Open default mail client - format problems

[Muleskinner]

Hi forum,

I use the following code to open the users default mail client with values set in reciever, subject and body fields:

Dim msg As String = String.Format("mailto:{0}{1}", Uri.EscapeDataString("[e-mail]"), "?")
msg &= String.Format("subject={0}{1}", Uri.EscapeDataString("subject text"), "&")
msg &= String.Format("body={0}", Uri.EscapeDataString("body text"))
System.Diagnostics.Process.Start(msg)

I've testet this with Thunderbird for languages like Thai and Danish and all seems to be working perfectly.

For Outlook (2003) strange things happens. Fx. "æ", "ø" and "å" are shown as "æ", "ø" and "Ã¥".

Should I be using an alternative escape function or does anyone have an idea on how to solve this?

[Muleskinner]

No experts in internation issues like this one?

Maybe someone could guide me to another forum?

[Plater]

That sounds like a font vs character culture issue. Only thing I could offer is to check your string functions for culture/language settings (or possibly a global project culture setting)