Can @MailSend be used inside a loop?

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I have a very simple construct, where I’m trying to send the same document individually to multiple recipients. So, I have a multivalue field with valid names, and a small @For loop that goes through the elements in that field, assigns the values one by one to SendTo, and then does @MailSend.

But it doesn’t work. With an @Prompt, I can see that the logic is good, it loops OK, but as soon as I add @MailSend into the loop, it stops looping!

Here’s the code (rs is a multivalue field):

@For(n := 1;

n <= @Elements(rs);

n := n + 1;

FIELD SendTo:=rs[n];

@Prompt([Ok]; rs[n]; SendTo);

@Command([ViewRefreshFields]);

@MailSend

)

Everything runs & looks good if the @MailSend is commented out. The SendTo field updates on each loop.

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Subject: Can @MailSend be used inside a loop?

A couple of possibilities:

Firstly, this might be worth checking out:

If the user’s notes.ini file includes the statement

NoExternalApps=1

then any formula involving @MailSend is disabled. The user doesn’t see an error message; the formula fails to execute.

Secondly, you’ve only created one document. If I remember correctly, @MailSend saves the current document, which takes it out of read mode.

There are a number of potential solutions to this.

  1. Try putting the document into edit mode before each MailSend

  2. You may need to do an @Compose in there before each loop.

  3. Try using @MailSend with parameters (ie specify the sendto etc in the parameters.)

These are all just suggestions - see which one works for you.

Stephen Lister
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Subject: RE: Can @MailSend be used inside a loop?

Thanks Stephen.

  1. There’s no blocker in my notes.ini, as I know both from checking and because I can send a “normal” MailSend outside of a loop.

  2. I’ll try this and report back

  3. I’m specifically trying NOT to use @MailSend with parameters, becuae it’s a primitive construct, with very limited ability to format the outgoing message - it comes out in Courier, no highlighting or colors etc.

Any other thoughts gratefully received.