Compose not send e-mail with attachments

Rob

I can help you part of your problem ( i can't help you re the delay time scale as I don't have this issue as mine go out more or less instantly)

re compose the email - you could have a tab on the record and have additional fields that you fill in/auto fill and then a button to send/email the information and add your attachments at same time.

So what is use an formula field to capture the default email from my customer etc (it suits me to do this)

Then I pick up various fields as required plus an attachment

Here is on of my customer goods dispatched scripts

if Status < 2 or Status > 3 then (these lines check to see if the job status is valid)
    alert("job Status is not in production")
else
    Status := 3;
    if not CEmail then (checks to see if the email file dis not empty)
        alert("No valid contact in email field")
    else
        if DispFlag = 1 then (checks to see if you already sent the notification)
            alert("Dispatched Confirmation already sent!")
        else
            let thisBody := first((select JobBag_Settings).OrderDispatchedLetter); (Sets the appropriate letter from several stored letters)
            let myEmail := userEmail();
            let adv1 := concat([1, 4, 7, 10]); (these 3 lines rotate an attached advert)
            let adv2 := concat([2, 5, 8, 11]);
            let adv3 := concat([3, 6, 9, 12]);
            let mtd := text(month(today()));
            let myAtt := switch true do
                case contains(adv1, mtd): (3 lines actually picks up the appropriate advert)
                    first((select Contact_Mailing).Advert1)
                case contains(adv2, mtd):
                    first((select Contact_Mailing).Advert2)
                case contains(adv3, mtd):
                    first((select Contact_Mailing).Advert3)
                end;
            let log1 := first(select Quote_Settings).HTMLxLogo; (set the company logo)
            let log1 := replace(log1, "{UL1}", shareFile(first(select Quote_Settings).xLogo));
            thisBody := replace(thisBody, "{Ord Company}", text('Ordered By')); (these next group lines change the variable information in the default letter to math the records going out)
            thisBody := replace(thisBody, "{Order Name}", text(EContact));
            thisBody := replace(thisBody, "{Job Bag}", text('Job Bag'));
            thisBody := replace(thisBody, "{Order Date}", text('Order Date'));
            thisBody := replace(thisBody, "{Order Name}", text(EContact));
            thisBody := replace(thisBody, "{Order Ref}", 'Order Ref');
            thisBody := replace(thisBody, "{Qty}", text(Qty));
            thisBody := replace(thisBody, "{Desc}", Desc);
            thisBody := replace(thisBody, "{Del Company}", text('Delivery To'));
            thisBody := replace(thisBody, "{Del Address}", text('Delivery Address'));
            thisBody := replace(raw(thisBody), "{xLogo}", log1);
            DispFlag := 1; (sets the flag to say the job has been dispatched)
            sendEmail({ (next 9 lines deal with ending the email itself)
                from: myEmail,
                to: CEmail,
                bcc: "sales@example.co.uk",
                subject: "Your order has been dispatched by example group",
                text: "Goods Dispatched Confirmation",
                html: thisBody,
                attachments: myAtt (this bit actually adds the attachment to the email)
            });
            alert("Goods Dispatched Email has been Sent"); (Alert to the use to say email has gone)
            JobTabMenu := 1 (changes the job form view to another view)
        end
    end
end

Hope this can give you some insight

Mel