Email when record added?

[SarahF]

Hi guys,

Is there a way for FM5 to automatically send an email when a record is added??

Thank!

Sarah

[Kasei]

Hello Sarah,

Were you ever able to get an answer to your question? I too am working on a project in 5 and I need to perform the same function. Your help would be greatly appreciated.

Kasei

[Vaughan]

Only if you tightly control and script the record creation process.

Should the email be sent once the new record is created, or when it is commmitted? What if the record vails validation? What if it is created but not committed, and immediately deleted?

Note that when FMP sends email it passes the message to the mail program on the clients computer... it's pretty easy for the user to disable their mail program or even delete the message before it is sent. To avoid tghis you'd need to use a third-party plugin like SMTP-It