Shellexecute() with mailto and attachments

[Gunnar Einarsson]

Hi

How can I add a attachment with shellexecute() and mailto.

I have tryed this but the attachment doesnt work.

var
messg : string;
begin
messg := 'mailto:?to=pa...@domain.com' +
'&subject=new email' +
'&body=howdy today?' +
'&attachments=c:\image.gif';
ShellExecute(0, nil, PChar(messg), nil, nil, SW_SHOWNORMAL);
end;

regards
Gunnar

[Kamikaasje]

Unfortionately Mailto does not support the use of attachments. You'll have
to use something else, like MAPI for instance.

[Steven D'Abrosca]

> Unfortionately Mailto does not support the use of attachments. You'll have
> to use something else, like MAPI for instance.
>

This is not entirely true. I used 'mailto' from ShellExecute to send an
attachment as part of an e-mail. If you use the shellexecute like this...

ShellExecute(Handle, 'open',
'mailto:Some...@Somewhere.com?subject=MySubject&Attach=''C:\Attachment.txt'
'', nil, nil, SW_SHOW)

The keys are this...
(1) The attachment (&Attach) must be the last in the list
(2) The path & filename of the attachment must be in a separate set of
quotes
(3) Not all email clients accept the 'attach' command. I found it works
with Outlook 97 & 2000.

steve dabrosca

[Gunnar Einarsson]

Thanks.

It works.

Gunnar Einarsson

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