Command line switch

I was using the below mentioned command line for opening "New mail message
window from my application

mailto:test@xyz.com?subject=test&attach=""C:\File. txt""

When i tested the above in Vista and windows mail. It does bring the new
message window with subject as "test" however the file is not attached in the
dialog. what could have gone wrong ?

I suspect it could be a security issue but could not figure out further. Any
thoughts ?

UAC is turned on.I tried with turning it off but does not seem to take an
effect.

Regards
Murali

You can't attach a file using the mailto protcol as far as I know.

see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767737.aspx

steve

"Murali Rajendran" <Murali Rajendran@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:251B9481-04B7-49FC-9800-37371FB2D45B@microsoft.com...
>I was using the below mentioned command line for opening "New mail message
> window from my application
>
> mailto:test@xyz.com?subject=test&attach=""C:\File. txt""
>
> When i tested the above in Vista and windows mail. It does bring the new
> message window with subject as "test" however the file is not attached in
> the
> dialog. what could have gone wrong ?
>
> I suspect it could be a security issue but could not figure out further.
> Any
> thoughts ?
>
> UAC is turned on.I tried with turning it off but does not seem to take an
> effect.
>
> Regards
> Murali

I has worked fine in XP machines with Outlook Express and OL2003.

"Steve Cochran" wrote:

> You can't attach a file using the mailto protcol as far as I know.
>
> see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767737.aspx
>
> steve
>
> "Murali Rajendran" <Murali Rajendran@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
> message news:251B9481-04B7-49FC-9800-37371FB2D45B@microsoft.com...
> >I was using the below mentioned command line for opening "New mail message
> > window from my application
> >
> > mailto:test@xyz.com?subject=test&attach=""C:\File. txt""
> >
> > When i tested the above in Vista and windows mail. It does bring the new
> > message window with subject as "test" however the file is not attached in
> > the
> > dialog. what could have gone wrong ?
> >
> > I suspect it could be a security issue but could not figure out further.
> > Any
> > thoughts ?
> >
> > UAC is turned on.I tried with turning it off but does not seem to take an
> > effect.
> >
> > Regards
> > Murali
>

Really? I've never know it to do that and there is no documentation of it.

steve

"Murali Rajendran" <MuraliRajendran@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:0722CBD5-EE85-4D5B-9E89-5A72EA025C37@microsoft.com...
>I has worked fine in XP machines with Outlook Express and OL2003.
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> You can't attach a file using the mailto protcol as far as I know.
>>
>> see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767737.aspx
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Murali Rajendran" <Murali Rajendran@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:251B9481-04B7-49FC-9800-37371FB2D45B@microsoft.com...
>> >I was using the below mentioned command line for opening "New mail
>> >message
>> > window from my application
>> >
>> > mailto:test@xyz.com?subject=test&attach=""C:\File. txt""
>> >
>> > When i tested the above in Vista and windows mail. It does bring the
>> > new
>> > message window with subject as "test" however the file is not attached
>> > in
>> > the
>> > dialog. what could have gone wrong ?
>> >
>> > I suspect it could be a security issue but could not figure out
>> > further.
>> > Any
>> > thoughts ?
>> >
>> > UAC is turned on.I tried with turning it off but does not seem to take
>> > an
>> > effect.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Murali
>>

I have XP machines with both Outlook 2003 and 2007 and it does NOT work on
either one; I get a "Command line argument is not valid'' error message.

Hal
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"Murali Rajendran" <MuraliRajendran@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
message news:0722CBD5-EE85-4D5B-9E89-5A72EA025C37@microsoft.com...
>I has worked fine in XP machines with Outlook Express and OL2003.
>
> "Steve Cochran" wrote:
>
>> You can't attach a file using the mailto protcol as far as I know.
>>
>> see http://msdn2.microsoft.com/en-us/library/aa767737.aspx
>>
>> steve
>>
>> "Murali Rajendran" <Murali Rajendran@discussions.microsoft.com> wrote in
>> message news:251B9481-04B7-49FC-9800-37371FB2D45B@microsoft.com...
>> >I was using the below mentioned command line for opening "New mail
>> >message
>> > window from my application
>> >
>> > mailto:test@xyz.com?subject=test&attach=""C:\File. txt""
>> >
>> > When i tested the above in Vista and windows mail. It does bring the
>> > new
>> > message window with subject as "test" however the file is not attached
>> > in
>> > the
>> > dialog. what could have gone wrong ?
>> >
>> > I suspect it could be a security issue but could not figure out
>> > further.
>> > Any
>> > thoughts ?
>> >
>> > UAC is turned on.I tried with turning it off but does not seem to take
>> > an
>> > effect.
>> >
>> > Regards
>> > Murali
>>