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I am trying to write to a text file and then email that file.
Here is some representative code

put " " & fld "lftp1" of card 3 & fld"tspr1"of card 3 & fld "totalproceeds" of card 3 into line 43 of URL (specialfolderpath("documents") & "/sellnet.txt")
close file URL (specialfolderpath("documents") & "/sellnet.txt")
put file URL(specialfolderpath("documents") & "/sellnet.txt") into tattachment
go card 4
mobilecomposemail "Net Sheet", "tom@jatyindustries.com", , ,"Please see the attched File", attachment

I don't know if the file is created or not but I do know that it is not being sent.

This is a standalone app on android.

Thanks for your help.

Tom

Hi Tom,

almost
...
## Save some typing and put path to file into a variable first:
put specialfolderpath("documents") & "/sellnet.txt" into tFile

## I hope you have a good reason for "put ... into line 43 of ...)
put (" " & fld "lftp1" of card 3 & fld "tspr1" of card 3 & fld "totalproceeds" of card 3) into line 43 of URL("file:" & tFile)

## Only close if you previously OPENed the file!
## This is not neccessary with the URL syntax!
## close file URL (specialfolderpath("documents") & "/sellnet.txt")
put URL("file:" & tFile) into tAttachment
go card 4
mobilecomposemail "Net Sheet", "tom@jatyindustries.com", , ,"Please see the attched File", Attachment
...

Best

Klaus

Klaus wrote:Hi Tom,

almost
...
## Save some typing and put path to file into a variable first:
put specialfolderpath("documents") & "/sellnet.txt" into tFile

## I hope you have a good reason for "put ... into line 43 of ...)
put (" " & fld "lftp1" of card 3 & fld "tspr1" of card 3 & fld "totalproceeds" of card 3) into line 43 of URL("file:" & tFile)

## Only close if you previously OPENed the file!
## This is not neccessary with the URL syntax!
## close file URL (specialfolderpath("documents") & "/sellnet.txt")
put URL("file:" & tFile) into tAttachment
go card 4
mobilecomposemail "Net Sheet", "tom@jatyindustries.com", , ,"Please see the attched File", Attachment
...

Best

Klaus

Hi Klaus
I am putting text into the file 1 line at a time to get it formatted correctly.
My example only showed the last line.
I'll give this a try. I thought I was close but....

Tom

Klaus,
I'm not quite sure why but the attachment isn't in the email. Everything else works.
I checked to make sure the sellnet.txt file exists by:

answer (specialfolderpath("documents") & "/sellnet.txt")

and the path shows up.

Yet no attachment.

Ideas?

Tom

That will just answer what you literally told it to, it's not checking to see if the file exists.

If there is a file (thepath) then... Is the form you need to test for a file's existence.

I imagine the file is there regardless. Check the line where the mobilecomposemail statement resides. I think there is a typo in the snippet from Klaus. Attachment should be tAttachment shouldn't it?

SparkOut wrote:That will just answer what you literally told it to, it's not checking to see if the file exists.

If there is a file (thepath) then... Is the form you need to test for a file's existence.

I imagine the file is there regardless. Check the line where the mobilecomposemail statement resides. I think there is a typo in the snippet from Klaus. Attachment should be tAttachment shouldn't it?

Yes I corrected the typo, But it still doesn't work.
I tried the:

if there is a file (tfile) then answer tfile
else
endif
And the file shows up
and I tried

if there is a file (tfile) then answer tfile
else
endif
and the file shows up.
Still no email attachment

Thanks,
Tom

Hi Tom,
Haven't checked out your code but only gMail currently works with attachments, there is a bug report.
I tested with images and attachments do work with Android gMail.

Simon

Simon wrote:Hi Tom,
Haven't checked out your code but only gMail currently works with attachments, there is a bug report.
I tested with images and attachments do work with Android gMail.

Simon

Thanks Simon.

That explains a lot.

Here is my testing:
http://forums.runrev.com/viewtopic.php? ... 297#p97230

Simon

Hi Tom,
I don't know if you already have but can you add your notes/experience/device/email client or really just anything to the bug report.
http://quality.runrev.com/show_bug.cgi?id=11895
They are looking into this right now and the more information we can provide the faster they'll find a solution.

Yeah, if it were iPhone they'd already have a solution

Simon