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  • Members of the Email structure taken into account
  • Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10
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EmailRunApp (Function)
In french: EmailLanceAppli
Starts the native application for sending emails found on the current computer:
  • Computer running Windows (using the MAPI client),
  • Mobile device: Android, iPhone, iPad, Universal Windows 10.
The content and recipients of the email message are initialized from the information specified in the WLanguage Email structure.
Caution:
  • The application for sending emails found on the current computer must have been configured with a valid account for sending emails (SMTP).
  • The current directory can be modified according to the configuration of the application for sending emails.
WINDEV Remarks:
  • This function is based on the MAPI client installed on the computer ("Simple MAPI" is not sufficient). If the MAPI client is not found, the function searches for the default client among: Microsoft Outlook, Outlook Express, Eudora, IncrediMail, Netscape, Mozilla Thunderbird, Mozilla.
  • Both the application and the MAPI client must be in 32 bits or in 64 bits. Indeed, if client is a 64-bit application, it will only be seen by the applications compiled in 64 bits (similarly, if client is a 32-bit application, it will only be seen by the applications compiled in 32 bits).
Example
// Send a message with attachment
Email.Recipient[1] = "recipient@email.com"
Email.NbRecipient = 1
Email.Subject = "Subject of message"
Email.Message = "Text of the message"
// Photo.jpg is a file created by the application
Email.Attach[1] = SysDirExternalStorage(1, ssePublicDocument) + [fSep] + "photo.jpg"
Email.NbAttach = 1
EmailRunApp()
Syntax
EmailRunApp()
Remarks

Special cases

  • A non-fatal error is triggered if no application for sending emails is found on the current computer. To find out whether the application for sending emails failed to start, use the ErrorOccurred variable.
  • AndroidAndroid Widget iPhone/iPadIOS WidgetMac Catalyst EmailRunApp can be used in the emulator. It cannot be used in the simulator.
  • AndroidAndroid Widget The application for sending emails supplied by default in the former versions of Android (<= 1.6) cannot be used to initialize the message with more than one attachment. In this case, only the first attachment described in Email.Attach will be associated with the message.
  • AndroidAndroid Widget In Android, if the message to be sent includes attachments, they must be on the shared memory (e.g: SDCard) in order to be accessible to the email client.
  • To reinitialize the Email structure, use EmailReset.
  • EmailRunApp is a non-blocking function. The code that follows the call to this function will continue to run as soon as the application for sending emails is started.
  • There is no way to find out whether the sending of the email was validated by the user.

Members of the Email structure taken into account

WINDEVAndroid Only the following members of the Email structure will be taken into account when initializing the message to send:
  • Email.Attach
  • Email.Cc
  • Email.Bcc
  • Email.Bcc
  • Email.Recipient
  • Email.Message
  • Email.NbAttach
  • Email.NbCc
  • Email.NbBcc 
  • Email.NbBcc
  • Email.NbRecipient
  • Email.Subject
Universal Windows 10 AppiPhone/iPadIOS WidgetMac Catalyst The following members are taken into account:
  • Email.Attach
  • Email.Cc
  • Email.Bcc
  • Email.Recipient
  • Email.Message
  • Email.Subject
AndroidAndroid Widget

Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

From Android 10, it is no longer possible to open a window when the application is in the background.
EmailRunApp can open a window. If this function is used while the application is in the background, a fatal error will occur.
Tips:
  • It is possible to determine if the application is in the background using InBackgroundMode.
  • If an application needs to interact with the user while it is in the background, the solution is to display a notification (via the Notification type). The application will be brought back to the foreground when the notification is clicked, if the ActivateApplication property is set to True. You can also open a window from the procedure passed to the ActionClick property.
Related Examples:
WM Expense Account Cross-platform examples (WINDEV Mobile): WM Expense Account
[ + ] This example allows you to manage your fees.

Let's see the main features of this application:
- The input of invoices
- Management of foreign currencies
- Inclusion of photo document for the invoices
- Ability to email the expense account
- Ability to track the expense accounts
- ...
Component: wd290com.dll
Minimum version required
  • Version 16
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Last update: 06/22/2023

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