email

[Jose Lerebours]

ROBERT PULLIAM wrote:
> Using sco unix.  Filepro.
> Is there a way to send email?   My business statements are
> getting to be so many and postal rates keep going up that I would like 
> to send statements by email.  A field in the filepro database contains 
> the email address.
>  
> Robert Pulliam
Robert,

If you have sendmail or any MTA configured in your box, you should be 
able to use mutt or something
similar to send email right out of your filePro application.

That being said, since you are sending statements, there is a chance 
that you may want to use HTML and
some images to make them look nice.  You might want to set them up so 
that when printed, they fit nicely
on a page, etc,. etc., etc.

Some time ago I wrote a code snippet where I explain an alternative to 
producing HTML forms from filePro
 (http://www.fpgroups.com/index.php?Target=code).  I included the 
filePro code which could be easily plugged
into any filePro based application and produce any filePro form in HTML 
using any generic WYSIWYG type
application to design the form itself.  In short, you can produced any 
filePro form in HTML in two basic steps:
(1) Design the forms using any WYSIWYG application or something similar
(2) Use the code I provided within your program and call the routine

I have done this type of thing many times before and have gotten very 
nice results.  If you wish, just let me know
if you need detailed instructions or help with your code to get this done.

Regards,


Jose Lerebours
9545-559-7186
http://www.fpgroups.com