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InformSRB
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I’ve reviewed some of the existing threads and haven’t quiet found what I am looking for. I am wondering if the following is possible – I have several .pdf files on a server directory – 1 for each email recipient. I am wondering if I can use Report Caster as a mail distributor – pass the email address and the file name that corresponds to a particular email address – Report Caster pick the file up and emails it out.

If this is not possible, is there an alternative that can be suggested?

Any input would be appreciated.

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There are mail server for that. But, you can use RC to create the PDFs and distribute them to various (or one) email address. Check out the Distibute tabs / Email / Dynamic Address List. I'm bursting 19 reports to various email addresses in one RC job chain, and bursting another 25,000 (yes 25 thousand) reports to FTP.

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Check out This Doc for more info...
 
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Doug -

I don't need RC to create the PDF – I have a set of auto policies (in PDF format) that I want to send to a set of email addresses. The policies themselves are provided by an external system. I have the email address and I can distinguish which PDF policy corresponds to which address.

I want to take that address and file and basically email it out.

Could you elaborate on - 'There are mail server for that' - maybe that's the angle I need to look at this from.

Thanks.


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Elaboration on - 'There are mail server for that': That would be found on a standard "Google Search".

However, you may be able to create a fex which reads the identification information for each pre-generated PDF and associate that with a list of email addresses and use that combination as a burst value and use RC to run that fex and burst it accordingly.
 
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You might try using the EDAMAIL command. Info below is from IBI Tech Support (document says new in 7.7, but I believe we used it in an earlier release). It appears that your PDF files may need to reside in a WF app folder, although you might be able to use APP MAP to define a path to another location. You would need to create a focexec that cycles through your list of PDF files and e-mail recipients and executes EDAMAIL for each pair, hopefully by using &variable parameters in a repeating call. I haven't tried using EDAMAIL in ReportCaster, so don't know if it will work in that environment.

EDAMAIL is a new command that allows emails sent from a procedure with the content of a specific file included
in the body of the email or as an attachment.

EX EDAMAIL to, from, subject, flag, filetype, data

    Where: to - Is the e-mail recipient.
         from - Is the e-mail sender.
      subject - Is the e-mail subject.
         flag - If flag is set to "a", the file is sent as an attachment.
                Otherwise, it is included in the body of the e-mail.
     filetype - Defines the data type, such as MASTER, FOCEXEC, HTML, and so on.
         data - Is the mail message body, or the [app/]filename with the mail content.
 
Example:  EX EDAMAIL bob.example@yahoo.com,,edamail test,A,PDF,app/pdf_file_name
 
For more information, please refer to the following manual: "WebFOCUS New
Features Version 7 Release 7" (DN4500997.0510) at:
http://documentation.ibi.com/m...f_77/77snf/77snf.pdf


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I'll try both recommendations and see which I am able to implement successfully.

I appreciate the input and will provide feedback.

Thanks.


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Dan, EDAMAIL requires access to DOS commands, right? Many companies shut down (as we have done here). So, what now?
 
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