EmailComposeTask Class

[ This article is for Windows Phone 8 developers. If you’re developing for Windows 10, see the latest documentation. ]

Allows an application to launch the email application with a new message displayed. Use this to allow users to send email from your application.

Inheritance Hierarchy

System..::.Object
  Microsoft.Phone.Tasks..::.EmailComposeTask

Namespace:  Microsoft.Phone.Tasks
Assembly:  Microsoft.Phone (in Microsoft.Phone.dll)
XMLNS for XAML: Not mapped to an xmlns.

Syntax

Public NotInheritable Class EmailComposeTask
public sealed class EmailComposeTask
<EmailComposeTask .../>

The EmailComposeTask type exposes the following members.

Constructors

  Name Description
EmailComposeTask Initializes a new instance of the EmailComposeTask class.

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Properties

  Name Description
Bcc Gets or sets the recipients on the Bcc line of the new email message.
Body Gets or sets the body of the new email message.
Cc Gets or sets the recipients on the Cc line of the new email message.
CodePage Gets or sets the character set that will be used to display the message content.
Subject Gets or sets the subject of the new email message.
To Gets or sets the recipients on the To line of the new email message.

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Methods

  Name Description
Equals(Object) Determines whether the specified Object is equal to the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Finalize Allows an object to try to free resources and perform other cleanup operations before the Object is reclaimed by garbage collection. (Inherited from Object.)
GetHashCode Serves as a hash function for a particular type. (Inherited from Object.)
GetType Gets the Type of the current instance. (Inherited from Object.)
MemberwiseClone Creates a shallow copy of the current Object. (Inherited from Object.)
Show Shows the email application with a new message displayed.
ToString Returns a string that represents the current object. (Inherited from Object.)

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Version Information

Windows Phone OS

Supported in: 8.1, 8.0, 7.1, 7.0

Platforms

Windows Phone

Thread Safety

Any public static (Shared in Visual Basic) members of this type are thread safe. Any instance members are not guaranteed to be thread safe.

See Also

Reference

Microsoft.Phone.Tasks Namespace

Other Resources

Launchers and Choosers for Windows Phone 8

How to use the email compose task for Windows Phone 8