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Sending PDF doc via email on server

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2008-01-11 06:10:44
DominicanPete
Registered: Jan 4 2008
Posts: 41
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I have created a web page that has a LiveCycle designed form embedded. If i use the 'submit mail' button, the document is bundled up and included as an attachment, which is good. However, most of customers will not have a mail client on their system, which (in my case) is bad. Does anyone have any thoughts as to how i can bundle up the document and attach to an email from the server through a web page? My understanding on the client side is that a copy is saved in a temp directory on the client and then attached to the email and sent. Is there a way to duplicate this on the server side? ANY ideas and / or thoughts are appreciated!

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2008-01-15 09:28:00
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thomp
Expert
Registered: Feb 15 2006
Posts: 4411
To collect the data on the server side you will need to write a server side script. This is a script that is run by the webserver itself. It could be in any language that your particular server understands, Java, ASP.NET, Perl, etc. Sending an email also depends on the server. Your server might already contain an email server which can be used from the server script, or you might need to use a different email server. Either way sending an email from a server script is outside the expertise of this forum.

First find out about the capabilities of your server. Choose a language. Then goto the forums that are about your server, and the forums on the language you choose and look there.

good luck.

Thom Parker
The source for PDF Scripting Info
www.pdfscripting.com
Very Important - How to Debug Your Script

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