Using mailto: Open in outlook

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Hello together,

Maybe anybody has an answer for me on how I could solve my problem.

I'd like an answer button in my power app that launches onselect an outlook window with its values. This is my onselect-command:

Launch("mailto:" & ListeMails2.Selected.Absender; {cc: ListeMails2.Selected.CC; subject: ListeMails2.Selected.Titel; body: ListeMails2.Selected.MailBody}).

This unfortunately doesn't open a new mail in Outlook. If I replace "ListeMails2.Selected.MailBody" with "Hello World" it does what I want.

Some more information:

The database is a SharePoint list with a field with rich-text enabled.

Maybe you have some ideas.

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Michael E. Gernaey 53,970 Super User 2026 Season 2 on at

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Hi @jonbu

I would swap out and not use Launch.

I would add the Outlook Connector into your App

1. Go to Data Tab

2. Click Get Data

3. Add the Outlook Connector

4. Send your mails like this (and it supports html etc)

Here is a great guide from another Power Apps Pro.

Power Apps Send Email Using Outlook - The Complete Guide (matthewdevaney.com)

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Cheers

Thank You
Michael Gernaey MCT | MCSE | MCP | Self-Contractor| Ex-Microsoft
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Thank you @FLMike for your Thoughts!
Actually, I don't want to create an extra screen for creating an email. So "mailto" is a nice option to use Outlook with its features.

But, I'm going to have a look at your idea 😉

If there are any other ideas for "mailto", please share. Thanks.
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@jonbu

I thought you were already populating the body etc? If you are then you don't use a screen, the code I gave you just sends it. if you are asking them to populate the Subject and Body then y es its different.