E-card, Christmas cards

[army]

Hi guys,

One of my Coworkers wants to know if we can send out e-cards, similar to hallmark.com's e-cards. You fill out the email address for the person you want to receive the card into a form and then they are sent an auto email with a link to click on to look at the card. The link would pull up the html page so that it was personalized with the name of the person who sent it and a personal message. I am thinking this is doable with FileMaker. Has anyone done anything like this before? Any suggestions?

[Anatoli]

IMHO -- no problem. Just pull the name from database and show that field on ecard.

[army]

Hi Anatoli

I would like the sender of the Christmas card to receive an email saying we have sent out your card as well as sending a link for the card to the receiver. I know how to send out one email using the code below. Can it be modified to send out two different emails ?

<META HTTP-EQUIV="refresh" content = " 5; URL=FMPro?-db=card.fp5&-lay=data&-format=thanks.htm&[email protected]&-mailto=[FMP-field:email]&[email protected]&-mailsub=card&-mailhost=post-office.edu&-mailformat=card.txt&-recid=[FMP-Currentrecid]&-Find">

Thanks,

Army

[Steve T.]

Hi, ARMY! Maybe an INLINE ACTION for each message you want to send would work. I had started down that path with partial success but stopped trying when I found another way. I don't see why it wouldn't work, though.

--ST

[Anatoli]

I guess Inline will work.

Maybe another META refresh page will also do the job. Or frameset, but that may have impact on WC performance because of 2 (or more) simultaneously processed queries.

[army]

Thanks for the suggestions. I don't totally understand inlines yet, so I decided to do another refresh page.

[Anatoli]

InLine is slightly faster -- depending on connection delays.

I've found FM WC Inlines a bit illogical comparing with Lasso, where Inlines are the bread 'n' butter of Lasso programming.

The Lasso is just sooooooooooo great!

I am eagerly looking for my next Lasso job