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The Mailtool
The Tool's Code
<HTML>
<HEAD>
<TITLE>Create Mailto URLs</TITLE>
<SCRIPT LANGUAGE="JavaScript">
<!--
// CREATE A MAILTO URL OR MAILTO ANCHOR TAG
function createMailto(sourceForm, targetField, urlType) {
var to = sourceForm.to.value;
var cc = sourceForm.cc.value;
var bcc = sourceForm.bcc.value;
var subject = sourceForm.subject.value;
var body = sourceForm.body.value;
var linkText= sourceForm.linkText.value;
if (linkText == "") {
linkText = "Link Text";
}
var urltext = "";
// IF THE VALUE IS SET, INCLUDE IT IN THE URL
if (to != "") {
urltext += to;
}
else {
alert("Sorry, you must fill out the 'To' field");
sourceForm.to.focus();
return(1);
}
if (cc != "") {
urltext = addDelimiter(urltext);
urltext += "CC=" + cc;
}
if (bcc != "") {
urltext = addDelimiter(urltext);
urltext += "BCC=" + bcc;
}
if (subject != "") {
urltext = addDelimiter(urltext);
urltext += "Subject=" + escape(subject);
}
if (body != "") {
urltext = addDelimiter(urltext);
urltext += "Body=" + escape(body);
}
if (urlType == "url") {
urltext = "mailto:" + urltext;
}
else {
urltext = "<A HREF=\"mailto:" + urltext + "\">" + linkText + "</A>";
}
// PUT THE NEW URL IN THE FORM FIELD
targetField.value = urltext;
// GIVE THE FIELD FOCUS AND HIGHLIGHT THE TEXT --
// TO FACILITATE EASY COPYING AND PASTING OF THE NEW URL
targetField.focus();
targetField.select();
return(1);
}
// ADD THE "?" OR "&" NAME/VALUE SEPARATOR CHARACTER
function addDelimiter(inputString) {
var inString = inputString;
// IF '?' NOT FOUND, THEN THIS IS THE FIRST NAME/VALUE PAIR
if (inString.indexOf("?") == -1) {
inString += "?";
}
// ELSE IT'S A SUBSEQUENT NAME/VALUE PAIR, SO ADD THE '&' CHARACTER
else {
inString += "&";
}
return inString;
}
// TEST THE MAILTO URL -- ASSIGN THE URL TO THE DOCUMENT LOCATION
// TO POP UP THE MESSAGE WINDOW
function testMailto(loc) {
var doc = loc;
// IF MAILTO URL IS EMBEDDED IN AN ANCHOR TAG
if (doc.indexOf("HREF=") != -1) {
// EXTRACT THE MAILTO URL FROM THE ANCHOR TAG
var doc = doc.substring(doc.indexOf("HREF=")+6, doc.indexOf(">")-1);
}
// ASSIGN THE MAILTO URL TO THE DOCUMENT (THIS WILL POP UP A MAIL WINDOW)
window.location = doc;
}
function viewMailto(mailtoText) {
alert("URL:\n\n" + mailtoText);
}
// -->
</SCRIPT>
</HEAD>
<BODY>
<FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=-1>
<CENTER><H1>Create a mailto: URL</H1></CENTER>
<FORM NAME="mailtoForm">
<CENTER>
<TABLE BORDER=0 CELLSPACING=0 CELLPADDING=2 BGCOLOR="#ffff99" >
<TR ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">
<TD COLSPAN="4">
<CENTER><B><FONT COLOR="#408080" SIZE=+1>Enter Message Details Here</FONT></B></CENTER></TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">
<TD><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=-1><B>To:</B></TD>
<TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="to" SIZE=30 STYLE="background-color:'#ffcc66'"></TD>
<TD><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=-1><B>Cc:</B></TD>
<TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="cc" SIZE=30 STYLE="background-color:'#ffcc66'"></TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">
<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=-1><B>Bcc:</B></TD>
<TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="bcc" SIZE=30 STYLE="background-color:'#ffcc66'"></TD>
<TD><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=-1><B>Subject:</B></TD>
<TD><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="subject" SIZE=30 STYLE="background-color:'#ffcc66'"></TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">
<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=-1><B>Body:</B></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="4"><TEXTAREA NAME="body" WRAP="VIRTUAL" COLS=63 ROWS=3 STYLE="background-color:'#ffcc66'"></TEXTAREA></TD>
</TR>
<TR ALIGN="LEFT" VALIGN="TOP">
<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=-1><B>Link Text:</B></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="linkText" SIZE=73 STYLE="background-color:'#ffcc66'"></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN="4">
<CENTER>
<INPUT TYPE="Reset" NAME="Clear" Value="Clear">
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="CreateURL" VALUE="Create URL" onClick="createMailto(document.mailtoForm, document.mailtoForm.text, 'url')">
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="CreateAnchor" VALUE="Create Link" onClick="createMailto(document.mailtoForm, document.mailtoForm.text, 'anchor')">
</CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN="4">
<CENTER><FONT COLOR="#408080" SIZE=+1><B>Here is Your mailto: URL</B></FONT></CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD ALIGN="LEFT"><FONT FACE="Arial, Helvetica" SIZE=-1><B>mailto URL:</B></TD>
<TD COLSPAN="3"><INPUT TYPE="text" NAME="text" SIZE=73 STYLE="background-color:'#ffcc66'"></TD>
</TR>
<TR>
<TD COLSPAN="4">
<CENTER>
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="Test" VALUE="Test URL" onClick="testMailto(document.mailtoForm.text.value)">
<INPUT TYPE="button" NAME="View" VALUE="View URL" onClick="viewMailto(document.mailtoForm.text.value)">
</CENTER>
</TD>
</TR>
</TABLE>
</CENTER>
</FORM>
</FONT>
</BODY>
</HTML>
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Produced by Yehuda Shiran and Tomer Shiran
All Rights Reserved. Legal Notices.
Created: October 9, 2000
Revised: October 9, 2000
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