This filemaker tutorial covers how to work with email script and send automated email with prepopulated text. So youre using filemaker 17 and you want to generate a pdf, then store it in a container field and, finally. This features works with either an email client or a smtp server. With dialog specifies how filemaker pro will handle the composed email. If you select create email with file as attachment, an email is created with the. You can choose to automatically open file or you can choose to create email with file as. Print or email invoice pdf tutorial 1005 filemaker custom app. You can then edit the message within the email client before it is sent. You can open help from the help menu in filemaker pro. How to send html emails from filemaker filemaker 18 insights. For current product versions, visit the product documentation center. If you assign a password, the file is encrypted and cannot be opened without the password.
How to create and preserve a pdf in filemaker and then email it. This option may reduce the size of your filemaker pro file, but if you move or delete the file being referenced, filemaker pro wont be able to display it. Saving and sending records as a pdf file filemaker. About this guide this users guide contains an introduction to filemaker pro features and provides stepbystep instructions on the most common filemaker pro tasks. Filemaker 17 send email with multiple attachments youtube. Select store only a reference to have filemaker pro store a link to a pdf file in the container field instead of the actual file. This pdf contains the content from the filemaker pro help system. In this video we talk about multiple attachments in filemaker 17. Now i want to attach a pdf to the email automatically using the script. Filemaker 18 added smb, ldaps, and smtps to the list of protocols. To append records to an existing filemaker pro pdf file, you must create a. To append records to an existing filemaker pro pdf file, you must create a script that uses the save records as pdf script.
To append records to an existing filemaker pro pdf file, you must create a script that uses. Filemaker pro can also create a blank email message with the pdf file as an attachment to make it easy to distribute to others. For example, tara bella winery, which sells highend wines, used winery pro, a filemaker pro email marketing solution to send an email to its customer base about a special wine package. Display the layout that you want to use as a basis for the pdf file.
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