Mailto in JavaScript Adobe Captivate 9

[marioi86506991]

Hello, I am working with Adobe Captivate 9 on Windows 7. Well, I have created a push button, if I push the button Outlook will open automatically with a receiving address and subject heading which I selected before, like this:  "mail@address.com?subject=Feedback". This is working well.

Now I want to create a variable inside my subject heading like mail@address.com?Feedback + variable

I think I need to develop a JavaScript to do this. Can anybody help me. I have no idea from JavaScript.

Thank You!

[BDuckWorks]

Have you tried building the URL with an advanced action that combines the mailto with the variable, then opens the result?

It seems this might be a way to accomplish the complexity without JavaScript.

[RodWard]

This is an interesting idea, but I'm not seeing any way that it could currently be done in Captivate's Advanced Actions without using a special widget or some kind of JavaScript code.

In a Standard or Conditional Action there is no option to insert a variable as the target mailto or URL address.  So even if you were able to assemble all the bits of the mailto address using a number of different variables, the end result would still need to be a variable that you had to insert in the Open URL or File target field.  Currently you can only paste a value or manually type it.

Have you found a way to do this with variables? 

[BDuckWorks]

RodWard‌,

You were right, I haven't been able to build this directly in Captivate, so far!

Here is the JavaScript I came up with:

var v_Subject = document.Captivate.cpGetValue('m_VarHandle.TEB_Subject');

var v_Body = document.Captivate.cpGetValue('m_VarHandle.TEB_Body');

var URL_self = "mailto:me@home.com?Subject=" + v_Subject + "&Body=" + v_Body;

var win = window.open(URL_self, "_self");

I created two Text Entry Boxes, and assigned them to variables called: TEB_Subject, and TEB_Body.

You can see the email is 'hard coded' into this JavaScript as me@home.com, this could be replaced by a third Text Entry Box if someone wanted to create an email 'form' directly in Cp.

This JavaScript was added to a smartShape on the stage, set to be used on a button, when the button is clicked, the current values of the TEB's are used as part of the 'mailTo' which causes a window to open with the generated url, that is passed to the users mail application.

Note that this functionality is dependent on the user's OS, browser, and mail application configuration.

[BDuckWorks]

I was able to build the URL in an Advanced Action, but (as mentioned above) there still needs to be some JavaScript to launch the URL in a new window and generate the Mail message.

Here are the details of the Advanced Action:

The variable 'v_URL_Build' is called repeatedly and added to each time, this is a technique called concatenation. The first line has the hard-coded email for the recipient, and a Text Entry Box called TEB_Body,

The second line sets the value of v_URL_Build to itself plus the static text "&Body=".

The third line sets the value of v_URL_Build to itself plus the value of TEB_Body.

The last line is a JavaScript action:

var js_URL_Build = document.Captivate.cpGetValue('m_VarHandle.v_URL_Build');

var win = window.open(js_URL_Build, "_self");

This line creates a variable JS_URL_Build and copies the value from the captivate file into it.

The last line opens a URL in the same window as the Captivate file, if it is handled correctly by the users computer OS, web browser, and mail application it should open a mail message:

Note that this was tested with Cp8, Windows 7, Google Chrome, and MS Outlook.

[RamilS]

Hi Sir, 

Good Day.

I would like to know what is wrong with my coding. I have tried to copy the same format that you presented, but when I click the button during preview, nothing happens.

[zebasortiz458]

Buena tarde RamilS

Exactamente que es lo que necesitas hacer, Enviar un correo que contenga "subject" y "body"...... Agregar a dicho correo alguna información que este contenido dentro de alguna variable que has creado o que es por defecto del sistema?