Re: FLASH: Email Button in projector file

[Marc Hoffman, Poison Dart Frog Media]

At 08:49 AM 2/1/00 , you wrote:


>I have created a projector file that has an email button ( using a get url

>with a mailto: command) that works fine on my machine using outlook express,

>but when I sent the finished file to my client he said the email button

>didn't work.


The success of your button depends on the user's system configuration. So 

it's not a reliable way to call up an open outgoing email. Macromedia is 

correct, the Get URL mailto: function only works reliably in a web browser, 

and even then it depends on the browser being configured to use a mail program.


Possibly you could call a web page (*.htm) with a mailto: embedded in it, 

and it might have a higher success rate, but it's still not 100% failproof.


I'd suggest you consider using a dual approach; keep the email button but 

also display some text information explaining that if the user's email 

client doesn't automatically open, here's the email address.


Marc Hoffman


Poison Dart Frog Media: Specializing in Flash Animation and Digital Audio 

Production

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