E-mail Hyperlink

[Morey]

I created a text field for an E-Mail address (detail section) and went into Format Text. I clicked on the hyperlink tab and clicked on e-mail address which then allowed me to enter the following formula:

"Mailto:" + {MemberInfo.E_MailAddress}

so that each member has his own hyperlink on the detail line for e-mail address

When I go back into the hyperlink tab the radio button is now on for "A Website on the Internet". I deployed this report to the intranet. What I find is that while this will work on about 90% of the desktop PC's the remainder don't work. If their e-mail (either groupwise or outlook) is closed, the mail app is opened but no letter comes up with the e-mail address. If the mail app is opened, then nothing further happens. I don't understand why this works on most of the PC's but not all???

Is it necessary to surround the entire statement with quotes or put the HTML tag <a href=...>.Can anyone suggest the syntax that would work on all PC's(embedded quotes etc.)

Thanks for any help.
Morey Copeland

 

[kenhamady]

Can these PC's use a MailTo on the Internet successfully? Try the MailTo buttons on my web site and see if they work. It may be the PC's and not the report syntax. Ken Hamady

http://www.kenhamady.com/

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