activex - opening Outlook through javascript

Question

Does anyone know how to open Outlook using Javascript?

I am getting an exception (in IE6) while using this code:

var outlookApp = new ActiveXObject("Outlook.Application");

Answer 1

You can definitely do this, the code looks like:

var objO = new ActiveXObject('Outlook.Application');     
var objNS = objO.GetNameSpace('MAPI');     
var mItm = objO.CreateItem(0);     
mItm.Display();     
mItm.To = p_recipient;
mItm.Subject = p_subject;
mItm.Body = p_body;     
mItm.GetInspector.WindowState = 2;

p_recipient, p_subject & p_body being variables, passed in.

You need to ensure this is running on a webpage which users trust, as this will cause exceptions otherwise.
That is it needs to be in the right zone in IE, with the right settings configured for that zone.