Robert Archard
OptimusBob@yahoo.com
http://www.geocities.com/optimusbob

QAD MFG/Pro 9.0 Email Enhancements

    I know MFG eB has email support, I have not seen it yet.  But this does me no good because we have no idea when we will move to that version.  So, I modified some MFG source code so I send output to email, without using some funky batch processing.  The source code included is in character format and must be GUI converted for the GUI environment.  The files must be changed to suite your own environment: mfgmail.sh, mfg_email.bat, and mfreset.i.  My modifications also assume that the mfg_email.bat and wSendMail.exe (GUI only) are accessible to all users, and email addresses are maintained in MFG user maintenance.  wSendMail.exe and wMailTo are freeware programs from www.jgaa.com, which I made a quick modification to, to resolve a configuration file issue.  I have included the original wSendMail and wMailTo files plus my updated versions (I used MS VC++).  All else should be self-explanatory.  Enjoy.

7/12/2001
    I have updated the mfg_email.bat script to support 3 different command line emailers for Windows.  I have customized wSendMail and wMailTo by adding a "-x" parameter.  Both of these have limitations, wSendMail cannot send a file as an attachment, and wMailTo forces a user to initialize it the first time it is run.  I prefer clemail because it does not require any initialization and it allows files to be sent as an attachment.  Although, clemail is shareware and should be registered, while wSendMail and wMailTo are freeware.

1/30/2003
    I tested a new command line emailer, blat version 1.94.  This is freeware and it has some really nice features.  I also looked at QAD MFG/Pro eB 01 SP1.  It has some limited email enhancements.  Someday I might port my code so it will work with eB.