DataAssist Create Email Message

The DataAssist Create Email Message interface provides you with direct access to all the features needed to apply email functionality to your PHP page.

Trigger: The trigger is the action that will need to happen on your PHP page for the email to be sent. Leave any form post specified if you are unsure.

Go To Page: Specify the page that you wish the user to navigate to after the email is sent.

Toolbar Features

The Toolbar includes a number of advanced email features.

  • Priority - You can specify a priority that will be visible to those recieving the email.
    • Down Arrow: Denotes low priority for the email that is sent.
    • Exclamation Mark: Denotes high priority for the email that is sent.
  • Attachments: Launches the Attachments interface for including attachments in your emails.
  • Mail Settings: Launches the Mail Settings interface for configuring your server settings for sending emails.
  • Email Logging: Launches the Email logging interface for storing email success and failure messages in your database.
Universal Email Quick Insert

From: Specify the email address that will appear in the From field of the email to be sent.

To: Specify the email address(es) to send the email to.

CC: Specify the email address(es) to be CC'd (carbon copied) on the email that is sent.

BCC: Specify the email address(es) to be BCC'd ( blind carbon copied) on the email that is sent.

Choose the lightning bolt for any of these options to have the email address(es) specified dynamically from a Recordset.

Note: If entering an email address statically, separate multiple email addresses with a comma.
For example: email1@mail.com, email2@mail.com

Subject: Specify the email subject for the email that will be sent.

Choose the lightning bolt to have the subject determined dynamically from a Recordset.

Email Body Options:

  • Create a file for your email: Select this checkbox to use a default email template that you can customize in Dreamweaver to contain the desired content.
  • Edit: Choose the Edit icon to launch the built-in text editor for defining the content of your email.
  • Dreamweaver Edit: Choose the Dreamweaver Edit icon to close Universal Email and open the email to be submitted in Dreamweaver for creating the email that is to be sent.
    Note: Once you save this page, DataAssist will reopen for you to continue making changes. If you do not save this page and close it in Dreamweaver, DataAssist will not reopen.