html format email

[argnom]

Hi everybody,

I've finished setting up a script using scriptmaker that allows me to send a newsletter to all of our customers with a customized header (Hello Mr. Y, Mrs. X. English or French). All works well, but I do have a bit of a problem. It seems I can only send emails in raw text. The only "html" I can input is a URL that will become clickable if the customer's email client is able to "grab" the URLs from the email and make them clickable.

Is there a way to include some html code when sending an email? Something like a flash file that will be hosted on an external web server for example.

Here's my current script:

Go to Layout [ “email” (email) ] [color:red]This layout contains the email text in question

Set Variable [ $emaileng; Value:email::eng ]

Go to Layout [ “Data Entry” (test) ]

Perform Find [ Specified Find Requests: Find Records; Criteria: test::mailing: “=yes” AND test::Language: “=english” ]

[ Restore ]

Go to Record/Request/Page

[ First ]

Loop

Insert Current Date [ test::Last email date]

[ Select ]

Insert Current Time [ test::Last email time ]

[ Select ]

Go to Record/Request/Page

[ Next; Exit after last ]

End Loop

Go to Record/Request/Page

[ First ]

Loop

Send Mail [ To: test::email 1; Subject: "test"; Message: "Hello " & test::Salutations & " " &

test::firstname & " " & test::name & "," & "¶ ¶" & $emaileng ]

[ No dialog ]

Go to Record/Request/Page

[ Next; Exit after last ]

End Loop

Thanks!

[corn]

To my knowledge the only method to send HTML email is by using a plug-in or some other external technology. There are several on the market including one from 360Works as well as the Dacons mail.it plug-in that we use in our fmSpark add-on module.

[argnom]

Thanks for the reply.

I was hoping not to use additional plugins, but it seems that I will not have a choice.

I read that I may be able to send an html email by first using the "Export Field Contents" function to save the field as an htm(l) file and then attaching the said file to the email. This way, the email client of the recipient will display the attachment directly in the mail client. No luck as of yet though... perhaps this worked in previous versions of M$ Outlook, but it does not seem to work with Outlook 2007...