# Invoking Outlook Express from Flash

**URL:** <https://forum.kirupa.com/t/invoking-outlook-express-from-flash/72949>\
**Category:** flash\
**Created:** [December 10, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/invoking-outlook-express-from-flash/72949 "2004-12-10T20:11:16Z")\
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**Author:** ![vette96](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/v/c37758/32.png) [@vette96](https://forum.kirupa.com/u/vette96)\
**Post date:** [December 10, 2004, 8:11pm UTC](https://forum.kirupa.com/t/invoking-outlook-express-from-flash/72949/1 "2004-12-10T20:11:16Z")

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Is this even possible??

Is there a script that will open an email window from outlook express??

The research I’ve done indictates that the following code attached to a button was suppose to do that.

getURL([mailto:name@name.com](mailto:name@name.com));

or is this even possible with flash??