Dynamic Email Attachments

[Genx]

Righto then, i have filemaker 8 pro... yet despite what i read somewhere the send mail script step still asks me to specifically reference a particular file instead of allowing me to reference a field with a file path or something similar... i know a way i could do it with one static attachment with the user being able to change the file and it just exporting to the defined location... but i need multiple attachments for different user modifiable and addable email templates etc...

Also, is there anyway at all to incorporate a stored image into an email (im guessing not seeing as the result is locked to text)... but if anyone has had any success with using pre-defined microsoft outlook footers etc. please let me know..

Thanks for help, Genx

[Wim Decorte]

What you've probably read is that you can use a variable in the "specify" dialog. That variable would then hold a valid path to an existing file.

[Genx]

probably... could you explain further please?

[Genx]

so hold on, you can reference a stored variable that would contain a file path instead of just a statically stored filepath within the specify dialogue?..

Genx

[MetaSys Software]

Hi,

If you are using FM version 8 then you can accept the number of attachments in the global field and then set those values from the global field into a variable. Further specify those variables in the Attachment dialog box in send mail script. This will allow you to set multiple attachments that are selected by the user dynamically.

Does this method solve your problem?

Regards,

MetaSys

Edited December 30, 2005 by Guest

[Genx]

well that whole process was a bit silly, i dont see why not just allow you to reference a field... anyway yeah the variable thingo worked.

Cheers for help, genx

[Steverino]

How about this: how do you export the contents of a container field into an email attachment, but specify the name of the file depending on the type of attachment? Will I need to use the Troi Fileplug-in?

In other words, some of my attachments are PDFs, som Word docs, etc. I want the user to be able to easily open the attachment when it arrives, and not have to pick the application.

[Steverino]

Sorry -- this was covered before -- I figured it out. Brilliant feature that GetAsText!

[Jovo]

Hi!

I wish I could say I got this thing to work in my solution! Script writes a true file path into variable all right - but only the first file path finds its way into the eMail! All the rest is ignored. the variable says s.th. like

filewin:/C:/index.html

filewin:/C:/enter.html

#2 gets ignored...

what do I do wrong ? Thx a lot ! Jo.

[carlsson]

Hi,

If you are using FM version 8 then you can accept the number of attachments in the global field and then set those values from the global field into a variable. Further specify those variables in the Attachment dialog box in send mail script. This will allow you to set multiple attachments that are selected by the user dynamically.

Can you please explain this?

I have tried to send more than one attachment with every thing I could think of, but still no luck. You seem to know...

Thanks,

/andreas