[fatbl0ke]

Hello

I've got a small problem with Director 8, I'm trying to create a email link in Director but i not to sure on the code that will be used.

Anyone have any ideas?

Thanks

Fatbl0ke

[shineraj]

Ok In navigation section of behavior there is a behaviour called go to URL attach this the sprite (mabe the txt) and type in the behaviour as mailto:you@emailID.com
Thats it
(Tnx to the input from my friend Saumitra Mathur)

[fatbl0ke]

Thank you for your help but when i click the link it opens the browser window then opens outlook express. Is there any way of making it open without the browser window.

This is the code i have in the behaviour.

on mouseDown me
goToNetPage "mailto:email@id.com"

end

fatbl0ke

[theUKdude]

I'm not sure that this can be accomplished.

Director needs to open the default browser, which in turn opens it's
associated email application. If the user doesn't have a browser on their
system you may run into problems (although if they don't have a browser
it is likely that they don't have an Internet connection).

Maybe you should try an Xtra, such as DirectXtra's DirectEmailXtra.

Check out what Macromedia say:

http://www.macromedia.com/support/di...ding_email.htm

Hope this helps,

[Gargoyle]

true, but windoze is already delivered with a browser, and when working with a mac u mostly r some kind of developer so u also do net business... btw. wasn't there a way to detect installed software in director exactly for this purpose?

[toxi]

this extra browser window is only an issue, when you're going to build a projector and want the email link in there. in this case you'd really have to use the DirectEmailXtra or the all-ruling BuddyAPI (http://www.mods.com.au/budapi/ ). however, if you're developing for shockwave this will only happen in authoring mode, but not with the final (.dcr) version as it's already running in a browser window.

btw. why does only windows has a built in browser? MacOS comes with internet explorer too and it will be installed in the default installation.

BuddyAPI is a free Xtra if you're only using one or two of its functions (which might be enough for this case)

so once you have installed the Xtra, replace the mouseUp handler with:

Code:

on mouseUp me
    OK=baOpenURL("mailto:toxi@email.com","")
    if not OK then
        alert("Couldn't open email application")
    end if
end

the baOpenURL function is more clever than the default lingo command and launches the email app automatically if there's a mailto: URL...

hth,
toxi.