If my memory serves me correct then I can confirm having heard about that
quirk earlier.
Pekka
> -----Original Message-----
> From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]]On
> Behalf Of Michael von Aichberger
> Sent: 26. heinäkuuta 2001 13:10
> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
> Subject: <lingo-l> email from within Director, length of message text
>
>
> Hi list!
>
> Some time ago Al Hospers posted this solution for e-mailing from within
> Director:
>
> gotonetpage "mailto:"&; addressString &"?subject=" & subjectString &
> "&body=" & messageString
>
> Now I wanted to use this and experienced a strange behavior concerning the
> length of the text in the variable messageString (Dir 8.5, win2000):
>
>
> A) If the length is 154 characters or less then everything works fine
> (browser opens, Outlook opens, new message window opens, fields are filled
> out)
>
> B) If the length is exactly 155 characters, Director does the
> same things as
> under A, but after that produces a FATAL ERROR.
>
> C) if the length is 156 characters or more, then nothing happens, neither
> the browser or Outlook are opened, nor does Director produce a
> fatal error.
>
> Has anyone experienced the same thing and/or could suggest a solution for
> longer message texts?
>
> Thanks a lot!
>
> Regards
> Michael von Aichberger
>
>
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