revGoURL problem

Mark Talluto userev at canelasoftware.com
Wed Jan 5 16:55:16 EST 2005


On Jan 5, 2005, at 10:56 AM, Andrew Sharp wrote:

> I am still fairly new to Revolution but according to everything I have 
> read this should work.
>
> on mouseUp
>   put "mailto:"&fld "eMail" into theMailAddress
>   revGoURL theMailAddress
>   if the result <>"" then answer the result
> end mouseUp
>
>
> There is a valid email address in field "eMail"
>
> I have tried this with both revMail and revGoURL. Instead of opening 
> my email program, it opens my browser with an http address
> followed by my mailto address.
>
> This is the address I get in my browser: 
> http://mailto:someone@somewhere.com/
>
> I have tried setting the default mail program to Outlook and Eudora 
> and back again but neither work.
>
> The same stack works fine on OS X but I can't get this to work on my 
> XP machine.
> Any ideas would be appreciated.
>


Andrew,

Run the check for updates under the help menu of Rev.  That should fix 
your problem.  You may have to do that twice in a row.

-- 
Best regards,
Mark Talluto
http://www.canelasoftware.com



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