Email return data formating

Question

hi all,
I'm building a basic "contact me" email return page, and it's
working...at least partially.
(that's the good news)
the "bad" news is..
when I fill in the above blanks in the swf, and click send,
it opens my email ("mail"-mac) and populates my correct email
address, but then puts ALL the information, not just the subject
line info, in the subject window. Is there a way to tell the code
to put the subject line "jb3_contact" in the subject of the email,
and then "tab" to the body area of the email to dump their name,
email, and message?
what my email subject line looks like: (what I typed into the
swf fields)
Subject: jb3_contact:= Name: jim Email: jimsbook.com Message:
hey dork...
I guess I'd like the subject line to be "jb3_contact" ONLY.
and their message info in the "body" area of their email.
like:
Name: Jim
Email: jimsbook.com
Message: hey dork...
text field instances:
name [ iptxt_name ]
email [ iptxt_email ]
msg [ iptxt_msg ]
I'd appreciate any thoughts...
best,
pow
following code on the "send" button:
[code]//email send button info, for "contact me" area
on (press) {
// these statements simply read the data from the input
fields
// and print them to the output window for debugging
trace(this.iptxt_name.text);
trace(this.iptxt_email.text);
trace(this.iptxt_msg.text);
// save the return email address
returnEmail = this.iptext_email.text;
// create an empty string variable to store the data
urlData = "";
// assemble the data from the fields into the new variable
urlData += " Name: "+this.iptxt_name.text+newline+" ";
urlData += " Email: "+this.iptxt_email.text+newline+" ";
urlData += " Message: "+this.iptxt_msg.text+newline+" ";
// print url data to output window for debugging
trace(urlData);
// send email using user input data
getURL("mailto:[email protected]?subject=jb3_contact="+
urlData);
//>>>>>>>>>>>>>>[/code]

Answer 1

hello kglad,
thank you very much for this, adding your line alone with one
other addition did exactly what I needed.
other added line:
"Add another variable(body in this case) in the mailto and
use "%0A" instead newline"
(see code below)
...that did exactly what your code did, with basically a
carriage return, between for readability.
the email send executed perfectly:
subject (in the subject line, all by itself)
and then:
"Name: Jim lastName
Email: [email protected]
Message: hey Jim how come you're such a dork? "
all stacked, and clear in the body area.
Thank you very much kglad.
best,
Pow.
code below is to create a return email from a "contact me"
form you build in flash.
input text fields have instance names of as follows:
name ( iptxt_name )
email ( iptxt_email )
message ( iptxt_msg )
last line of code just has my email I want it to go to, along
with what I want in the subject line "jb3_contact"
hope this helps someone else.
<final code>
//email send button info, for "contact me" area
on (press) {
// these statements simply read the data from the input
fields
// and print them to the output window for debugging
trace(this.iptxt_name.text);
trace(this.iptxt_email.text);
trace(this.iptxt_msg.text);
// save the return email address
returnEmail = this.iptext_email.text;
// create an empty string variable to store the data
urlData = "";
// assemble the data from the fields into the new variable
urlData += " Name: "+this.iptxt_name.text+"%0A";
urlData += " Email: "+this.iptxt_email.text+"%0A";
urlData += " Message: "+this.iptxt_msg.text+"%0A";
// print url data to output window for debugging
trace(urlData);
// send email using user input data
getURL("mailto:[email protected]?subject=jb3_contact&body="+
urlData);
<end_code>