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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