Add email link in Acrobat 4.0

[Matt_Foote@adobeforums.com]

I can't figure out how to add a simple email link in Acrobat. I can add a web link, but can't call the user's default email program as can be done in Word or HTML. Any suggestions? thanks

[W_T_Allen@adobeforums.com]

Use a weblink and use the address:

mailto:abc@xyz.com

[Matt_Foote@adobeforums.com]

Thanks, but I've tried that and it doesn't work: It launches my email program, but doesn't launch a pre-addressed message as it would from HTML.

[W_T_Allen@adobeforums.com]

The code I gave is correct. It will open a new email with "abc@xyz.com" in the "To:" field.

If it doesn't, then something else isn't working. Do you have a properly configured MAPI client (Outlook, OE, etc?)

[Matt_Foote@adobeforums.com]

Are you using the Link Tool and specifying the Action Type as a World Wide Web link? We use groupwise and I believe it is configured correctly based on linking from other programs/code.

[Matt_Foote@adobeforums.com]

Tested on another computer and it works. must be something wrong with this machine. Thanks for your help

--Matt

[W_T_Allen@adobeforums.com]

I'm doing it in Acrobat 6, so the actual terminology is different, but yes, I use the link to and select "Open a web page" and type "mailto:abc@xyz.com" (without the quotes, obviously) in the box.

Clicking this link will open a browser, which will then call your mail client.