Email_SMTP Variable Not Found Error

[John Oesterle]

Greetings -

I'm running a Gmail account via Outlook 2016. All works fine sending and receiving suggesting that the setup in both Gmail and Outlook is correct. Outlook is the default email client in Windows 10. I'm trying to setup an email module in a5v11 using EMAIL_SMTP. Here is the code:

dim ps as P
dim pm as P
dim email_result as L
dim vflag as L
vflag = email_smtp_open(ps,"smtp.gmail.com",465,"[email protected]","?????????","SSL")
if vflag = .f. then
end
end if
pm.from = "[email protected]"
pm.to = alltrim(vem)
pm.attachments = alltrim(rmsg)
email_result = email_smtp_send(pm,ps)
email_smtp_close(ps)

Email_smtp_open clears the error trap. But at pm.from a "variable not found" error is thrown. What am I missing?

Thanks,
- John O

[GGandhi]

Re: Email_SMTP Variable Not Found Error

dim ps as P
dim pm as P
dim email_result as L

if email_smtp_open(ps,"smtp.gmail.com",465,"[email protected]","?????????","SSL") then
pm.from = "[email protected]"
pm.to = alltrim(vem)
pm.attachments = alltrim(rmsg)
email_result =	email_smtp_send(pm,ps)
email_smtp_close(ps)
end if

while this does not make any sense, at least yet, constructing this way does not throw error for me, but the original did for me too. i cannot even debug() with that. try this way and see if works. if it does no investigation is needed, when you succeed one way or other.
this could be possible due to google-gmail setting, i don't know.
just so you know there is also another function
email_send_gmail().


edit:
a repeat testing reveals it works just as you have entered in your post. i must have made an error somewhere.
so i don't know why it is not working in your setting.
use the debug to see if it throws any error.

[John Oesterle]

Re: Email_SMTP Variable Not Found Error

I was using debug so, yes, it errors with debug for me too. Something else is going on here that isn't readily apparent. Note that I'm running a gmail account via Outlook 2016 and you must reduce a Gmail security setting for Gmail to allow this. As mentioned, sending/receiving email manually with the Outlook/Gmail setup works fine. And email_smtp_open appears successful so the settings appear okay. I looked at most all the threads related to email_smtp problems and not one mentioned a "variable not found" error on any of the "pm.??" variables.

I'll look at the email_send_gmail() function although I'm not sending from the gmail client. Thanks
- John O

[GGandhi]

Re: Email_SMTP Variable Not Found Error

sorry, i don't have outlook installed, i won't be of much help.
anyway good luck.

[GGandhi]

Re: Email_SMTP Variable Not Found Error

https://www.screencast.com/t/PWGCUZhus

do you think this needs to add outlook?

[John Oesterle]

Re: Email_SMTP Variable Not Found Error

Xbasic 101...
I had an "Option Strict" lurking in the code above. If you dimension the pointer variables it works just fine. Sorry to waste anyone's time!