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Create Clickable E-Mail Addresses in Visual FoxPro Textboxes

Here's how to configure a textbox so that when the user types in an e-mail address, he can click on the e-mail address and go to the default e-mail program.

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Tamar E. Granor, technical editor

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Using mailto: you could configure a textbox so that when the user types in an e-mail address, he can click on the e-mail address and go to the default e-mail program. But, if you don't want users to have to type mailto: before the e-mail address, here's an alternative.

Keyword Tags: Application Development, Development, Microsoft, Microsoft Visual FoxPro

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Web Edition: 2005 Week 41, Doc #16963

Print Edition: November 2005, Page 3

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