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ChrisMolkenbuhr
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6 years ago

URL Button to check a checkbox and initiate outlook for email

Hi, I'm trying to create a button that will check a checkbox and then open outlook and populate the recipients, subject line and body. I copied one of kirks buttons to check the checkbox and have mad...
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ChrisMolkenbuhr
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6 years ago
Thanks so much for your reply!

When i enter this, I get this at the end:

Hovering over the yellow it says "Expecting Text"
and if i try to close i get a formula syntax error "a formula cannot end with an assignment to a variable declaration".






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MarkShnier__You
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6 years ago
My mistake  s/b $URL

$URL
& "&rdr=" & URLEncode($MailTo)

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    ChrisMolkenbuhr
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    6 years ago
    Thank you so much! That worked. 

    Is there something I can add to make it return/display the record? When i press the button the email pops up but in my browser the screen goes blank.

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      MarkShnier__You
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      6 years ago
      Try clicking the box that says to open in new window and see if that helps.

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