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Any alternatives to mailto: ?

Mark.ThompsonNov 23 2016 — edited Nov 23 2016

Having now figured out how to use APEX_MAIL.SEND, and having created a lovely e-mail with an imbedded table, the customer says "That's very pretty - exactly what we need.  Now can you make it pop up in my e-mail client so that I can add additional information before sending it?"

That was NOT in the requirements doc.  It said "generate emails".  Sigh...

Well, of course, opening the email in the user's email client requires using the mailto: javascript function.  And that's no problem, except that we can't imbed HTML tables into the mailto:  

So, the question is: Are you aware of any alternative to the mailto: function in javascript, something that will accept HTML such as bold, font color, and (most importantly) tables?  I can do all of this fantastic stuff with APEX_MAIL.SEND, but not with mailto:

Suggestions??

This post has been answered by Mike Kutz on Nov 23 2016
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