After response.redire ct to mailto: want screen control

[Peter Bassett]

I have a recruiter website listing jobs. Some postings having email links
directly to the employer (instead of the usual email link to the
recruiter owner). The owner wishes to track when people reply directly to
employers.

So I have an ASP script (it looks like an email link but fires of an ASP)
that has to do 2 things - insert an entry in the database noting this
reply, and open the email client for the user to send directly to the
employer. I open the email client via response.redire ct with
RedirectStmt="m ailto:...."

The database insert works fine. The email client open works fine. But
when I send the email I want my original screen back (the list of jobs).
Instead it's a blank screen, even though after the response.redire ct I do
a server.transfer ("listpositions .asp"). Apparently response.redire ct
prevents later code in that ASP from running.

Also, the Properties of the blank screen is

mailto:hr@compa ny.com?subject= HR Manager Position

so the email client AND the remaining under-screen are from the
response.redire ct.

Can I control (change) the screen appearing after the email has been
sent? Seems like response.redire ct has hijacked it and I have lost
control.

Thanks!
Pete

[Peter Bassett]

Thanks - this is a dumb question, but within the Javascript, how do I
retrieve the ASP Application variable that I need to pass to it with all
the parameters?

I thought this would work as an example of all in one script (I
eventually have to pass as an Application variable but that should be
easy:

<%
Dim mailtoStmt
cont DQ = """"
mailtoStmt = "mailto:yo***** *@yoursite.com"
%>

<script language="javas cript">
window.open(<%= DQ & mailtoStmt & DQ %>);
</script>

It says DQ is not defined.
I'm sure this is trivial but I'm stumped.

Pete
"Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielear ning.com> wrote in
news:#z******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl:

Have the link call an asp script that updates the database and then
rebuilds the listing page.
Add the following to the page as it is rebuilt

<script language="javas cript">
window.open("ma ilto:yo******@y oursite.com");
</script>

Test with various browsers (works with IE 6 on windows 2000).

[Aaron Bertrand [MVP]]

> cont DQ = """"

You spelled const wrong. Why do you need to make this a const anyway?

[Mark Schupp]

you probably mean

const DQ

but you don't need it

<script language="javas cript">
window.open("<% =mailtoStmt%>") ;
</script>
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"Peter Bassett" <pb**********@c omcast.net> wrote in message
news:Xn******** *************** ***********@204 .127.204.17...

Thanks - this is a dumb question, but within the Javascript, how do I
retrieve the ASP Application variable that I need to pass to it with all
the parameters?

I thought this would work as an example of all in one script (I
eventually have to pass as an Application variable but that should be
easy:

<%
Dim mailtoStmt
cont DQ = """"
mailtoStmt = "mailto:yo***** *@yoursite.com"
%>

<script language="javas cript">
window.open(<%= DQ & mailtoStmt & DQ %>);
</script>

It says DQ is not defined.
I'm sure this is trivial but I'm stumped.

Pete
"Mark Schupp" <ms*****@ielear ning.com> wrote in
news:#z******** ******@tk2msftn gp13.phx.gbl:

Have the link call an asp script that updates the database and then
rebuilds the listing page.
Add the following to the page as it is rebuilt

<script language="javas cript">
window.open("ma ilto:yo******@y oursite.com");
</script>

Test with various browsers (works with IE 6 on windows 2000).