javascript: initiating email and embedding image to the email in IE and Mozilla

[pavan anumula]

I have a requirement
When i click on button, i have to initiate an email with the to address, subject, and body should contain an image and the text .

Problem : I cannot embed the image using 'mailto' (javascript) . Please provide solutions for embedding image to the outlook or any email generator like outlook(if not present).

Thanks in Advance.

[acoder]

I don't think this will be possible with JavaScript. I would recommend using server-side code to send email.

[pavan anumula]

is there any possible solution through client side. Server side i dont want because when the user clicks on button in his browser, outlook should open. If i do server side , then it will open in server not client side.
Thanks.

[acoder]

Giving control to the client to send mail is always unreliable. Not all users have email properly set up on their computer. See how webmail works. The user can enter the message, attach files, include images, etc. then when they click 'Send', the email is sent from the server-side.

If, however, you have a select user-base and you know that all users will have Outlook installed and set up, then you could depend on mailto. As for the image, you can't embed it as such using JavaScript, but you can provide the full URL to the image in the email body.

[pavan anumula]

var outlookApp = new ActiveXObject("Outlook.Application");
            var nameSpace = outlookApp.getNameSpace("MAPI");
            mailFolder = nameSpace.getDefaultFolder(6);
            mailItem = mailFolder.Items.add('IPM.Note.FormA');
            mailItem.Subject=Subject;
            mailItem.To = ToAddress;
            mailItem.HTMLBody = "image  here"+"<br><p><font face=Arial size=2>"+"BodyHi"+"<br>"+Bodypara1+"</p><br><br>"+footerregards+"</font>";
            mailItem.display (0); 
 

this works in IE , Can I get equivalent code for Mozilla?
Please help in this regard. or any optimal solution for both the browsers?

[iam_clint]

There isn't an equivalent in Mozilla... activex is IE only

[pavan anumula]

is there any possible solution other than Activex through client side?

[acoder]

Add a HTML <img> tag within the body and point to a web URL.