I have a button click event that redirects to mailto: and then a group of email addresses. When I click the button, my email program launches with the email addresses loaded like it should, however, the browser loads a blank page with mailto: in the address bar. Is there a way to do this with out opening the blank page? Below is the code that I'm using.

private void Button1_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
{
    Response.Redirect("mailto:" + Session["GroupEmail"]);
}

private void LoadGroupEmail(string s)
{
   // check s for the team name then laod all the data
   OleDbConnection myConn = new OleDbConnection(Session["ConnStr"].ToString());
myConn.Open();

   // add the query
   string sql = "Select * from TeamRoster where Team = '" + s + "' and Name = 'Group Email'";

   // create the command object
   OleDbCommand myCommand = new OleDbCommand(sql,myConn);

   // create an object to handle the return
   OleDbDataReader Result = myCommand.ExecuteReader();

   if (Result.HasRows)
   {
      if (Result.Read())
      {
         Session["GroupEmail"] = Result["Email"].ToString();
      }
   }
   myConn.Close();
}

Can you try this?

Regards
Ganesh
http://ganeshprof.blogspot.com

That causes a blank page to load. I wanted a way to do it without leaving the page. I eventally exclueded the bulk email address from the query. Then created anouther procedure that only queries the group address and added it to the url of a link button. Now it works without leaving the page.

Thanks for your response though, I wasn't sure if there was any on here except people looking for help.

Jim

can you check what the Session["GroupEmail"] contains at this point? You can do some debugging stuff for this.

Regards
Ganesh
http://ganeshprof.blogspot.com
Find your solution here...

In your current implementation, you will never get the browser to NOT direct to a blank page. By using Response.Redirect you are telling the browser to goto a new page albeit you are providing a special command to spawn your email application. Simply put, your browser is ALWAYS going to go to mailto:... using this method.

Why not build a javascript string that will spawn your email client and write that back to the client? That will not cause your browser to move to a different page.

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As I stated in the original question, I was looking for a more elegant solution to the problem then what I eventually came up with. I didn't want to write any more code and I didn't want to hit the database again. I was looking for a way to fill the data reader and extract the group email from it while still filling the data grid. As it turns out, that's really not the most elegant way to do it. The Response.Redirect as every one has stated will always redirect to an empty page. My second post on this subject is the one with the solution that I came up with. I think that it's the best and it works. Here is the code that I used. As you will see, I eliminated the button all together.

private void LoadGroupEmail(string s)
        {
            // check s for the team name then laod all the data
            OleDbConnection myConn = new OleDbConnection(Session["ConnStr"].ToString());
            myConn.Open();

            // add the query
            string sql = "Select * from TeamRoster where Team = '" + s + "' and Name = 'Group Email'";

            // create the command object
            OleDbCommand myCommand = new OleDbCommand(sql,myConn);

            // create an object to handle the return
            OleDbDataReader Result = myCommand.ExecuteReader();

            if (Result.HasRows)
            {
                if (Result.Read())
                {
                    Session["GroupEmail"] = Result["Email"].ToString();
                }
            }
            myConn.Close();
            hlGroupEmail.Text = s + " Group Email";
            hlGroupEmail.NavigateUrl = "mailto:" + Session["GroupEmail"];
        }

        private void LoadData(string s)
        {
            // check s for the team name then laod all the data
            OleDbConnection myConn = new OleDbConnection(Session["ConnStr"].ToString());
            myConn.Open();

            // add the query
            string sql = "Select * from TeamRoster where Team = '" + s + "' and Name <> 'Group Email'";

            // create the command object
            OleDbCommand myCommand = new OleDbCommand(sql,myConn);

            // create an object to handle the return
            OleDbDataReader Result = myCommand.ExecuteReader();

            DataGrid1.DataSource = Result;
            DataGrid1.Width = 600;
            DataGrid1.DataBind();
            myConn.Close();
        }
        #region Web Form Designer generated code
        override protected void OnInit(EventArgs e)
        {
            //
            // CODEGEN: This call is required by the ASP.NET Web Form Designer.
            //
            InitializeComponent();
            base.OnInit(e);
        }

        /// <summary>
        /// Required method for Designer support - do not modify
        /// the contents of this method with the code editor.
        /// </summary>
        private void InitializeComponent()
        {
            this.LinkButton2.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.LinkButton2_Click);
            this.LinkButton3.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.LinkButton3_Click);
            this.LinkButton4.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.LinkButton4_Click);
            this.btnWings.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnWings_Click);
            this.btnAlt.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnAlt_Click);
            this.btnRefs.Click += new System.EventHandler(this.btnRefs_Click);
            this.Load += new System.EventHandler(this.Page_Load);

        }
        #endregion

        private void LinkButton2_Click(object sender, System.EventArgs e)
        {
            // laod data for BOA
            DataGrid1.BorderColor = System.Drawing.Color.RoyalBlue;
            LoadData("Black Bears");
            LoadGroupEmail("Black Bears");
        }

You can view this in action by going to http://www.ebhl.org
and clicking on the Rosters button at the top.

Thanks again

Jim