Java Development

[akirekadu]

Is there a way to launch the default email editor programtically?  I haven't been able to find a class that supports such operation.  I have been thinking about launching the browser with a 'mailto'  URL, but that is more of a hack.  I am thinking there much be a better way to do this.  Anybody ideas?  Thanks!

[richard_puckett]

Is this what you're looking for?

Invoke.invokeApplication(Invoke.APP_TYPE_MESSAGES, 
    new MessageArguments(MessageArguments.ARG_NEW, "bob@foo.com", "", ""));

 

[akirekadu]

Thanks Richard!  Yes this is what exactly I was looking for.  Well, almost.  I also need to add an attachment to the new email.  Doesn't seem like MessageArguments  supports that.  Is it possible at all?                                                                                                                                          

[richard_puckett]

AFAIK, we can't specify an attachment when launching the mail client with Invoke.

The only alternative I can think of is to create your own email interface; collect whatever info you need from the user, and then send the message w/ attachment using Transport.  That's a little more involved than simply launching the native email client though. 

[mreed · Accepted solution]

You can call Invoke.invokeApplication() by sending it new MessageArguments(Message).

Your attachment will go in the SupportedAttachmentPart.

Message message = new Message();
Multipart multipart = new Multipart();

multipart.addBodyPart( new TextBodyPart( multipart, "This is the body." ) );
multipart.addBodyPart( new SupportedAttachmentPart( multipart, mime, filename, buffer ) );
message.setSubject( "This is the subject." );
message.setContent( multipart );

Invoke.invokeApplication( Invoke.APP_TYPE_MESSAGES, new MessageArguments( message ) );

The mime type will be a combination of ContentType.TYPE_ + ContentType.SUBTYPE_.

The filename is whatever you want the attachment name to be.

Message Edited by mreed on 07-17-2008 11:28 PM

[MSohm]

Here is a link to one of our samples that creates and sends a message with an attachment.

How To - Create an attachment
Article Number: DB-00009
http://www.blackberry.com/knowledgecenterpublic/livelink.exe/fetch/2000/348583/800332/800698/How_To_...

[akirekadu]

Sweeeeet!

Thanks very much, Martin and Mark...

Message Edited by akirekadu on 07-21-2008 12:25 AM

[ravindrakamble]

Thank you very much. It really helpful to me...

[hstrohmaier]

Hello Mark,

what is the maximum size of an attachment? We get a ""Failed to contact service" error if we attach more than 4K even if we split them into multiple attachments having each less than 4K.

Tested with 8310/4.5.0.69, 8900/4.6.1.76 and 9000/4.6.0.167. Devices are connected to BIS 2.4.

Harold Strohmaier

COSYNUS GmbH

[MSohm]

I haven't been able to reproduce this.  I tested with a 70k file.  The limit should be in the megabytes range.  Are you able to attach large files and send them using the built in Messages application?