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TextPipe 8.0 File | Sendto option causes popup error message

Posted: Sun Dec 09, 2007 7:52 am
by dfhtextpipe
Selecting the Send to... option under the File menu causes a popup error message, Invalid class string.

This feature seems to be undocumented. A search for "Send to" in the Help gave no clues.

Posted: Tue Dec 11, 2007 2:28 pm
by DataMystic Support
Thanks David - is this with a normal install of TextPipe?

File | Sendto error message.

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 5:02 am
by dfhtextpipe
Yes - I did nothing special, first I uninstalled the previous v7.9.5, then installed v8.0 of TextPipe Standard. The error message is repeatable.

System is Windows XP on Acer Aspire 5630. The XP Media Edition is fully patched with all the relevant security patches from Microsoft.

What is this menu option supposed to do?

David H.

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 8:47 pm
by DataMystic Support
If Outlook is installed, this attaches the current filter to an email ready to send to DataMystic support.

We've update the help file with this item.

Do you have Outlook (not express) installed?

File | Send to & Email clients

Posted: Wed Dec 12, 2007 9:28 pm
by dfhtextpipe
Looks like this feature is intended to perform a similar task to Windows Context menu | Sendto | Mail recipient

Would it not be better to launch the current user's email client rather than one particular client?

I don't use Outlook for email, though it may possibly be installed by default in WinXP. I'll check when I get home. My preferred email client is Eudora, which I've been using for 11 years.

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 7:32 am
by DataMystic Support
If there is generic code that works with the majority of popular email clients then please let us know.

File | Send to & Email clients

Posted: Thu Dec 13, 2007 10:52 pm
by dfhtextpipe
Simon,

In Windows, isn't this a call that can be passed to sendmail.dll ?

HKEY_USERS\S-1-5-21-1915207013-2615040368-3076929458-30363\Software\Microsoft\Windows\ShellNoRoam\MUICache

has for Sendto Mail Recipent

@sendmail.dll,-4

Which application it gets sent to is presumably set elsewhere in the registry, as per the Internet Properties | Programs tab.

David

Posted: Fri Dec 14, 2007 5:39 am
by DataMystic Support
Thanks David - will look into it