MailToEncode ( address , ccaddress , bccaddress , subject , body )

function to encode a message into a mailto url

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Caspar Harmer - Show more from this author
Digital Fusion Ltd
http://www.digitalfusion.co.nz

Sample input:

MailToEncode("Bob@bob.com";"dave@bob.com";"";"Hi Bob";"Man, this function is just sooo incredibly handy. I love Caspar and all his work"

Sample output:

mailto:bob@bob.com?cc=dave@bob.com&subject=Hi%20Bob&body=Man%2C%20this%20function%20is%20just%20sooo%20incredibly%20handy%2E%20I%20love%20Caspar%20and%20all%20his%20work

Function definition: (Copy & paste into FileMaker's Edit Custom Function window)

/*takes any or all of the parameters and encodes them into a "mailto" url.
allows a user to send mail from IWP easily. All they need to do is use the
"Open Url" script step with MailToEncode as the url. 
Note: uses UrlEncode (available on this site also)  to encode non-standard text characters so they can
be sent in the url*/

Let (  [   
            subject = UrlEncode ( subject );
            body = UrlEncode ( body );

            url0 ="mailto:"  & If (  not IsEmpty ( address )  ;   address; "") ;
            url1 = url0 & If (  not  IsEmpty (ccaddress) ; 
                                           If ( PatternCount ( url0 ; "?" ); "&cc="  & ccaddress ; "?cc="  & ccaddress);
                                           ""
                                    );
            url2 = url1 & If (  not  IsEmpty (bccaddress) ; 
                                           If ( PatternCount ( url1 ; "?" ); "&bcc="  & bccaddress ; "?bcc="  & bccaddress);
                                           ""
                                    );
            url3 = url2 & If (  not  IsEmpty (subject) ; 
                                           If ( PatternCount ( url2 ; "?" ); "&subject="  & subject ; "?subject="  & subject);
                                           ""
                                    );
            url4 = url3 & If (  not  IsEmpty (body) ; 
                                           If ( PatternCount ( url3 ; "?" ); "&body="  & body ; "?body="  & body);
                                           ""
                                    )
        ];
        url4
    )

Takes email message data and encodes it into a "mailto" url.
allows a user to send mail from IWP easily. All they need to do is use the "Open Url" script step with MailToEncode as the url.
Note: uses UrlEncode to encode non-standard text characters so they can be sent in the url

Main benefit: you don't need to know how to use "mailto" to send an email using IWP

Comments

		Brian Rich, Studley/Warks/UK Jan 12, 2010
This plug-in works perfectly on a Mac using Firefox or Safari and Apple Mail. On Windows XP nothing happens in Firefox or IE8 with Outlook. Safari says that Windows doesn't recognise the mailto command. If I use FMP Client 10 or 9 Advanced, I see an error 5 (Command invalid) when I run the script which does the OpenURL. This doesn't happen on a Mac. The application is hosted on FMP10 Server Advanced running on Vista Business. Is otherwise rock solid.

		dzed, zedzedze Oct 31, 2014
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		Stam Kapetanakis Dec 8, 2019
URLEncode function doesn't exist in FMP 18; the current function is called GetAsURLEncoded With this substitution works as advertised.

Note: these functions are not guaranteed or supported by BrianDunning.com. Please contact the individual developer with any questions or problems.

MailToEncode ( address , ccaddress , bccaddress , subject , body )

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