# How do u create a button that will send e-mail messages

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-u-create-a-button-that-will-send-e-mail-messages/58677>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [July 24, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-u-create-a-button-that-will-send-e-mail-messages/58677 "2004-07-24T22:10:52Z")\
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**Author:** ![shiftyskasy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/s/b9bd4f/32.png) [@shiftyskasy](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/shiftyskasy)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 10:10pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-u-create-a-button-that-will-send-e-mail-messages/58677/1 "2004-07-24T22:10:52Z")

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How do u create a flash button or flash movie so when u click on it, it starts ur default email client to send an email to the default email address.

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 10:24pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-u-create-a-button-that-will-send-e-mail-messages/58677/2 "2004-07-24T22:24:34Z")

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on(release){  
getURL(“[mailto:user@provider.ext](mailto:user@provider.ext)”);  
}  
should do the trick

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**Author:** ![system](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex011/uploads/kirupa/original/3X/6/2/621e5c11736f46532526e61be85940af4230f3e5.png) [@system](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/system)\
**Post date:** [July 24, 2004, 10:31pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/how-do-u-create-a-button-that-will-send-e-mail-messages/58677/3 "2004-07-24T22:31:46Z")

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it thougt this should do it:  
on (release){  
getURL(“[mailto:name@provider.ext](mailto:name@provider.ext)”);  
}