Script Steps Reference
Table Of Contents
- Chapter 1 Introduction
- Chapter 2 Control script steps
- Chapter 3 Navigation script steps
- Chapter 4 Editing script steps
- Chapter 5 Fields script steps
- Set Field
- Set Next Serial Value
- Insert Text
- Insert Calculated Result
- Insert From Index
- Insert From Last Visited
- Insert Current Date
- Insert Current Time
- Insert Current User Name
- Insert Picture
- Insert QuickTime
- Insert Object (Windows)
- Insert File
- Update Link (Windows)
- Replace Field Contents
- Relookup Field Contents
- Export Field Contents
- Chapter 6 Records script steps
- Chapter 7 Found Sets script steps
- Chapter 8 Windows script steps
- Chapter 9 Files script steps
- Chapter 10 Accounts script steps
- Chapter 11 Spelling script steps
- Chapter 12 Open Menu Item script steps
- Chapter 13 Miscellaneous script steps
- Appendix A Glossary
132 FileMaker Script Steps Reference
• 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 FileMaker Pro Help.
Web compatibility
This script step is not web-compatible.
Description
Sends an intranet or internet email message (with or without a file attachment) to one or
more recipients.
Notes
• To send mail, you must have an internet connection and the following configurations.
Windows:
• A [Mail] section in the Win.ini file.
• Microsoft Exchange or another email applications that is MAPI compliant installed
and configured properly.
Mac OS:
• Mac OS X Mail or Microsoft Entourage installed to send email with FileMaker Pro.
• Internet system preferences configured for use with one of the supported mail
applications.
• If you use Eudora 5, start the Eudora application before performing this script
step.
• If you select Multiple emails and For each message, collect addresses across
found set, FileMaker Pro generates an email for every record in the found set. Each
email is addressed to everyone specified in the TO, CC and BCC boxes for every
record in the found set.
• You can create an Adobe PDF or a Microsoft Excel file from your data to send as an
attachment. For more information, see FileMaker Pro Help.
Example
Perform Find [Restore]
Send Mail [To: script examples::Field1; Subject: "This is
a test email"; Message: "Hello world." ]