Automatic email response in IWP

[Peter Jambors]

I have an interview-booking database which is accessible via Instant Web Publishing.

When a user books an interview, I would like a confirmation email to be immediately sent back to the user.

IWP doesn't support 'Send Mail', so I tried using 'Open URL'. But this opens an email window on the user's machine, which the user has to manually dismiss.

Is there any way to automatically email a response in Instant Web Publishing? Or will I have to use a plug-in?

Thanks

[IdealData]

The solution depends very much upon the hosting machine and the version of the FM software.

FileMaker SERVER 10 supports the Send Mail script step, which can be run on a server schedule. If it's timed every minute then a simple script to look for new bookings can be made to send the e-mail you require.

FileMaker PRO 10 allows a script also to be executed on a schedule basis, so you could use the Send Mail step here too

Prior to this the best method was a slave or robot computer dedicated to running a script to perform the Send Mail at the required intervals.