RE: S2 - email client as action result

[Jiang, Jane (NIH/NCI) [C]]

Thanks a lot for the suggestions.  I ended up with an updated version of
option 1.  

I played with options 1 and 2.  Option 2 is very simple with http
redirect.  However, it leaves a blank window that I cannot close.  

For option 1, I cannot get window.location="mailto:..."; to work.  I had
to use window.open("mailto:...";);  So that leaves two blank windows.
But I can close them with javascript.  


-----Original Message-----
From: Jeromy Evans [EMAIL PROTECTED] 
Sent: Sunday, May 04, 2008 10:47 PM
To: Struts Users Mailing List
Subject: Re: S2 - email client as action result

Jiang, Jane (NIH/NCI) [C] wrote:
> I have a S2 action that looks up email address in the database.  It
> needs to open up an email client as the result with the address
> populated (as if clicked on
> [EMAIL PROTECTED]).  
>
> What is the best way to set up the s2 result?
>
> Many thanks for your help,
>
> Jane
>
>
>   

There's little you can do from within an action to request the client to

launch a mail application.

Here are some things to try, in order of likelihood of them working.

1. You could try return a page that contains javascript that attempts to

open a mail program via the mailto: url.  window.location="mailto:...";.

If you're along targeting IE you could use activex.

2. Perhaps you return a "redirect" result that redirects to 
"[EMAIL PROTECTED]".
I doubt that all browsers would accept that.

3. Perhaps you could return an email content type (eg. a .eml file).  I 
doubt that all browsers would accept that. 




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