Sending customized email

[argnom]

Hello,

This is probably a really simple one, but since I just started using this FMP a couple of days ago it's causing me a bit of a problem when I try to send personalized group emails.

Here's what I did.

- Setup a new database with customary info such as last name, first name, email, www site, member of mailing list(drop down menu, yes, no) etc...

- Started a script with the SriptMaker that looks like this:

Step 1. Find Records test::MailingMember:[=yes]

Step 2. Send Mail [no dialog; To: test::email; Subject:"email test"; Message:test::name]

This works well. I get the email and my name is in the body of the message.

Now the problem part. The syntax will be wrong but here's what I would like it to print in the body of the message:

Hello test::salutation test::FirstName test::LastName,

All I would like to know is how to seperate text from field values.

Many thanks!

Edited February 25, 2008 by Guest

[mr_vodka]

Look into merge fields...

Hello <> <>  <>,

[argnom]

Wow! Thanks for the quick replys mr_vodka. I'll try it and give you some news.

[argnom]

Well, your syntax explains a lot mr_vodka, but unfortunately, I'm still having a bit of a problem. For some reason, in ScriptMaker, when I get to the SendMail options, in the body of the message, after typing the code eyou gave me it adds a " at the beginning and at the end of the line. In return, it prints "as if it were text" in the email. I presume that the " is a tag for "this is text, print it" or am I worng? I tried to remove them, but FMP seems to like them quite a bit since it keeps on adding them.

Thank you for the help.

[mr_vodka]

Sorry I misread what you were trying to do in your orig post. Try specifying a calc.

"Hello " & test::salutation & " " & test::FirstName & " " & test::LastName & ","

[argnom]

Hurray!

Thanks mr_vodka. It works perfectly. I'll be able to use this example for many other things I want this database to do. For the rest, I'll just have to purchase a book. One can do quite a bit with FMP by just fiddling around with it, but as far as scripts go, it's another story.

Thanks again!