Hi all,
>
> I am looking to interact with Outlook to send mail in much the same way that
> a MailTo would. For example, I would like to be able to open a new mail
> message window and populate the subject and body. At this point the user
> would be able to enter the recipients and sent the message.
>
> I know that I can do all of this behind the seens with SendMail, but I would
> like the user to have access to their contact list and not have to type all
> the adresses out on a form.
>
> Is this even possible?
>
> Thanks,
>
> Brian
>
>

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craig
Microsoft MVP - ASP/ASP.NET

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