In Flash you can use the mailto: email link method to open a new email window. Most browsers support these email links, but an email client must already be set up for the browser. In a getURL action place mailto: followed by the email address (no space between them) and leave the Window: box blank.

mailto:croteau@erols.com

You can use 'search parameters' to automatically fill-in subject, body and other entries in the email. To add parameters to the email you add a question mark (?) following the email address, then the parameter is added, followed by an equal sign (=) and the text to be entered. Parameters include subject, body and cc.

mailto:croteau@erols.com?subject=Flash

Additional parameters can be added by separating them with an ampersand (&) and no spaces.

mailto:croteau@erols.com?subject=Flash&body=I want my money back.

Some browsers do not support email parameters or only support some of them. If unknown parameters are included then the browser will just ignore them.

Flash 3 does not support the body parameter.