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FILEMAKER PRO HELP 1159
• Select Specify Calculation to specify a calculation that generates one or more email
addresses.
• If you use the Specify Field Name option to specify a value for the To, CC, or BCC entries,
you can also select Collect addresses across found set to specify that all the values from
this field in the current
found set be used (to address a message to multiple recipients).
• To stores the address(es) of the recipient(s).
• CC stores the address(es) of the carbon copy recipient(s).
• BCC stores the address(es) of the blind carbon copy recipient(s)
• Subject indicates the title for the email message.
• Message indicates the text of the email message. You can type the message as text, use a
field value, create a message from a calculation, or insert text from a file.
• Select Attach File to select a file to send as an attachment to the mail message. For more
information, see
Creating file paths.
Compatibility
Originated in
FileMaker Pro 6.0 or earlier
Description
• Sending mail using an email application is not supported in Custom Web Publishing or in
FileMaker
Server scheduled scripts.
• FileMaker Server scheduled scripts support sending mail via SMTP. However, if you attach
a file, that file needs to be in a folder that FileMaker
Server is allowed to export to. For more
information, see
Get(DocumentsPath) function.
• FileMaker WebDirect does not support the Perform without dialog or Attach File options.
• To send email, you must have an internet connection. In addition, to send mail through an
email application, you must have the following configurations.
Windows:
• A [Mail] section in the Win.ini file.
• Microsoft Exchange or Microsoft Outlook installed and configured properly.
OS X:
• OS X Mail or Microsoft Outlook installed to send email with FileMaker Pro.
• Internet system preferences configured for use with one of the supported mail
applications.
Where the script step runs Supported
FileMaker Pro Yes
FileMaker Server scheduled script Partial
FileMaker Go Yes
Custom Web Publishing Partial
FileMaker WebDirect Partial
Runtime solution Yes