How To open Outlook on linkbutton click

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I wants to open Microsoft outlook on a click of link button.

Posted 16-Nov-11 3:37am

Umashankar Yadav

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Having your web application attempt to open client side programs poses obvious security risks, most browsers won't allow this.

You can probably implement some hacky IE only approach if you like, have a look here

http://stackoverflow.com/questions/776672/opening-outlook-through-javascript[^]

If you simply want to display a new 'email screen', you can use the mailto approach.

If you actually want to automate outlook and perform various actions, I think the Activex approach is the only option - but it's really painful nowadays with all the increased security (good thing!) and should be avoided imo.

Posted 16-Nov-11 3:55am

Dylan Morley

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Uday P.Singh 16-Nov-11 10:30am

5ed :)

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In your click event handler run

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System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("outlook.exe");

[edit] - missed the bit about link button - this approach should only be used on win form.

Posted 16-Nov-11 3:47am

Reiss

Updated 16-Nov-11 3:59am

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Dylan Morley 16-Nov-11 9:50am

LinkButton is a web control (http://msdn.microsoft.com/en-us/library/system.web.ui.webcontrols.linkbutton.aspx), therefore this wouldn't be any good - you'd be trying to start a process on the server!

Reiss 16-Nov-11 9:57am

Thanks missed that bit - always fun guessing what environment the user is working in ;)

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uspatel · Accepted Answer · 2011-11-16T04:12:00

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Hope it will helps you

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protected void LinkButton1_Click(object sender, EventArgs e)
   {
       string id = "Id@gmail.com";
       Response.Redirect("mailto:"+id);
   }