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Email context

IntheDesignertheEmailcontextisthefolderthatcontainsEmailtemplates.FromtheEmailcontext,

outputcanbegeneratedintheformofemail(seebelow).

WhenanEmailtemplateiscreated(see"CreatinganEmailtemplatewithaWizard"onpage154)or

whenanEmailcontextisaddedtoatemplate(see"Addingacontext"onpage110)thefollowinghap-

pens:

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TheEmailcontextiscreatedandoneEmail sectionisaddedtoit.Youcanseethisonthe

Resourcespane:expandtheContextsfolder,andthenexpandtheEmailfolder.

See"Emailtemplates"onthefacingpagetolearnhowtofillanEmailsection.

AlthoughonlyoneemailcanbesentperrecordwhengeneratingEmailoutput,theEmailcontext

cancontainmultiplesections.OneEmailsectioniscreatedatthestart,butyoucanaddmore;

see"AddinganEmailtemplate"onpage159and"ImportinganEmailtemplate"onpage159.

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Astylesheet,namedcontext_htmlemail_styles.css,isaddedtothetemplate.Dependingon

whichTemplateWizardwasusedtocreatethetemplate,anotherstylesheetcanbeaddedas

well.StylesheetsarelocatedinthefolderStylesheetsontheResourcespane.Thesestyle

sheetsaremeanttobeusedforstylesthatareonlyappliedtoelementsintheEmailcontext.

TheWizardopenstheEmailsection,sothatyoucanfillitwithtextandotherelements;see"Content

elements"onpage170and"Emailtemplates"onthefacingpage.

Sendingemail

Whenthetemplateisready,youcangenerateEmailoutput;See"GeneratingEmailoutput"on

page876.

Totestatemplate,youcansendatestemailfirst.Thisallowsyoutooverridetherecipientaddress.

Output,generatedfromanEmailtemplate,canhavethefollowingattachments:

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ThecontentsofthePrintcontext,intheformofasinglePDFattachment.(Compressionoptions

forPDFattachmentscanbespecifiedintheEmailcontext'sproperties;see"CompressingPDF

attachments"onthefacingpage.)

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Otherfiles,animageoraPDFleafletforexample.

AttachingthePrintcontextisoneoftheoptionsinthe"Send(Test)Email"onpage486dialog.

Note: TosplitthePrintcontextintomultipleattachments,andtorenamethistypeofattachment,

youneedtocreateaControlScriptthatspecifiesparts;see"Parts:splittingandrenamingemail

attachments"onpage402.

See"Emailattachments"onpage167.

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