Take a look at the @shell command starting on page 111 of the programming Guide.

If you need more info let us know.

This is an example of calling Lantica  calandar program and tells were to return value

@MSG (@SHELL ("C:\Sesame\utils\lancal.exe c:\sesame\utils\mydate.txt"))
DOB = @insert("c:\sesame\utils\mydate.txt")

The way your code is written, you are declaring IEWebSite as an Int. You don't set it to anything. You then check to see if it is not equal to "".

1. An Int cannot reliably be checked with "".
2. I suspect you are actually wanting to check an element on your form to see if it has a value.
3. You are not checking the correct return value.

Try something like this:

var IEWebSite as Int
var IEpath as String
IEpath = @Chr(34) + "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE. EXE" + @Chr(34)

If WebSite <> "" Then
   IEWebSite = @Shell (IEpath + " " + WebSite)
If Not IEWebSite = 0 Then
    @Msg ("Couldn't open web browser")  

You may also want to make sure your slashes are going the right way where you set IEpath.

I tried the code but this error came up:

Error whil parsing module "Web Site - www.(4)"
    Unknown Identifier.
Line 5, position 4 [Identifier:Web]
    If Web Site
         ^

What does that mean? And how can I fix it???
Thanks!

OH boy! I just tried the code for the outlook that Bob_Hansen gave and it says:

Error whil parsing module "Contact E-mail (4)"
    Statement or End-Of-File expected.
Line 1, position 1 :[String:"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"]
"C:\Program Files\Outlook Express\msimn.exe"
   ^

I have NO idea what any of this means, if someone could translate it and help me out that would be wonderful.

I'm so confused!!   

Thanks everybody!

Ok. I enter the code in Web Site -www. field on the On Form Entry part.
This is the code:

var WebSite as Int
var IEpath as String
IEpath = @Chr(34) + "C:\Program Files\Internet Explorer\IEXPLORE.EXE" + @Chr(34)

If WebSite <> " Then
   WebSite = @Shell (IEpath + " " WebSite)
If Not WebSite = 0 Then
   @Msg ("Couldn't open web browser")
 

I hope that helps! Thanks!

I have a field with the contact's email in it, such as Joe.Smith@yahoo.com and I want to click on that field and have it open up an email from Outlook Express with Joe.Smith@yahoo.com in the To: part of the email.

Would this be possible? And how would I do it?
???
Thanks!

WebSite and Web Site are not the same thing. Note that one has a space and the other does not.

Thanks Bharat_Naik for confirming that the Outlook Express code I submitted would work in a Sesame shell.

Bob_Hansen or Bharat_Naik,

One of you should post this code under Programming Examples.

I tried the web site code and it worked perfectly fine. Thank you soo much!! However when I tried the Outlook Express one this is what happened:

Error while parsing module "Email (0)" :
Type mismatch error (operation is not defined for the types of the operands
Line 8, position 73: +
    Outlook_failure = @Shell(Outlook_Exp_Path + " " + "/mailurl:mailto:" 

I pasted the code exactly as it was in the last post. I want to use Outlook instead of Outlook Express, however I do have Outlook Express on my computer. How do I fix this?? I can't start working again until this is fixed. I need to fix this and I don't understand anything, if anyone knows please help me! Thanks!!

I use Windows 2000 and I'm a client on a server.

In Windows XP and Windows 98, the original code seems to work fine. You might want to check where is msimn.exe is located in your system and put the path accordingly.

Cqn you provide how you defined the variables Outlook_Path and email?

Thanks Dnolan, submitting the code is a big help.  I think I see the cause of the problem.

I think you may have unintentionally confused the issue for us (did for me, anyway).  The code that I submitted in this Topic is for Outlook Express, not for Outlook.  In one of your earlier messages, you said you wanted to use Outlook, but you did have Outlook Express on your system.  So which are you actually trying to do with this code?  Because of your statement, I thought that you were going to try this with Outlook Express.

As Bharat_Naik has noted a number of times, I also believe that this is a problem with your path.  You want the Outlook Express path, not the Outlook path.  The path you are using ("C:\Program Files\Microsoft
Office\Office\) is the path where Outlook is frequently found, but the program you are calling is msimn.exe which is the email command for Outlook Express, not for Outlook.  The syntax for Outlook is different from what I provided here.  This syntax will not work with Outlook.  You have mixed the path for Outlook with the command for Outlook Express.

To find the correct path for Outlook Express, try this (may vary depending on operating system):
Right click on Start Button, Left click on Find or Search.
Enter msimn.exe into the field for the file to search for.
In the field for Look In, enter C:\
Click on Find Now or Search Now.
If this file is on your machine, you should see the path if your view is showing Details.  That will be the path you need in the @Shell command.

I just did this on a WIN98ME and the path is "C:\Program Files\Outlook Express".  And it is in the same path on a WIN98SE system. 

If you find the same path, then change your statement to:
Quote:
and let us know the results.
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If you are going to use Outlook then you must use a different set of commands in the Shell statement.
There are a number of Outlook items that can be created with @Shell.
The basic syntax for Outlook with command switches is:
"FullPath\Outlook.exe /c ipm.class"

On March 7, I submitted the correct syntax to use with Outlook on the forum at: http://www.lantica.com/Forum2/cgi-bin/yabb/YaBB.pl?board=archived;action=display...

What is the recipients address? I want it so that I click on the E-Mail button and it copy's the email address from the E-Mail text box and paste's it to the To: part of the Outook email.

I haven't tried the code yet, so forgive me if I'm wrong, but in the code it says recipient1@myplace.com, and I don't know what to put:

var n as Int
n = @SHELL(@CHR(34) + "C:\Program Files\Microsoft Office\Office\outlook.exe" + @CHR(34) + " /c ipm.note /m recipient1@myplace.com;recipient2@yourplace.com")
 

I don't know what to do, maybe I'm in the completely wrong section  But let me know. Thanks! 

So If I don't put an address in there will the code just paste the email in the recipient address part of the email? So I would just end the code with @CHR(34) + " /c ipm.note /m ??
Thanks

Is there a way to program Sesame to copy the email from another text box and paste it into the recipients email address of the email? I understand that I can do it manually but I would LOVE it if Sesame could do that for me.

I have another text box that contains the email address, so I would like Sesame to copy the email from the text box and paste it into the email (To: ) that opens up. Is that even possible??  

Thank you so much for your help!