EmailOpenMail (Function)

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EmailOpenMail (Function)

In french: EmailOuvreMessagerie

Opens the default messaging software:

of Web user on the browser computer.
of the user on the current Windows computer.
on the phone.

Note The EmailRunApp function can also be used to open the Phone's messaging software directly. We recommend using the EmailRunApp function (for attachment management, multi-recipient mailings, etc.).

Example

// Ouvre le logiciel de messagerie
EmailOpenMail()

// Ouvre le logiciel en spécifiant l'email destinataire
// le sujet et le texte de l'email
EmailOpenMail("pcsoft@pcsoft.fr", "Sujet: LST", "Texte: Le sommaire de la LST")

Syntax

EmailOpenMail([<Email address> [, <Email subject> [, <Message body>]]])

<Email address>: Optional character string

Email address of recipient. This address will be displayed in the window of messaging software.

<Email subject>: Optional character string

Email subject that will be displayed in the window of messaging software.

<Message body>: Optional character string

Text of message. Non-alphanumeric characters are automatically converted in order to allow for special characters to be passed (CR characters, tabulations, ...).

Remarks

Special cases

A non-fatal error is triggered if no application for sending emails is found on the device. To find out whether the application for sending emails failed to start, use the ErrorOccurred variable.
EmailOpenMail can be used in the emulator. It cannot be used in the simulator.
EmailOpenMail 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.

Application in the background: Specific case from Android 10

Starting with Android 10, it is no longer possible to open a window when the application is in the background.

EmailOpenMail 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.

For more details, see Android 10: Behavior of applications in the background.

Related Examples:

Cross-platform examples (WINDEV Mobile): WM Managing Contacts

[ + ] This example presents the management of contacts for Android et iOS.
It is used o:
- list the contacts found on the phone
- call the contacts
- send SMSs to the contacts
- ...

Component: wd300com.dll