Mailto: problem

[Eddy Van Esch]

Hi all,
This is a routine I 'borrowed' from Borje to send e-mail using the 'mailto:' command.
As you can see in the code, the '&' character is replaced by %26.
Nevertheless, when I try to send a mail that has something like
"abc&de" in the body of the mail, my Eudora only shows "abc" in the body
of the mail.
Do any of you noticed something similar? I use Eudora 5.0 on Win2k.
Kind regards
Eddy

FUNCTION SendAsMail(mStr AS STRING) AS LONG
   LOCAL mLen AS LONG, mText AS STRING

   mLen = LEN(mStr)
   IF mLen > 1 THEN
      REPLACE CHR$(13,10) WITH "%0d%0a" IN mStr    'Proper linefeed for mail
      REPLACE CHR$(32) WITH "%20" IN mStr          'Spaces
      REPLACE CHR$(38) WITH "%26" IN mStr          '&
   END IF
   mText = "mailto:" & Rec_EMail(Rec_CurrentReceiver) & "?"
   mText = mText & "Subject=" & Rec_Subject(Rec_CurrentReceiver)
   mText = mText & "&Body="   & mStr
   FUNCTION = ShellExecute(hMain, "open", BYVAL STRPTR(mText), "", "", %SW_SHOWNORMAL)
END FUNCTION

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[This message has been edited by Eddy Van Esch (edited September 05, 2001).]

[Eddy Van Esch]

I just installed Outlook Express. OE does NOT have this problem...
It shows "abc&de" in the mail... So it's probably a Eudora bug...
Kind regards
Eddy


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