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09-27-2002, 04:01 PM
<HTML><HEAD><TITLE>HOWTO: Send Email</TITLE></HEAD><BODY><h3>HOWTO: Send Email</h3><b>Document ID: IR04008</b><hr>The information in this article applies to:<ul><li>AutoPlay Media Studio 4.0</li></ul><hr><h3>SUMMARY</h3><p>This article shows you how you can send an email message from an AutoPlay application created with AutoPlay Media Studio.</p><h3>DISCUSSION</h3><p>The fastest and most reliable way to send an email message from your AutoPlay application is to use a <b>File.Open</b> action with "mailto:name@emailaddress.com" as the <b>File to open</b> field. This command will open the user's default email client and start a new email message to the named recipient. The user can then proceed to type in an email message. This method works the same way as doing a mailto: command in HTML.</p><p>A more integrated, yet more complex way to send an email message through AutoPlay Media Studio is to create a page that has Edit Field objects on it to create a form the user can fill out. You could then attach actions to a Submit button that gather the values from the edit fields and use an <b>Internet.SubmitToWeb</b> action to submit the data to a script on your Web site. The script could then send the data to you via the server's email gateway. This method is very similar to creating a form in HTML and posting the message to a script.</p><h3>MORE INFORMATION</h3><p>See the following topics in the AutoPlay Media Studio 4.0 help file:</p><ul><li><b>Command Reference | Actions | Internet | Submit to Web</b></li><li><b>Command Reference | Actions | File | Open</b></li></ul><p>KEYWORDS: email, mailto, File.Open, Internet.SubmitToWeb</p><hr><FONT SIZE=1>Last reviewed: September 27, 2002<br>Copyright © 2002 <A HREF="http://www.indigorose.com" target="blank">Indigo Rose Corporation</a>. All rights reserved.<br></FONT></BODY></HTML>