>>I am generating excel files in vfp that will have one cell defined as a hyperlink - the hyperlink will contain a string of email addresses but is limited to 255 characters i believe.
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>>The following entry creates the email properly. In fact i will have a lot more email recipients i need to include. Any way around this limitation?
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>>credit to Chris Hagerman
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>>=(HYPERLINK("Mailto:email@myplace.ca?subject=my information&bcc=hiddenemail@email;email2@email;email3@email;email4@email;email5@email&body=can i get this to work in excel"))
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>>many thanks for any suggestions
>>k
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>Try to use "friendly name"
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>=(HYPERLINK("Mailto:email@myplace.ca?subject=my information&bcc=hiddenemail@email;email2@email;email3@email;email4@email;
>            email5@email&body=can i get this to work in excel";"This is eMail Hyperlink"))
>

>(Tested only on Excel 2007 :-))

thanks Borislav
problem is these files will be distributed to people who do not have the friendly email name lists in their address book - besides - that would still only buy me 255 character limit no?

k