Posted by Gazza on 10/05/99 11:16

Yogi_Bear_79 mumbled the following on 17/05/2005 19:59:
> "Gazza" <news@garyjones.co.uk.invalid> wrote in message

>>>Being stand alone, I know every user will mave Outlook setup
>>
>>Assuming you meant Outlook Express, you'd still be grossly wrong.

> I don't mind being ... told
> that MAILTO might not be the best idea. ... Further, although MAILTO might not
> be acceptable in most cases, in this one I feel that it is.

I never questioned your assumption that mailto is the way to proceed in
this case, only your assumption that "every user will [h]ave Outlook
setup". I, for one don't have it, and so have proved your assumption
wrong from the outset.

> Why would you assume Outlook Express? Mailto: works with Outlook as well.

Of course it does, as do many other mail clients. OE is far more likely
to be setup on a general Windows machine however, compared to Outlook.

> I
> understand the caveats of using MAILTO: however since this is a stand alone
> .chm help file, I really do not see any other alternatives at this point.
> This is not a web page on a server, therefore, no server side to support.

I cannot help with your original question, but am I right in thinking
this .chm will be used on your internal network only (for which the
setup of machines could very well be consistent) ? Otherwise, and with
respect, for someone creating .chm's with XML, the assumption regarding
Outlook is somewhat of a "newbie" statement.

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Gazza
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