Send email - attach container field contents

[pheinixx]

I am trying to figure out a way to send the jpg in a container field as an attachement to an email.

(The "attach file" button only allows you to select a file on the harddrive to send.)

Can anyone think on a way to do this?

[Leb i Sol]

there are 2 ways about it:

-embede images: copy-paste into email content

-linked images: the same OR referenced of your web server

so the questions are:

Do u have a web sever?

Are your images linked or embeded?

or if u care less look into SMTPit pluing that will do alomst any mail verion u can think of....

good luck!

[pheinixx]

Thanks, but it is not possible to paste it. Filemaker restricts the message area to text only. The images are linked.

I did try making the container field active, and then used the Get ( ActiveFieldContents ) in the message, but it just resulted in the name of the image in the container field.

After more research, what I really need is a way to paste the filepath (which I have in a field already) into the attach file reference - but it only allows an actual file path.

Is there a place I can change this, instead of the dialog box?

[Fenton]

You need to export to a fixed name and location (File Reference, relative to the database file). Then attach and mail. It will be overwritten each time, but that would be a feature in this case.

For PDF's on OS X, you can use the fact that you can print to PDF. Just do it once, to a fixed name and location, as above, then save the Page Setup and Print steps in a script. Could even be the same location, but you'd have to deal with the extensions somehow.

[pheinixx]

THANK YOU!!!

It works perfectly, and I can actually create a page with the comapny logo on it instead of just sending the image. Perfect.