How to open default email client?

[Guest]

Hello!

How do I open the default email client, and attach a file?

Matt

 

[Nicholas Paldino [.NET/C# MVP]]

Matt,

If you just wanted to open the default email client, then I would just
use a "mailto" url and pass that to the static Start method on the Process
class.

However, since you want to attach a file, you need a unified way of
doing this, since not all email clients are the same. To that end, I think
you will have to call the functions in the MAPI API through the P/Invoke
layer (most mail clients should support MAPI).

Hope this helps.

 

[Guest]

Can you give me the code?

Matt,

If you just wanted to open the default email client, then I would just
use a "mailto" url and pass that to the static Start method on the Process
class.

However, since you want to attach a file, you need a unified way of
doing this, since not all email clients are the same. To that end, I think
you will have to call the functions in the MAPI API through the P/Invoke
layer (most mail clients should support MAPI).

Hope this helps.


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Hello!

How do I open the default email client, and attach a file?

Matt

 

[Michael Nemtsev]

Hello Mateusz,

See there http://support.microsoft.com/default.aspx?scid=kb;EN-US;Q314201

PS: u can't use mailto because there is no standart way for mail clients
as was mentioned by Nicolas

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