Email wizard

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Email wizard

The Email Wizard allows you to be able to email selected recipes (in the form of an RXF file) or your entire database to any number of email recipients.  To launch the wizard use one of the following methods:

 

Select File->Send mail from the menu bar        or

Click the button_filesendemail toolbar button

 

The following wizard page will appear.

 

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This dialog is divided into two sections.  They are:

 

Data selection

File compression selection

 

Data selection

 

The data selection section allows you to determine what type of data you wish to email.  You can choose from the following:

 

Selected recipes and ingredients as an RXF file attachment        or

Entire recipe database as a Microsoft Access file attachment

 

The first option will allow you to choose any number of recipes and their ingredients and email them in a Recipe Exchange Format (RXF) file.  These files are the best way of sending individual recipes to an email recipient as they are very compact.

 

The second option will allow you to select a database (in its entirety) to be sent as an attachment.  This will send all information contained within the specified database to an email recipient.

 

NOTE: At some point in time you may be seeking technical support assistance from Resort Software.  We may ask you to email your database to us so that we can get to the bottom of whatever problems you may be having. Please do NOT email a database to Resort Software unless this has been specifically requested by our technical support department.

 

File compression selection

 

The file compression selection section allows you to choose whether or not you wish to send the selected file type in a zipped format (very compacted) or not.  If you do choose to zip your file, you are able to assign a password to the file.  

 

NOTE: ZIP files are a very compact file type and will take less time to send and receive via email.  However, you must ensure that the email recipient is able to de-compress the file you are sending or the file will be useless.  If you are sending compressed data to another Resort Software customer, then their system will be able to handle whatever you send them via Email Wizard.

 

If you have chosen to email the entire database to a mail recipient, you have the added option of being able to remove any pictures contained within your database before sending the file. Pictures can increase the size of your database considerably. If you don't wish to send the database with pictures included, mark the "Strip pictures from database?" option.  

 

NOTE 1: This option creates a copy of your database and removes the pictures from the copy. It will not remove pictures from your original database.

 

NOTE 2:  If you are asked to email your database to Resort Software for technical support reasons, please ensure that the "Strip pictures from database?" option is checked.

 

Make your selections for both the data selections and file compression selections.  Clicking on the "Next" button will take you to the Data source page.  Depending on the selections you have made, the data source page will appear differently.

 

If you have chosen to email Recipe Exchange Format (RXF) files, click the "Next" button to move to the Data source page.

 

If you have chosen to email a Microsoft Access file attachment (RSD/MDB file), click the "Next" button to move to the Data source page.