C / C++ / MFC

"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

HINSTANCE hInst = ::ShellExecute
                      (NULL, "open",
                       "mailto:ravib@ravib.com",  <code>// use "mailto:" to open mail</code>
                       "", "", SW_SHOW);          <code>// client w/o opening a new msg</code>  
ASSERT (hInst > 32);

"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

sprintf(buf, "mailto:rpalma@mrtel.com?subject=test&attachment=\"c:\\misc\\a.txt\"");

"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

char szApp[MAX_PATH];
AssocQueryString(..., ".eml", "open", szApp, sizeof(szApp));

"Ideas are a dime a dozen. People who put them into action are priceless." - Unknown

<code>//! Wraps a string at a user specified boundary and and stores
//! each individual line in a CStringArray.
//! @param  strString   The string to be wrapped.
//! @param  nWrap       Wrap margin.
//! @param  lines       Collection of wrapped lines.</code>
void wrapString
  (CString strString,
   int nWrap,
   CStringArray& lines)
{
  int nStart = 0;
  int nEnd = 0;
  do {
 
    <code>// Determine boundaries of next line</code>
    nEnd = nStart + nWrap;
    if (nEnd >= strString.GetLength())
       nEnd = strString.GetLength() - 1;
 
    <code>// If we're not at the end of the string, make sure we're
    // at a word break</code>
    if (nEnd != strString.GetLength() - 1)
       while ((nEnd >= 0) && (strString.GetAt (nEnd) != _T(' ')))
             nEnd--;
 
    <code>// Extract the next line</code>
    CString strNextLine;
    if ((nEnd - nStart) > 0) {
       strNextLine = strString.Mid (nStart, (nEnd - nStart) + 1);
       strNextLine.TrimLeft();
       strNextLine.TrimRight();
       lines.Add (strNextLine);
    }
 
    <code>// Set the start of the next boundary</code>
    nStart = nEnd + 1;
 
  } while (nStart < strString.GetLength());
  return;

• It can be generically applied to any kind of message box.
  
• Less internationalization required.
  
• Takes less than 10 minutes to implement.