How to create a mailto link in windows forms application

Question

I want to know how to create something similar to a mailto: link (like on HTML pages) to a Windows Form. So that on clicking it, the users default mail program should open a new blank email with the given email address in the To: field.

Answer 1

If this is a .NET application then you can use a LinkLabel control. Just set the text property to the actual email address and then respond to the LinkClicked event handler like this:

System.Diagnostics.Process.Start("mailto:" & LinkLabel1.Text);

You'll want to do some sanity checking on the email address and add some error trapping, but that should do the trick.