Re: Questions on "Calling PC Commands from RPG" article

   The "start" command needs a window title and a command so the following
   will work:

   start "Mail" "mailto: "mailto: Joe.Hayes@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=look at this
   website&body=Hi, I found this website and thought you might like it
   http://www.geocities.com/wowhtml/";

   Where "Mail" is the Window title and the rest is the requested command.

   Good luck.

   Rune
   Hayes, Joe wrote:

 The problem is, you need other things that are denoted with &.
 Example: mailto: Joe.Hayes@xxxxxxxxxx?subject=look at this website&body=Hi,
 I found this website and thought you might like it
 http://www.geocities.com/wowhtml/

 I couln't get this to run from cmd.exe for love nor money.

 Here's some VBScript code that you could invoke to accomplish this.  Save it
 as whatever.vbs, and then it can be executed from the command line, so your
 java app will have no trouble.

 set shell = createobject("wscript.shell")

 theAddr = "someone@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
 theCC = "someone-else@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
 theBCC = "someone-hidden@xxxxxxxxxxxxx"
 theSubject = "The subject line"
 theBody = "Line 1" & vbcrlf & "Line 2" & vbcrlf & "Line 3"

 shell.run "mailto:"; & theAddr _
 & "?subject=" & escape(theSubject) _
 & "&body=" & escape(theBody) _
 & "&cc=" & theCC _
 & "&bcc=" & theCC


 Other options are better.  However, they would require actual programming
 (as opposed to simple scripting).

 If someone figures out how to get mailto: to go from cmd.exe with all the
 options, I'd love to see it.


 -----Original Message-----
 From: java400-l-bounces+joe.hayes=fiserv.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx
 [mailto:java400-l-bounces+joe.hayes=fiserv.com@xxxxxxxxxxxx] On Behalf Of
 Clapham, Paul
 Sent: Wednesday, October 26, 2005 4:49 PM
 To: Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400
 Subject: RE: Questions on "Calling PC Commands from RPG" article

 The command isn't executed as if it were run in the "Windows Run" box, it's
 executed as if it were run in the "Command Prompt" window. So you should
 test-run your commands there instead. And the command you need is

 start mailto:dan2@xxxxxxxxx

 And here's a link I dredged up that describes in more detail how to format
 the mailto URL:

 http://email.about.com/od/mailtoemaillinks/a/mailto_elements.htm

 You'll find more such links by googling "mailto URL" (which is where I got
 that one).

 Regards
 PC2

 -----Original Message-----
 From: java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx [mailto:java400-l-bounces@xxxxxxxxxxxx]
 On Behalf Of Dan
 Sent: October 26, 2005 14:33
 To: Java Programming on and around the iSeries / AS400; Midrange Systems
 Technical Discussion
 Subject: Re: Questions on "Calling PC Commands from RPG" article

 O.k., thought I'd give an update.

 Got the PC side working. Ended up setting a classpath as an environment
 variable. This classpath stuff is as clear as mud. Will have to get more
 experience using it.

 Someone off-list sent me an example RPG program that invokes notepad.exe.
 And this really works like a charm!

 Unfortunately, I tried using "mailto:dan2@xxxxxxxxx"; (using my real address)
 as a command sent to the data queue, but got:
 Command to be Executed = mailto:dan2@xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx did not start
 :java.io.IOException: CreateProcess:
 mailto:dan2@xxxxxxxxx error=2

 ... even though this works from within the Windows Run dialog box.

 So... How can I find out how to start an Outlook "Create New Email" window,
 plugging in recipient email address, subject, and body text? This is Outlook
 2002. Presume that Outlook is already running.