New Record/Mail revisited

[wavegirl]

I've been reading about sending mail while creating a new record. The way to do it is reported as:

<input type="hidden" name="-MailHost" value="YourMailHost">

<input type="hidden" name="-MailTo" value="YourEmailAddress">

<input type="hidden" name="-MailSub" value="New Record Added">

<input type="hidden" name="-MailFormat" value="MailFormat.txt">

MailFormat.txt is a text file in your Web folder which can contain CDML tags, if you like.

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This is great as I've managed to get it right so far then, but what I want to do is have the value of the -MailFormat the same value as what a user inputs into TEXTAREA box on the form in the same page. Is this easily done? Any hints as to how? I think I'm just missing something simple (well hopefully, as I'm still a newbie).

[wavegirl]

This is what didn't work:

<FORM ACTION="FMPro" METHOD="post">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-DB" VALUE="helpdesk">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-Lay" VALUE="Form">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-format" VALUE="new_reply.htm">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" NAME="-error" VALUE="new_error.htm"

<INPUT TYPE=text NAME=email VALUE="">

<TEXTAREA NAME=problem ROWS=7 COLS=30 WRAP=virtual></TEXTAREA>

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="-MailTo" value="[email protected]">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="-MailFrom" value="[FMP-Field: email, raw]">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="-MailSub" value="Help Request">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="-MailHost" value="192.168.100.4">

<INPUT TYPE="hidden" name="-MailFormat" value="[FMP-Field: problem, raw]">

<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="-New" VALUE="Submit">

The record gets added to the database but not emailed.......

[Anatoli]

IMHO that is logical. You cannot send something what doesn't exist.

You can program that with some intrapages, JavaScript and/or META refresh tags or Lasso.

[Leb i Sol]

because you "told it" to add a new record

<INPUT TYPE="submit" NAME="-New" VALUE="Submit">

theory:

1.add the record

2. pull the record

3. send the record

good luck

[Machiavelli]

What you can do however is split the page using frames so in the top of the frame you create your form with submit and then format=below.htm where you can show the address.

[Jukkie]

I'am using this solution. Good luck with it.

Automatically Linking to Web Companion Through a META Tag

Use the CDML Mailto tags in combination with a redirect page:

This method is a bit more involved, but it