Newbies PaulTraub Posted January 30, 2001 Newbies Share Posted January 30, 2001 Hi, I'm a new user to this forum and use FileMaker (win). Does anyone have advice on how to e-mail a layout using outlook express. Ideally, to save layout as an attachment. Many thanks in advance. Paul Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean West Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 I am not sure on windows, but on a Mac you can select the entire contents of a layout and drag it to the desk top and like you said send it along as an attachment. But the user will need access to the layout in order to accomplish this. I am not sure if you email a document with a container works I haven't tried it. but you could go into preview mode and using a script perform a copy and then go to a layout with a container field and perform a paste this in effect will capture the layout as a graphic. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Ocean West Posted January 31, 2001 Share Posted January 31, 2001 Moved topic here. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Vaughan Posted February 15, 2001 Share Posted February 15, 2001 You cannot "send" layouts, only the data that is displayed on them. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Newbies biondo123 Posted January 3, 2002 Newbies Share Posted January 3, 2002 We were succesfully able to e-mail a record from FileMaker after saving it to print to an Acrobat PDF file then just attaching the file to the e-mail. Of course the recipient would have to hv Acrobat reader but at least it preserves the layout as it is in FileMaker.(Windows so far, haven't been able to do it on the Mac yet) Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeksharka Posted January 3, 2002 Share Posted January 3, 2002 PDF-ing the layout in Mac works well too. Better than printing, faster than postage, and you keep all the layout setups, including the all-important sub-sort lists. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Balder Posted January 4, 2002 Share Posted January 4, 2002 Hi, If you go to Print preview (I hope i use the correct naming..., i'm using a dutch FMPRO version) and press control C, open mail and Control-V into the body-part, you have a perfect copy of the complete layout in mail. Maybe this can be scripted (??). A tool like AutoIt (shareware) can do it perfectly. Create a small AutoIt-script, compile it and run it from a FM-script. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Geeksharka Posted January 4, 2002 Share Posted January 4, 2002 Thanks Eric H. Your copy and paste from Preview mode into email is excellent! I've been using FM for years and years, but learn something every day. Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
anita hamis Posted January 9, 2002 Share Posted January 9, 2002 Thanks Erik that worked quite well, problem is it only works with otlook express(PC) not any other email programs(atleast the ones that i've tried. anita Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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