MS Outlook Connectivity

Hi Graeme,

You can use a +?+?++mailto+?+?+? URL for a link on a WebMaker page to get it to open up an email in the users default mail client (eg Outlook) for them to then send.

Depending on how you construct the link, this can default the to address, subject, and content of the new message.

There are some simple examples on Wikipedia: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mailto

Within WebMaker, you could set the URL using a binding XPath by setting the anchor activated event to have a Target URL Location action with a Dynamic URL. You would then use a concat() XPath function to build up the required parts.
Alternatively, you could set the URL using JavaScript once the page has loaded.


If instead you want to send an email automatically on submission of a form for example, then this is also possible but would need more effort. The best option would be to implement a custom Java Method that uses the Java Mail API to send an email, and then call this from your Controller rules as needed.


I hope this helps.
Please let me know if you need any more info.

Regards,
Gerard