Is it possible to have emails sent via default email program added? Maybe add an extra button like the ‘right click on a file > Send > Mail Recipient’.
This way you could send Invoices to the customer/suppliers different email addresses from the email programs address book.
At the moment I have to print to PDF then send via my email program. I realise that Manager is primarily for accounting but I believe this be an answer for a lot of the email improvement requests.
It would also give you a complete record of sent emails including attachments, allow one email to multiple recipients, selection of different address to same recipient etc etc.
The way web applications trigger this kind of connection is via a ‘mailto’ link. Unfortunately while such links can specify a default Subject and Message Body – they don’t support attaching a file.
I suspect that adding the ability to send email using a different application (your mail client) will not have any way to attach the PDF automatically for you because of this technical limitation … which completely defeats the purpose of your request, as you will still need to download and attach the PDF file manually before sending.
The only workaround that I can think of involves using a server for file hosting and adding a file link into the message body. However, that has several security implications, and would likely require a significant time and cost investment from the developer.
I’ve just finished playing with ‘PDF Creator’ and if I use that as my printer I get the option to ‘email’. This does mostly what I want and doesn’t change some custom things around like Managers built in PDF program does.
The only problem is I have to rename the attachment and put in a Subject.
I seemed to have solved some my own problem!
Excellent. I assume PDF Creator is a standard desktop application (not a web application in a container), so it would have a little more flexibility to do that type of thing.
Keep in mind that Manager is a web application. It can run without internet access, but it’s technically a website even in the Desktop Edition. This means it doesn’t necessarily hook into the OS in the same way that a compiled application would.
