Businesses understand the value of using email in their operations. Therefore, it is becoming more important that business information systems have the ability to generate emails as well. Whether they are used to send automatic alerts to department managers or to provide reports on demand for customers, applications need an easy way to publish critical data through the medium of electronic mail.

OpenInsight has built-in Simple MAPI support which is capable of offering a solution for this need. However, Simple MAPI has some restrictions which might limit the developer from delivering the functionality that is required. Here are some limitations of Simple MAPI:

• Since MAPI doesn't send the email but simply creates the email to be sent, an email client that supports MAPI must be used to handle the delivery.
• Since an email client must be used, the email is not sent immediately and must wait until the client delivery cycle or wait for manual intervention.
• There is no way to specify a Reply To address that is different from the account that is being used to send the email.
• HTML cannot be embedded in the email. Plain text must be used or the HTML contents must be placed in an attachment

The SRP Mail DLL sends emails directly to a specified SMTP server thereby eliminating the need for an email client*. This utility fully supports Embedded HTML, File Attachments, Carbon Copy, Blind Carbon Copy, alternative Reply To, Importance settings, and Authentication. Therefore, the developer is given many more options for creating the email with the SRP Mail DLL than what can be achieved with Simple MAPI.

This demo will automatically install all the necessary components that will allow you to begin sending emails from OpenInsight, including a demo screen. For a quick start, after the installation is complete just run the SRP_MAIL_DEMO form:

Just by following the steps on this form you can test the SRP Mail DLL within a couple minutes. Since the DLL communicates with the SMTP server directly, you will receive immediate notification of the email submission status:

If the demo email works, you should receive an email at the target address (see bottom left). Full source code (see bottom right) and Help documentation are included with this demo. Using this code as a starting point, you will rapidly get email support in your OpenInsight application. An RDK Repository View is even provided so you know exactly what components need to be included with your RDK for easy deployment.

The full version of the SRP Mail DLL is $200 (USD). Licensing is per serial number and therefore works fully with the development engine (e.g. W12345678) and all runtime engines (e.g. X12345678) for one price. If your application deploys with unique serial numbers then please contact us at sales@srpcs.com for special arrangements.

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SRP Mail DLL and Demo for OI v7.x A powerful yet easy to use add-on to OpenInsight that sends emails directly to SMTP servers. HTML - attachments - alternative Reply To addresses - authentication - and other features are included. This demo includes full source code and a Help file for documentation...	22/01/08 3:43 pm	528.68 KB