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    Email_Send() Help

    I'm trying to alert myself via email whenever someone submits data to one of my online forms, and I'm having a tough time with the expression. All I need is the email handler to send email to "[email protected]," with the message "Form Has Data On It." No attachments, No Zip Files, nothing but a message letting me know that the "submit" button has been pushed. I have already setup my default email profile and tested it, and it works fine.

    I'm putting the following code in the AfterUpdateRecords section:

    EMAIL_SEND( [ [email protected] [, Form Has Data On It [, Message as C [, Attachments as C [, CC as C [, BCC as C [, Store_In_Outbox as L [, Text_Type as C [, HTML_Message as C [, default [, Zip_Attach as L [, Silent as L ]]]]]]]]]] )

    I'm not sure what to put in the "Carbon Copy, Blind Carbon Copy, etc." places, since I'm not using any of these options. As a result, I am getting the following error message when attempting to save the updated form:

    Error: Syntax error in event 'AfterUpdateRecords' Error at line: 1, column: 1 Error: Expected value<body

    If someone could correct my expression I would appreciate it.
    Sergeant Richard Hartnett
    Hyattsville City Police Department
    Maryland

    #2
    Since the BCC field is character, you would insert "". Try the EMAIL_SEND2() function. It is easier to use.

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      #3
      I hope it is clear that an argument with brackets [] is optional. However, if you want to use any optional argument, you must provide values (even if null or default values) for all of the arguments that come before it.

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        #4
        Ed I'm not sure I understand email_send()2. Where do I enter the "Send To" address?

        EMAIL_SEND2( Message as P [, Profile as C [, Silent as L [, Store_in_Mailbox as L ]]] )
        Sergeant Richard Hartnett
        Hyattsville City Police Department
        Maryland

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          #5
          Parameters in functions

          Parameters in functions fall into 2 basic categories. There are required parameters, and optional. The optional are shown as inside brackets []. You only have to supply the required parameters. For example, the email_send() function has 3 required parameters and 9 optional parameters. Parameters are separated by a comma. The letter in front of the parameter name indicates the type of value. "C" means character and will be in quotes. "N" is numeric and won't be entered with quotes. "L" is logical and with be either .T. or .F. If you place a value in an optional parameter, you don't use the brackets.

          For example, the required values for email_send would be as below as the function is displayed, and with values entered. You must enter text for the subject line.

          Code:
          email_send(C send_to, C subject,C message)
          
          email_send("[email protected]","Email Notice","Form Has Data On It")
          If you want to supply the first optional parameter, a file attachment, the result would be something like this if the file to attach is "c:\myfile.txt"

          Code:
          email_send("[email protected]","Email Notice","Form Has Data On It","c:\myfile.txt")
          It gets a bit more complicated if you want to use one optional parameter but skip the one listed before it. You still need to enter a value, but a blank is ok. For example, you may want to 'cc' (carbon copy) "[email protected]" but not add an attachment. You still need a value in attachment, but it can be ""
          Code:
          email_send("[email protected]","Email Notice","Form Has Data On It","","[email protected]")
          You can replace a character parameter with a character variable
          Code:
          email_addr = "[email protected]"
          subject = "Email Notice"
          body_text = "Form Has Data On It"
          
          email_send(email_addr,subject,body_text)

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            #6
            Rich,

            Here's how I typically format for email_send(). The only thing odd about mine is that I get the profile from a defaults table rather than hard coding. And most of the other parameters would come from variables or table lookups as well.

            dim e_attach as c
            dim e_to as c
            dim e_prof as c
            dim e_body as c
            dim e_subj as c
            email_profile = lookup("<ADB_Path>\global_defaults",".t.","Email_profile")
            e_to = "[email protected]"
            e_subj = "the subject"
            e_body = "the body of my email"
            e_attach = ""
            email_send(e_to,e_subj,e_body,e_attach,"","",.F.,"","",email_profile)
            Steve Wood
            See my profile on IADN

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              #7
              From the help file:

              Code:
              dim message as P
              
              body = <<%a%
              Just wanted to let you know that we really enjoy using Alpha Five.
              %a%
              
              message.message = body
              message.to = "[email protected]"
              message.subject = "Thanks"
              email_send2(message, "", .F., .T.)

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                #8
                Thanks for the help guys. I see my first mistake, I was wasn't putting quotation marks on each side of the email address, text message, etc. (I wish the user's manual had been more specific.)

                Anyway, I copied Jerry's expression to the "tee," and it still doesn't seem to be sending anything.

                Code:
                email_send("[email protected]","Email Notice","Form Has Data On It")
                Is there something else I should be looking at? I've tested the A5 default email handler, and it sends the test message every time.
                Sergeant Richard Hartnett
                Hyattsville City Police Department
                Maryland

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                  #9
                  If it is appearing to send, but you are never receiving the message, try sending to a non-AOL account. We have had a lot of problems with AOL marking Alpha-mailed emails.
                  Aaron Brown
                  Alpha Software Development Team

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                    #10
                    Well all of the tests that I perform on the A5 mail handler come through to my AOL mailbox, it just doesn't seem to be coming in through the script.
                    Sergeant Richard Hartnett
                    Hyattsville City Police Department
                    Maryland

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                      #11
                      Originally posted by Rich Hartnett
                      Well all of the tests that I perform on the A5 mail handler come through to my AOL mailbox, it just doesn't seem to be coming in through the script.
                      You just lost me. What isn't coming in through the script?

                      Are you trying to download mail from an AOL account with Alpha Five's email_receive() function? That won't work.
                      Aaron Brown
                      Alpha Software Development Team

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                        #12
                        No sorry Aaron, wrong terminology. I meant that if I send an email manually using the A5 mail handler or push the "test" button on the profile setup, it works fine sending to my AOL mailbox, but it does not seem to work using the expression in my WAS application.

                        Check my attached screen shot to see if I have it set up correctly.

                        (Also, I tried changing the "Send To" address to a non-aol account, and it didn't come through on that one either.)
                        Sergeant Richard Hartnett
                        Hyattsville City Police Department
                        Maryland

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                          #13
                          Rich, is this code running on the server fromt he same computer on which you are developing, or do you have a different server? If you have a different server, you will need to make sure you set up an email profile there first.

                          Originally posted by Rich Hartnett
                          No sorry Aaron, wrong terminology. I meant that if I send an email manually using the A5 mail handler or push the "test" button on the profile setup, it works fine sending to my AOL mailbox, but it does not seem to work using the expression in my WAS application.

                          Check my attached screen shot to see if I have it set up correctly.

                          (Also, I tried changing the "Send To" address to a non-aol account, and it didn't come through on that one either.)

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

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                            #14
                            Normally I do the development work on a separate computer, but in this particular instance, I am doing the development work on the server itself, so I guess the answer to your question is "yes."

                            Any clue as to why this isn't working?
                            Sergeant Richard Hartnett
                            Hyattsville City Police Department
                            Maryland

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                              #15
                              I still can't get this to work, in case anyone has any ideas as to why.
                              Sergeant Richard Hartnett
                              Hyattsville City Police Department
                              Maryland

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