Can't send results to BLANK email address in SWF

Question

We have many different customers that want the quiz results
sent to them. If I leave the email address blank on the Quiz
Preferences window, Outlook automatically opens and email with a
blank TO: field and the results in the body, and the user types the
email address of the recipient before sending results. This works
great when published as an .EXE.
However, when I publish as an .SWF and place in a browser, I
press the Send E-mail button and get the following message:
This form is being submitted using e-mail.
Submitting this form will reveal your e-mail address to the
recipient, and will send the form data without encrypting it for
privacy.
You may continue or cancel this submission.
---OK--- --Cancel--
I select OK and nothing happens.
I just wanted the system to open Outlook like it did when ran
as an EXE.
Any ideas?

Answer 1

Assuming your problem lies in HTM/SWF published files, you
can hack the sendMail() function on/around line 28 of the
email_body.htm or email_attachment.htm template files (depending on
which reporting method you select in the Quiz Properties) to prompt
the user for the correct username.
However, the built-in Prompt() method may not work in IE7 and
later, per the following note on the
MSDN
website:
In Windows Internet Explorer 7 and later the Prompt() method is
blocked by the information bar in the Internet zone. This helps
prevent malicious sites from initiating spoofing attacks.
If that turns out to be a show-stopper, you'd have to build
your own solution for gathering the e-mail address using a
combination of DHTML and Javascript.
Assuming you're willing to give it a try, the template files
can be found in:
C:\Program Files\Adobe\Adobe Captivate 3\Templates\Publish
Example code using the Prompt() method is shown below: