Email in MX 2004

1

hi everyone,
I have a problem which i hope you can help me out with. Im using FLash MX professional 2004 (although ironically im not a professional) to build my site, in the contact section i have my email address as a button and ideally when someone presses it i’d like it to open their email app and automatically open a new mail with my address in.

here is the script i have:

on (release) {
getURL("mailto:hello@birthcreative.co.uk");
}

when i press the button it opens my web browser instead of my email app… im praying this is a simple thing to sort out.

thanks in advance for any help

Dis.

2

Hi,
did you try just using the properties panel for this? You dont have to have a button - you can just mark the txt and assign a link to it. Remember to use static txt. I’m not a specialist, so this might not be the best way to do it - but it works for me.

Marie

3

thanks Marie,

is there any chance you could expand on that a little? im not total sure how to do that

thanks
dis.

4

Hi again
as I said before I’m a newbie myself, so I’m not sure this is the proper way to do it. This is how I do:

1:open windows > properties
2:write your e-mail adress where you want it and mark it with the curser
3:go to the properties panel, choose static text and write ‘mailto:yourname@yourplace.com’ in the linkbox.

There you are, it’s as simple as that.

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on (release) {
getURL("mailto:hello@birthcreative.co.uk");
}

this is the right code and here it opens outlook!