form input used to send a mail and add register

Monbasstic · June 14, 2004

Hi

Using a form i want to [color:"red"] register all the inputs in a new record and at

the same time that the user click "submit" [color:"red"] send a mail to someone

acording with [color:"red"] one of the values of a select input in the same form

I can do each step separately , for example

TO REGISTER i use ..

<option value="[email protected]">All the projects

FMP-Portal: Cod_tasks_CodProject]

<option value="[FMP-Field: Cod_tasks_CodProject::MailPerResponsable]">[FMP-Field: Cod_tasks_CodProject::NomTask]

[/FMP-Portal]

</select>

TO SEND THE MAIL, i use

<option value="[email protected]">All the projects

FMP-Portal: Cod_tasks_CodProject]

<option value="[FMP-Field: Cod_tasks_CodProject::MailPerResponsable]">[FMP-Field: Cod_tasks_CodProject::NomTask]

[/FMP-Portal]

</select>

but, how can i do both things simultaneously

thanks a lot

Mon

Steve T. · June 14, 2004

Hi, Mon! Using CDML only, I do not think you can do both at the same time.... possibly in conjunction with other scripting, though. I'd suggest just using a META REFRESH for an intermediate processing page to send the mail message(s).

form > mail > final

--ST

Monbasstic · June 15, 2004

hi, steve .. thanks for your answer

i have create a intermediate page in wich i have place a hidden form

to send the mail ..

the i use the form , in the firs step, to add the register to the database and it's OK

but, in the second step, i have problems to submit the hiden form automatically to send the mail

i use ..

<body onload="contactmail.form1.submit();" ...

then i use a META REFRESH to activate another thanks page to indicate the values are stored and the resposabla has been notified by mai,

the first thing is true but not the second . somethin like ..

The form is defined with

all the references to the onLoad tag use some like

<body onload="document.form1.submit();"

or even short ..

<body onload="form1.submit();"

if I use this last one i hace a popup mesage error 4

if i use the firts whit "document" .. also

if i replace "document" by the name of the page "contactmail"

the popup error message disapear, the thanks page rises

but no mail is send anywhere

the question is , how to activate the hidden form to indicates

a Filemaker to send the mail ?

any ideas are welcome

thanks a lot

Mon

Garry Claridge · June 15, 2004

Try an "onload" in the <body> tag.

You can add a new Record and send the email with the one Form. Here is the syntax from the "CDML Reference" database:

	<form action="FMPro" method="post">

			<input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="contacts.fp5">

			<input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="displaypage.html">

			<input type="text" name="-MailTo" value="[email protected]">

			<input type="text" name="-MailCC" value="[email protected]">

			<input type="text" name="-MailBCC" value="[email protected]">

			<input type="text" name="-MailFrom" value="[email protected]">

			<input type="text" name="-MailSub" value="The Subject">

			<input type="hidden" name="-MailHost" value="SMTP.Company.COM">

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

			<input type="submit" name="-View" value="Send Message">

		</form>



Other tags that are required

	-DB, -MailFrom, -MailSub, -MailHost, -MailFormat, any action tag



See also

	-MailCC, -MailBCC

Good Luck

Garry

Monbasstic · June 15, 2004

Yes .. okai Garry ..

but how do you do if you wan send the mail to someone

according with one value specified in one of the inputs

on this form ??

imagine ...

in the form you have a input select field

acordint with the choice of the user you must send the mail

this mail to diferent detinations

tha`s is the modele

thanks again

Mon

p.s: in your example you only send the mail but the fields

are not added to a new record if you use .. type="submit" name="-View"

that will be .. type="submit" name="-add"

Steve T. · June 15, 2004

Hi, Mon! FMWebSchools has a FAQ that has info you'd probably be interested in...

http://www.fmwebschool.com/FAQ.htm#AutomaticEmail

Hope it helps!

--ST

Garry Claridge · June 15, 2004

You can use some Javascript. For example:

<script>

function addAddress()

   {

   document.myform.elements["-mailto"].value = document.myform.responsible.value ;

   document.myform.submit() ;

   }

</script>

</head>

<body>.....

<form name="myform" action="FMPro" method="POST" onsubmit="addAddress(); return false;">

 <input type="hidden" name="-DB" value="contacts.fp5">

 <input type="hidden" name="-Format" value="displaypage.html">

 <input type="text" name="-mailto" value="">

 <input type="text" name="-MailCC" value="[email protected]">

 <input type="text" name="-MailBCC" value="[email protected]">

 <input type="text" name="-MailFrom" value="[email protected]">

 <input type="text" name="-MailSub" value="The Subject">

 <input type="hidden" name="-MailHost" value="SMTP.Company.COM">

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

Enter address: <input type="text" name="responsible" value="">

 <input type="submit" name="-new" value="Send Message">

</form>

All the best.

Garry

Monbasstic · June 16, 2004

Hi,

finally this feature is working fine

i follow the Method #2 of the link pointed by Steve

using a intemediate redirected page

Your procedure Garry also looks a good alternative

a lot of thanks to all

Mon

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