Outlook Locks FMP on Send Mail Step

[Cassetti]

Hey all, I've been reading around and found no answer to this common problem.

When my coworkers execute scripts that generate a send mail step, they can not access filemaker until they send the email. I could solve the problem by simply sending mail without dialog, however we need to be able to edit the emails first.

The only solution i've found is to use a mailto script step. Since you can add cc, bcc, subject, and even body text via a mailto: open url step.

This won't work for us since there is a limit on the length of the body text using that step.

The strange (well not really) thing is that I myself use Mozilla Thunderbird, and do not experience this issue. And i can't get them to switch to thunderbird.

So are there any solutions out there for how to let my users access filemaker pro before sending the email?

[mws120]

Hi there...wondering if you got any further with this issue...I have always had this issue - using fm6 and outlook 2003. I just learnt to work within the parameters...though I understand that my needs/requirements for FM emailing are different to yours. My solution - whilst in the email (after FM prompts outlook) and editing, if you needed FM or another program options were either 1)finish the email 2) save the email and close/send to draft and resume the email later... one issue I did find was that after a certain time (say 3-4 minutes, if you didn't finish the email...FMP and Outlook froze and then the only option is to Ctrl- alt - del and end program ...so there is a timing issue for me too. I have lived with this for 2 years now. But what has prompted me now to resolve it is that I have only recently upgraded to Office 2007 and the issue has varied slightly. I now have a issue where Outlook and FM lockout 50% of the time when I hit send and outlook does a spell check first. ending the programs is my only option.