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WinSendMail.AddAttachmentContainer

Adds an attachment to the email based on a container field.

Component	Version	macOS	Windows	Linux	Server	FileMaker iOS SDK
WinSendMail	7.1	No	Yes	No	No	No

MBS( "WinSendMail.AddAttachmentContainer"; WinSendMailRef; Container { ; Name } ) More

Parameters

Parameter Description Example Flags

WinSendMailRef The email reference number obtained using WinSendMai.CreateEmail function. $Email

Container The container to attach to email. Attachment::Container

Name The name for the attachment.
If empty, we use file name from container. "sample.pdf" Optional

Parameter	Description	Example	Flags
WinSendMailRef	The email reference number obtained using WinSendMai.CreateEmail function.	$Email
Container	The container to attach to email.	Attachment::Container
Name	The name for the attachment. If empty, we use file name from container.	"sample.pdf"	Optional

Result

Returns OK or error.

Description

Adds an attachment to the email based on a container field.
You can use AddAttachment several times to add several attachments.

For Outlook testing shows only one attachment works, while Thunderbird works with several attachments. Outlook also allows to pass no text and a html file as attachment to build a html email.

Examples

Adds an image as attachment:

MBS( "WinSendMail.AddAttachmentFile"; $mail; myTable::myImage; "birthday.jpg" )

Example Databases

Win Only/Send Email via Email Application

Created 28th February 2017, last changed 25th November 2017

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