E-mail Scripts

[RET]

My office shares files through Filemaker Server and it seem to be working great so far. However some of our users are MAC and some are PC. In my database I have a script that will send an e-mail to the record that the user is currently in and the PC users seem to not have any problem use this script. It pulls up the defult e-mail program and sends it fine. The Mac users (Using Microsoft entrouge) nothing happens. Is their a way I can get this to work on both platforms?

I think someone once told me that I needed a Filemaker extenion to make it work?

Any Ideas?

RET

[LiveOak]

I personally like email plug-in solutions, the are independent of the existence or status of an email program and cross-platform. Take a look at www.cnsplug-ins.com for SMTPit and POP3it.

-bd

[Anatoli]

It is question of system services.

Windows have many system services, which are not present on Mac system.

FM just passes the control to MAPI service on Windows and you see the result.

Plugin will work even better, but it is additional investment.

[HazMatt]

You might want to try this method with two fields and a script:

Email1: [email protected]

Email1Mailto: ="Mailto:" & Email1

Email1Mailto is a calculation field of type text, and the result in this instance would be "mailto:[email protected]". When an Open URL script step is set to this calc field, it will treat it like a regular email link, and open your default email program with the correct email address. Not as nice as other solutions, but it works!