Thanks Richard, I will give that a try. Thanks also to Warren for pointing out the potential problems.
Probably a CGI script (as mentioned in a later email from Richard) would be the safest way to go but I'd be starting from ground zero on how to do that. Am I the only one that feels like I spend an inordinate amount of time figuring out solutions to problems that have nothing to do with the basic functionality of whatever product I'm working on!?!?! Pete lcSQL Software <http://www.lcsql.com> On Fri, Sep 14, 2012 at 6:13 AM, Richard Gaskin <[email protected]>wrote: > Peter Haworth wrote: > > > I'm beginning to think Matthias' idea of putting the environment > > data on the clipboard and asking the user to paste it into the > > email client of his/her choice may be the easiest and safest way > > to do this. > > Maybe I'm coming in late to this thread, but if the body of the email is > less than 1k have you considered just sending it along as a param in the > url?: > > on mouseUp > put "[email protected]" into tAddress > put "Hello!" into tSubject > put "This is the body"&cr&"of the email." into tBody > put "mailto:"&; tAddress & "?" \ > & "subject="& tSubject &"&" \ > & "body="& tBody into tEmailURL > launch url tEmailURL > end mouseUp > > I use this to have customers send bug reports, and I can grab the OS > version, my app's version, screenRect, and other useful info along with the > relevant portion of the executionContexts all within the size limit on the > URL passed to most email clients. > > So far the only really restrictive client I've come across in years is > GMail, which apparently allows only ~512 chars; everything else our users > have tested on allows at least 1k, which has been plenty to get the info I > need from them. > > -- > Richard Gaskin > Fourth World Systems > Software Design and Development for the Desktop, Mobile, and the Web > ______________________________**______________________________**________ > [email protected] http://www.FourthWorld.com > > ______________________________**_________________ > use-livecode mailing list > [email protected] > Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your > subscription preferences: > http://lists.runrev.com/**mailman/listinfo/use-livecode<http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode> > _______________________________________________ use-livecode mailing list [email protected] Please visit this url to subscribe, unsubscribe and manage your subscription preferences: http://lists.runrev.com/mailman/listinfo/use-livecode
