Dynamically set path do default e-mail client at run-time

[Perra]

Hello again!

I just got a helpful tips about opening the default e-mail-program by calling the function Shell("c:\Program\Microsoft Office\Office\outlook.exe&quot

But what if the user/customer doesn´t have the default mail-client on that "hard-coded" path.

How can you make the application dynamically set the path
for each and every different system??

Is it about creating DLL's or something?

/Perra
Swedish programmer
Swedish programmer

 

[petermeachem]

If it's the default you are after just do this:-

Declare Function ShellExecute Lib "shell32.dll" Alias "ShellExecuteA" (ByVal hwnd As Long, ByVal lpOperation As String, ByVal lpFile As String, ByVal lpParameters As String, ByVal lpDirectory As String, ByVal nShowCmd As Long) As Long


Dim l As Long
l = ShellExecute(0&, vbNullString, "mailtoeter@accuflight.com", vbNullString, vbNullString, vbNormalFocus)

Peter Meachem
peter@accuflight.com