Re: email hyperlinks in a form

On 03/12/2011 08:15 AM, Andreas S=E4ger wrote:
> Am 12.03.2011 05:37, Andrew Douglas Pitonyak wrote:
>>
>> Received an interesting request from a user that stores contact
>> information in a Base document. When stored in a Write or Calc documen=
t,
>> OOo recognizes things such as an email address and converts it to a
>> link. You can then click on the link to automatically open say your
>> email software.
>>
>> Now, if I store an email address as a field in Base, is there anyway
>> that I can cause this to be treated as a link in a form (or similar).
>>
>> In a pinch, I will write a macro that is called as an event handler fo=
r
>> a button activation that will read the email field for the current
>> record and invoke the default email software. I would prefer to not
>> write a macro, however.
>>
>>
>
> Have a look at very simplistic approach:=20
> http://user.services.openoffice.org/en/forum/viewtopic.php?f=3D13&t=3D4=
778&p=3D25810&hilit=3Dfile+hyperlink+url#p25810=20
> (no error handling)
>
> Hope this helps,
>
Yes, it helps a lot.... It does the heavy lifting for me. Thanks!

--=20
Andrew Pitonyak
My Macro Document: http://www.pitonyak.org/AndrewMacro.odt
Info:  http://www.pitonyak.org/oo.php

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