Help with Mailto:

[TezS56-4kR2cr]

I am using the following code to open my client email program and I want the address, subject field and body text completed.

submit_btn.addEventListener(MouseEvent.CLICK, sendMessage);

var subject="My Subject"
var body="This is text. This is text. This is text. This is text. This is text. This is text. "
var to="me@address.net"

function sendMessage(event:MouseEvent):void {
var email:URLRequest = new URLRequest("mailto:"+to+"?subject=" +subject+ "&body="+body);
navigateToURL(email, "_self");
}

The problem is no matter what I have tried I cannot get the subject and body text to show any text. The email client open and the correct address is shown. Is this a problem with trying to run it locally and not from server or is there a problem with the code? I'd really appreciate any help with this. Thanks.

[Ned Murphy · Accepted solution]

Your code looks fine.  It is always best to test email-related functionality on a server, and often html page functionality as well.

[TezS56-4kR2cr]

Thanks for taking a look. I found the problem. I am doing this for an eLearning program

and that program does not use AS3. I have done it

in AS2 (getURL) and it works fine. 🙂

[Ned Murphy]

You're welcome.  Odd that you didn't realize that since it is a learning program.

[TezS56-4kR2cr]

Yes, just learning all the quirks of the new authoring program. But thanks

for your help.