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    #1

    Automatic generation of Email

    Does anyone know if you can schedule automatic Emails with user intervention?

    By user I mean Webmaster. As I am building a family site I would like to send Birthday wishes, Holiday greetings etc.

    Is it possible?
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    #2
    yes, this can be done easily with a little xbasic. you can use script_schedule() to run a script every day. this script could check a table that contains birthday info to see if anyone has a birthday on today's date. if so, it would send out an email message.

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      #3
      According to what I read the script will play once, then has to be rescheduled. Can I include in the last line of the script the script_schedule instruction to reschedule it.

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        #4
        Absolutely. That's the exact technique most people use.

        Originally posted by robert swanson
        According to what I read the script will play once, then has to be rescheduled. Can I include in the last line of the script the script_schedule instruction to reschedule it.

        Lenny Forziati
        Vice President, Internet Products and Technical Services
        Alpha Software Corporation

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          #5
          Thank you Lenny

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            #6
            Okay I'm starting to get that straightened out. I know how to insert variables into a web page but I want to email an Ecard which will be in
            HTML. How do I insert a field from the DB into the HTML body of the Ecard.

            Bob

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              #7
              Also I'm having problems getting a block of text into a variable. It apparently has to be in one line.

              I can't figure out how to make HTML or plain text along with data fields fit into a text variable such as BODY to be used with automatic Emails.

              All the examples I can find are plain text and only one line long.

              I'll really be glad when the paper manuals arrive.

              PS this is really for V7

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                #8
                Here are a couple snippets from an email generator in one of my apps that will probably get you going down the right track:

                Code:
                dim pm as P
dim ps as P
dim session.email_result as l

msg_text = dtoc(date(),"4")+ "<br><br>Dear " + var->vFirstname + " " + var->vLastname + ",<br><br>"
msg_text = msg_text + <<%txt%
Thank you blah blah blah<br>
<br>
Your FedEx Tracking number is 
%txt%
msg_text = msg_text + vShip_Track_Number
msg_text = msg_text + <<%txt%
.<br>
<br>
Prior to 
blah blah blah
...
...
if (email_smtp_open(ps, "outgoing.myISP.net", 25, "myuserid", "mypassword")) then
    pm.to = var->vEmail
    pm.from = "[email protected]"
    pm.from_alias = "Your real name here"
    pm.subject = "Your Order has shipped."
	pm.html_message = "<HTML>" + var->Msg_Text + "</HTML>"
    session.email_result = email_smtp_send(pm, ps)
end if
email_smtp_close(ps)
                - Steve
                -Steve
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                  #9
                  Thank you Steve It was the <<%txt% %txt% That I needed to know. This will work nicely. Thanks again

                  Bob

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                    #10
                    Next Question. I got the Email and sent HTML however there are 4 images which refer to a subdirectory of the DB directory. The directory exists and the images are in the directory but they didn't go with the Email. Why??

                    or do I have to send them as attachments ?

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                      #11
                      best solution is to put the images on a server outside a firewall and then in your html email just specify the url for the images in the src tag.

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                        #12
                        Selwyn you are saying that if the folder with the images are uploaded to the host along with the rest it should work.

                        At the present they are pointed correctly using source but its a relative pointer instead of specific. ie src="_wp_generated/wp6006b751.png" . Making the pointer specific and it where they were as long as its not behing a firewall.

                        P.S. I moved the folder to my email webspace and used absolute pointers and it now works.

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