1.6

Table Of Contents

attachments, you need to create a Control Script that specifies parts; see "Parts: splitting and

renaming email attachments" on page 244.

This topic explains how to attach files other than those generated by the Print or Web context.

This is also described in a how-to; see Add custom email attachments.

Attaching external files

To attach files other than those generated by the Print or Web context to Email output:

1. Add the files to the template; see Adding images, or put them in a folder that is available

to the machine that outputs the emails.

Create a script: on the Scripts pane at the bottom left, click New. A new script appears in

the list. Double-click on it to open it. If you are not familiar with scripts, see "Writing your

own scripts" on page221 for an explanation of how scripts work.

3. Change the name of the script, so that it reflects what the script does.

Choose the option Selector and in the Selector field, type head.

5. Write a script that appends a <link> element to the results (the selector is head, so the

results contain the <head> of the email).

Make sure to set the rel attribute to related.

The href attribute determines where the file comes from. For resources inside of the

template, use 'images/file.extension' , or 'fonts/myfont.otf', etc.

For external resources, you need the full path to the file, such as

'file:///c:/resources/attachments/instructions.pdf'. Of course,

you can also use dynamic calls such as 'file:///c:/clientfiles/' +

record.fields.client_id + '/invoices/' +

record.fields.invoice_number + '.pdf'.

Examples

The following script attaches a PDF file named letter-CU00048376.pdf to each generated

email. The PDF file is located in the Images folder on the Resources panel.

results.append("<link rel='related' href='images/letter-

CU00048376.pdf'>");

Page 100