Email // Flash MX - heeelp!

[ice_ash]

Hi guys..

how come the basic get url -> mailto'.. code on a button doesnt work in MX like it did in Ver.5?!

Am I missing something really simple here?!!?

Thanks in advance.

[pellepiano]

Always post the code you are using to eliminate typos or wrong coding.

There should be no difference from what I know, I just did a test and it works fine.

[ice_ash]

Sorry about not posting the code, thinking ahead of myself!

Could you post me the code you used and I'll try that as soon as I get back?!

Thanks for the help so far!

[pellepiano]

on (release) {
getURL("mailto:info@pellepiano.com");
}

[ice_ash]

Ok, here goes..

I've drawn my button, converted it to a button then in its actions panel put the code:

on (release) {
getURL("mailto:name@domain.com");
}

when I run the movie now, pressing the button does nothing..

ideas?!?! This used to be SO simple in F5..

[pellepiano]

Do you test it in the browser or by Test Movie in Flash? On my Mac I can test it in Flash but it may not be possible on PC.

[roninnsols]

I wish we had an expert to tell us how to make these emails work from the projector file in MX. It worked fine in Flash 5 so why would Macromedia screw this function up in the MX version?

I'm sure that's where everyone is having their problems. Actually I can't get it to work in the movie.swf file either. I'm using
on (release) {
getURL("mailto:sendme@sendme.com");
}
It does nothing. I tried substituting PRESS for RELEASE but that didn't work either. geturl does work to open links to other web pages, too bad we cant get an answer as to why it doesn't work from the movie or projector files. I'm running Windows XP.

[FlashJester Support Team]

Yes there are known problems.

See

http://www.***********.com/?section=faq&cPath=28_34#135

and JEmail will fix this

http://jemail.***********.com

It's FREE

[roninnsols]

I tried JEmail but my best effort produced the mail client with a browser window behind it. Is that the best JEmail can do? I can do that without the program, but that looks so unprofessional. Or am I doing something wrong?

I have the main folder with the projector file and other required files. Also in the main folder I have added JEMail.exe and an FSCOMMAND folder containing the email.exe's and ini's generated with JHelper. In the project where the email button is, I entered the FSCommand Exec, email.exe.

It didn't work! I did get it to work using jugglor, but I don't want to use jugglor. Please tell me what I'm doing wrong.

Thanks,
Ron