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Database Forum / FileMaker Topics / April 2004

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Use the send mail scipt step to mail a Report in FM 6.0

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Hatzigiannakis Nikos - 30 Apr 2004 07:04 GMT
Is it possible to have FM to print a report in a file and sent it as an
atachment to an e-mail address ?
JR - 30 Apr 2004 15:57 GMT
> Is it possible to have FM to print a report in a file and sent it as an
> atachment to an e-mail address ?

Yes, but the file location and name are fixed when you set the sendmail
script step. The design tends to limit flexibility.  Plus, when printing
one must invoke UI to save the file. That one must do so is largely out
of FileMaker, Inc's control. Users being humans means they tend to make
print to disk files wherever they want and by whatever filename they
choose, often throwing a wrench into the mix.

There are plug-ins that let you avoid this issue (e.g., smtpit). I'm not
sure if FM7 improves the scripting weakness of its elders. I doubt it
offers any sort of headless printing.

JR (hmm... perhaps I should write a headless printing plug-in since
that's right up my alley)
 
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