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[Ricardo]

Hi All,

is there a way to stop the message appearing thats states another application is trying to send a email etc etc when the send mail function is used.

i think this is just for Win XP!

Thanks in advance.

[Ted S]

Ricardo,

I don't know the specifics of what you are doing with the SEND MAIL but to just address a simple message I use FileMaker's SEND MESSAGE script step. This is a really simplified explanation but I created a global text field called gText1. Then I set gText1 to "mailto:" & EmailAddr. Then I add the script step SEND MESSAGE to gText1.

It simply calls the email client (Outlook for instance) and populates the TO box. It doesn't give any warning messages so it takes care of the problem that you have described.

You should probably add some basic error checking, trim the address and remove paragraphs, etc. to make it more reliable.

Hope this helps,

-Ted

[kenneth2k1]

Ted is correct. Following his instructions will bypass the dialog you are getting.

The message you were getting is not just WinXP: it is MS Outlook-specific. The Item.Send command in Outlook is being called by another app. You MIGHT be able to modify it using the VB Editor (if you know VB).

Ted: how would you fill in subject, body and all those other things using this command?

BTW, there is no Send Message script step on Mac.

Ken

[EddyB]

In Outlook EXPRESS you can stop the message in:

TOOLS >

OPTIONS >

SECURITY >

Uncheck the box "Warn me when other applications try to send mail as me"

I am pretty sure this setting will also be in outlook somewhere.

Ed.

[kenneth2k1]

I've been all over all the security settings in Outlook 2002 and I haven't found anything.

ken

[EddyB]

Hi Ken,

Apologies, this must just be an available setting in Outlook Express then - strange. I've had a look too in Outlook and cannot find the setting either.

Ed.

[Ted S]

Ken,

Try searching Google for "mailto syntax" and you should get a bunch of hits. I have really only used it to fill the TO, CC, and SUBJECT fields but the body can be filled to some extent too -- although I haven't done this myself.

Basically, you insert a question mark (?) between the different fields and replace spaces with "%20" everywhere but you will need to get the exact syntax.

I'm sure there are some great FM plug-ins for emailing too but I don't have any experience with them because I'm running an ancient version (3.0) of FileMaker.

I'm a Windows guy and do a fair amount of NT scripting and have run across some handy command-line emailing programs. One of them is called CLEMAIL (Command Line Email, $35 shareware I think). I haven't found a need yet to connect it with FileMaker but bet it could be done pretty easily -- you know for us folks who are on a present day OS and stuck on a mid 90s version of FMP.

-Ted

[kenneth2k1]

I'll check it out, Ted. Although I use SMTPit to send mail (which works quite good), so I don't have much use for it. But it's always good to know alternative methods for those that don't use plug-ins.

BTW, is that a big shroom for your picture, dude?

[rivet]

I find the 'open url' command the most successful way to send email.

External("Web-ToHTTP",

Substitute(

"mailto:" & emailFIELD & "?&subject=subjectFIELD"& "&body="&"FIELD1" & "%0A%0A"&"FIELD2"

,"

[Ted S]

Ken,

Sorry for the delayed answer but I took a couple of days vacation.

Yup, that's a big mushroom. A couple months back it seemed like I was constantly being left out of the loop on nearly everything that affected my area -- FileMaker & general IT stuff. So I took on the mushroom picture because it seemed fitting; always in the dark.

I'm pretty sure I'm not the first FMP guy to be in a spot like this.

-Ted