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    pbouk is offline Advanced Beginner
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    email address field opens in Outlook?


    Hello,

    I have a database containing approx 3000 contacts. Each record form shows all the information about each contact (address, phone, notes etc). Email address is listed too, and I am wondering if I could set up this field to link to Outlook somehow. I don't want a "form email" to be distributed or anything, I just would like it if the user could click on the email address and it opened up an Outlook email window with the email address in the To: section. That way the user doesn't have to cut and paste the email address.

    Thank you.

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    pbaldy is offline Who is John Galt?
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    In a form, you could use the click or double click event of a textbox along with SendObject to open an email (you don't need to actually send an object).
    Paul (wino moderator)
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