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SendMail.AddAttachmentContainer
Adds an attachment to the email based on a container field.
| Component | Version | macOS | Windows | Linux | Server | FileMaker iOS SDK |
| SendMail | 4.3 | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes | Yes |
MBS( "SendMail.AddAttachmentContainer"; EmailID; Container { ; Name; MimeType; InlineID } ) More
Parameters
| Parameter | Description | Example | Flags |
|---|---|---|---|
| EmailID | The email reference number obtained using SendMail.CreateEmail function. | $EmailID | |
| Container | The container to attach to email. | Attachment::Container | |
| Name | The name for the attachment. If empty, version 6.2 or newer uses file name from container. |
"sample.pdf" | Optional |
| MimeType | The mime type to use. e.g. "application/pdf" for PDF files. If missing, we use "application/octet-stream". Version 6.2 or newer detects mime type from file extension if needed. |
"application/octet-stream" | Optional |
| InlineID | The content ID for inline images (CID). Empty text or no parameter gives regular attachment. |
"test.png@3C111B0E.81ED.478A.912C.4B64F538003C" | Optional |
Result
Returns OK or error.
Description
Adds an attachment to the email based on a container field.Version 5 of MBS Plugin can encode file name for preserving non ASCII characters. Still for compatibility it is recommended to use simply ASCII names.
You can use Text.FileExtensionToMimeType to find the mime type for a file extension.
You can use AddAttachment functions several times to add several attachments.
If your Container is already Base64 encoded text, you can use the SendMail.AddAttachmentText function with 1 for IsBase64 parameter.
For InlineID:
If you like to use inline images, please check your html for references to image files. Please add all the image files as attachments with an InlineID, e.g. pass the file name as InlineID.
e.g. in you html you may reference background-3.jpg in the body tag:
<body background="background-3.jpg">
Add an attachment named background-3.jpg (name doesn't matter) with InlineID background-3.jpg and replace the background-3.jpg in the html with cid:background-3.jpg so the email viewer will lookup the attachment with that id to display it there.
Examples
Add attachment:
Set Variable [$r; Value:MBS("SendMail.AddAttachmentContainer"; $EmailID; Attachment::Container; Attachment::Name; Attachment::Type)]
See also
- SendMail.AddAttachmentFile
- SendMail.AddAttachmentText
- SendMail.CreateEmail
- SendMail.PrepareCURL
- SendMail.SetHTMLText
- Text.FileExtensionToMimeType
- WinSendMail.AddAttachmentContainer
Example Databases
- CURL/Email/Batch Emailer
- CURL/Email/Build and send Email
- CURL/Email/Build and send HTML Email with inline graphic
Blog Entries
- Email Script for FileMaker
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 8.2pr1
- Comparing Base Elements Plugin to MBS FileMaker Plugin
- Sending emails in FileMaker with MBS Plugin
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 6.2pr1
- MBS FileMaker Plugin, version 5.1pr1
- Sending Email with FileMaker via MBS Plugin
FileMaker Magazin
Release notes
- Version 8.2
- Improved handling of SendMail.AddAttachmentContainer default file name built from included file path.
Created 3th September 2014, last changed 10th May 2018
SendCommand - SendMail.AddAttachmentFile
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