auto sending e-mail without dialogue

[Colin_Taylor]

Hi Everyone simple i presume but how do i send an emails triggered from a calc field without having to manually click send etc in the e-mailprogram ( outlook 2007)- using fm server 10 and fmpro10 adv on windows small business server.

Can anyone recommend a good e-mail plugin if this is the way to go or will the e-mail function work fine?

thanks

Col

[bcooney]

FM10 now has SMTP built-in and so emails go directly out of FM without the use of an email client (such as Outlook).

Emails aren't triggered from a calc field, so I'm not sure what your asking here.

FM's built-in email Send Email script step only support plain text, and one attachment.

[Colin_Taylor]

thanks.

was hoping that the e-mail script could be triggered by a calculation result.

thanks

Col

[bcooney]

What do you mean a calculation result? A FMS script could easily find records and send an email. What is your goal?

[ron G]

I too found using SMTP a hassle and have turned to what seems like a simple yet elegant solution that appears to crank up my mail program and insert information as needed.

Or am I missing something?

Thanks to Excelisys...

Emailing.zip

[Colin_Taylor]

Thanks for helping me bcooney. I appreciate it. scripts have to be started by clicking a button i believe?. I have a calc field that shows an error message as the result when someone enters data incorrectly. I would like this to then automatically send an e-mail to a designated address with a designated message rather than a human having to intervene by clicking a send button. Any ideas here please

regards

Col Taylor

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[bcooney]

If your solution is hosted by FMS10, then a server-side script could send the email, after it finds the records that have the error message.

[T-Square]

Barbara--

I think Colin is trying to set up an auto-mail routine based on field validation. Colin-- if you were using FMP10, you would be able to use a script trigger (http://www.filemaker.com/products/fmp/script_triggers.html) to send your email, and additionally in FMP10, you can use the SMTP Send Mail options the other posters have suggested.

HTH,

David