Mailto Link

[Wilson]

Hi Alex,
How can I construct the “Mailto” syntax within a function so that i can call the function from a button?

Ultimately I just want to open the default mail client, auto populate the “To” and maybe subject line. Then the user can add to the body and send the mail manually?

Thanks in advance,
Bob

[Alexander Bautz]

Add a button in HTML to call this function:

function createMailToLink(){
    var a = document.createElement("a");
    a.setAttribute("href","mailto:email@domain.com?subject=Subject of email&body=First%20line%20ofbody%0Asecond%20line%20ofbody");
    document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(a);
    a.click();
}

Alexander

[Wilson]

Thanks Alex,
Made a quick tweak so I could control variables at runtime and Works like a charm! This will give me an email envelope icon next to the contacts’ name that opens mail client set to their email…

function fnCustomerContactToolStrip()
{var html2 = "<IMG src='https://abc123.sharepoint.com/Media/16x16/email_16.png' style='cursor: pointer; float: left; padding: 0px 0px 0px 5px'; title='e-Mail Contact...'; onclick='createMailToLink()'/>";
    jQuery("#sbs_Field_CustomerContact").after("<td>"+html2+"</td>");
}

function createMailToLink(){
    var vemail = 'email@domain.com';
    var vsubject = 'Test';
    var vemailBody = 'This is a test of the Emergency Broadcast System';
    var a = document.createElement("a");
    a.setAttribute("href","mailto:"+vemail+"?subject="+vsubject+"&body="+vemailBody);
    document.getElementsByTagName("body")[0].appendChild(a);
    a.click();
}

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