Change text to email hyperlink

[Guest]

We currently store email addresses in a text field which I wish to change to
a hyperlink field. If I change the field type to hyperlink and use the
following code on the form field this works perfectly for new addresses that
are input.

Private Sub Tut_Email2_AfterUpdate()
Me![Tut_Email2] = Me![Tut_Email2].Text & "#" & "MailTo:" &
Me![Tut_Email2].Text
End Sub

However, all of the existing data registeres as http://. Is their a way of
updating all of the currently stored email addresses to change them to
'mailto' rather than 'http://'. I have tried various update queries without
success.

 

[Tony Toews]

We currently store email addresses in a text field which I wish to change to
a hyperlink field.

Why do you want to change the field to a hyperlink field?

Tony
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[Guest]

In order that when we click on the email address it generates a new email
with the address pre-filled. Currently we are having to cut and paste the
email address in to the new email. If there is a better way of doing this I
am open to suggestions.

Cheers

Michele

 

[Tony Toews]

In order that when we click on the email address it generates a new email
with the address pre-filled. Currently we are having to cut and paste the
email address in to the new email. If there is a better way of doing this I
am open to suggestions.

You could use the SendObject command in a bit of code behind the form.
Something like
DoCmd.SendObject acSendNoObject, , , me!<name of field on form
containing the email address>

Tony
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[Guest]

Thanks for this - really helpful.

You could use the SendObject command in a bit of code behind the form.
Something like
DoCmd.SendObject acSendNoObject, , , me!<name of field on form
containing the email address>

Tony
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