Send mail with variable PDF

[steveald]

Don't get my hopes up like that! ;-)

The quotes appear to simply be how Script Workspace notates the entry.

[bcooney]

Why file: ?

[steveald]

That actually came from your InvoiceDemo.fp7 I referenced in my first post here.

It works for the Save Records as PDF command, but not the Send Mail command (at least while With Dialog is set to Off).

[bcooney]

http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15733/~/mail-attachment-is-missing-when-trying-to-send-mail-using-filemaker-pro-on-os-x

Is this relevant?

[steveald]

Yes it is, bcooney. Thank you.

[Wim Decorte]

16 hours ago, bcooney said:

“file:$folderPath” 

Looks like it's in quotes! Should simply be $folderPath.

Agreed: you can't use a calculation in these place, you just need to reference the variable.  If the "file:" prefix is necessary you should include it when setting the variable.

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9 minutes ago, Wim Decorte said:

If the "file:" prefix is necessary you should include it when setting the variable.

That is not necessary:

file:$variable

and even:

file:$pathToFolder/$fileName

are perfectly valid file paths.

[steveald]

16 hours ago, bcooney said:

http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/15733/~/mail-attachment-is-missing-when-trying-to-send-mail-using-filemaker-pro-on-os-x

Is this relevant?

This is indeed the answer. Pending a solution for the bug which FileMaker is aware of, the Send Mail script step can be used to send a message with an attachment if it is set to No Dialog and if you use the Send via SMTP Server option. Here are the directions for doing that:

http://help.filemaker.com/app/answers/detail/a_id/6991/~/support-for-sending-mail-via-an-smtp-server-vs.-an-email-client

The only potential downsides I see are: you need to know your email SMTP settings and you won't end up with copies of the emails you send in the Sent folder of your email program. 

Thanks everyone for your contributions.