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Nov 4, 2001, 11:13 AM
zolltoll
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Nov 4, 2001, 11:13 AM
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Adding an email field
Hi Group

I would like to add a clickable email field to the database, so far I have added the field, but what prefix should I add to the field defintion to make it spawn the default mail program when clicked, like the way the web link spans your browser?

any help grately appriciated

Aaron Denson
Nov 4, 2001, 12:45 PM
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Re: [zolltoll] Adding an email field In reply to
uh...simply add the following codes in the sub html_record routine in the html.pl file...

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<a href="mailto:$rec{'Email'}">$rec{'Email'}</a>


Turn off auto-generation...

Also, learning some HTML codes may help...Wink
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Nov 4, 2001, 2:40 PM
Paul
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Also, learning some HTML codes may help

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may be asking a question rather than assuming and belitting other postings would be best.


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Nov 5, 2001, 11:27 AM
zolltoll
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Hi

Thanks it worked, I just got a bit confused with the
html syntax used in perl.

AaronSmile
Nov 5, 2001, 12:16 PM
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Re: [zolltoll] Adding an email field In reply to
You're welcome.
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Nov 5, 2001, 12:16 PM
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Necessary post?? I think not.
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