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EmailoutputsettingsintheEmailcontextandsections
ThefollowingsettingsfortheEmailcontextandEmailsectionshaveanimpactonhowtheactual
emailsaresent.
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AnEmailToScriptmustbeavailableinthetemplateandrefertoavalidemailaddress;see
"Emailheadersettings"onpage161.Ifanyrecorddoesnothaveavalidemail,thisrecordis
skippedautomaticallywhengeneratingemailoutput.
Note: Whenyousendatestemail,theEmailToScriptwillnotbeused;instead,theemail
willbesenttotheaddressthatyouspecifyintheSendTestEmaildialog.
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Thesender(s),recipient(s)andthesubjectcanbesetusingScriptWizards;see"Emailheader
settings"onpage161.
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DefaultSMTPsettingscanbesetinthepreferences;see"Emailheadersettings"onpage161.
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IftherearemultipleEmailsections,onlyoneofthemcanbemergedwitheachrecord.Makesure
thatthecorrectsectionhasbeensetasthedefault;see"SettingadefaultEmailtemplateforout-
put"onpage161.
Todynamicallyselectasectionforoutput,useaControlScript;see"ControlScripts"on
page398.
WhenprintingfromtheDesigner,thecurrentlyopenEmailsectionwillbeoutputted.
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Aplain-textversionoftheHTMLisaddedtoeachemailifthisoptionischeckedintheEmailsec-
tion'sproperties(see"Emailsectionproperties"onpage483).Withnewtemplatesthisisalways
thecase.
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Ifstylesheetsareusedtostyletheemail,thestylescanbeaddedeithertotheheaderofthe
emailortoinlinestylepropertiesasiflocalformattingwasapplied(thisisalsocalled"embedded
CSS").See"Emailsectionproperties"onpage483.
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PDFattachmentscanbecompressedtomakethefilessmaller;see"CompressingPDFattach-
ments"onpage158.
TogenerateEmailoutput:
1. OpenatemplatewithanEmailcontext.
2. Loadadatafileordatabasecompatiblewiththistemplate.See"Loadingdata"onpage299.
3. OntheFilemenu,clickSend EmailorSend Test Email.Inthedialogthatappearsyoucan,
amongotherthings,attachthePrintcontextortheWebcontexttotheemail.See"Send(Test)
Email"onpage486foradescriptionofalltheoptions.Finally,clickOK.
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