I want to send out a presonalized email to the records in my database that:

i) includes a graphic

ii)different fonts in text and

iii) is not an attachment

I am using FMP8 and Microsft Outlook

I have created a field (using a text calculation) that has the text, inclduing font size. However, I am not sure how to add a graphic to the field.

I have a script that runs and uses the calculated field but all the text is converted to plain text format (and loses the format) and I can't get a graphic. I made sure that my Outlook creates emails using RTF or HTML, but the email from FMP seems to always be as plain text.

I have created a PDF from a layout that uses the filed and an inserted graphic. This could only be sent as an attachment but I prefer to embed everything in the email. Furthermore when I did write the script to create the PDF and attach the PDF, the script was too fast or something like that for the PDF writer and thus I had the wrong attachment

Any help is appreciated but keep in mind that I am a realtive novice

You didn't say what platform you're on -- you can adjust your user profile here so you don't have to remember to type it every time you post.

Regardless, I think you'll need to use an email plugin to get the effect you want.

Hi Steve, and Welcome to the Forum

What version of FileMaker, Operating System, and Platform are you using.

You can enter this information in your Profile, and then you won't have to supply it each time you ask a question.

Go the the [color:blue]Menu Bar, click on MY PROFILE >> [color:orange]Control Panel >> FileMaker Questions (bottom of the list)

Lee

Tom is correct. You will need something that can send HTML formatted email such as 360Works.

See here for a recent discussion.

http://fmforums.com/forum/showtopic.php?tid/197144

Thanks. I have updated my profile to indicate that I have FMP 8 and the OS is XP.

Since I do this pro bono for a non-profit organization that is cash poor, I don't think the purchase of an addin can be justified. I will just do it a harder way ( export email addresses to excel and cut and paste into an outlook email and lose the personalization)

I guess you missed the part in that post where I said ScriptMaster is free B)