Send email without having email client open? (need for work)

[Italian4215]

Hi, I am creating a contact us form which I need to pull info from and send to several emails; however, I do not want the email client to open into a compose message. I just want the info sent to those emails specified.

Here is the code I currently have:

var cMyMsg = this.getField('Name').valueAsString + " has a " + this.getField('Category').valueAsString + " that is " + 
this.getField('Severity').valueAsString + ". " + "Description of " + this.getField('Category').valueAsString + ": " + this.getField('Description').valueAsString; 

 app.mailMsg({  bUI: true,   
 cTo: "123@email.com",  
 cSubject: this.getField('Category').valueAsString + " regarding PA Coversheets",  
 cMsg: cMyMsg } );

I currently have an text field set up for Email_Address. I need the form when submit is clicked to send email from that address to the emails I specify in the code without having the email client open.

Please help. Thank you.

[try67]

As is documented in the API, you'll have to run the script from a privileged context to be able to do that, ie from a folder-level script.

[Italian4215 · Accepted solution]

I have it as a mouse up event that runs a javascript. I changed the BUI to false. and that did the trick. Thanks.

[try67]

It should not have done. This parameter should have been ignored when you run this code from a button.

It's not possible to do that with attachments. But if a file is attached to the main PDF just submit the PDF itself and it will be sent along with it.

[Italian4215]

I opened the file in internet explorer. But how would I get it to work on the form (if at all possible) if say I save the form as reader extended and users open it with reader. If they click the button will it always open the email client regardless?

[try67]

AFAIK, yes.

[Italian4215]

You wouldn't happen to know how to add attachments to a form and have those attachments attached to the email would you? try67