Question

Help with attaching file in CFMAIL

Asked by: SponDev

I need help attaching a file in CFMAIL.  I have tried many different ways using both <cfmailparam> and with mimeattach= within the cfmail tag.

If I send mail with the following code, I do not get an error message, but nothing is sent.  If I remove the <CFmailparam> tag from teh action page, teh email gets sent, but with no attachment.

You can see from teh action page that I READ an dthen display the file to prove that it has been read and saved in the temporary folder.  (The folder that comes back is lik e"F:\CFusionMX\runtime\servers\default\SERVER-INF\temp\wwwroot-tmp\neotmp52888.tmp")


MY FORM TEST CODE IS:
  <form name="MyForm" action="form_test_action.cfm" method="post" enctype="multipart/form-data" >
    Select file: <input name="fldAttachFile" type="file" ><br>
    Name: <input type="text" name="Name">
    <input type="submit" name="Action" value="Submit Your Application">
  </form>

MY ACTION PAGE IS:
  <cfmail
    to = "me@optonline.net"
    from = "me@mymail.net"
    subject = "test of attach">

  #form.name#
  <cfmailparam file = "#form.fldAttachFile#">
 </cfmail>

<cfoutput>
 <cffile action="read" file = "#form.fldAttachFile#" variable  = "read_file">
    INFO READ FROM SERVER AFTER MAIL:<br>
    FILE NAME:  #form.fldAttachFile#<br>
    CONTENTS OF FILE:<br>
     =====#read_file#====
</cfoutput>

 
Please help!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Thank you

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2005-05-31 at 21:28:47ID21442725
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ColdFusion Application Server

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Answers

 

by: SponDevPosted on 2005-05-31 at 21:33:03ID: 14118850

MORE INFO:

I just got access to the cf lof file for mail and see the error:

"IOException while sending message; nested exception is: java.io.FileNotFoundException: F:\CFusionMX\runtime\servers\default\SERVER-INF\temp\wwwroot-tmp\neotmp52888.tmp (The system cannot find the file specified)"

As I said before, I can read this file using the <cffile > shown above.  

 

by: hartPosted on 2005-05-31 at 22:30:04ID: 14119050

You will have to save the file first on the server and then attach it in cfmail...

Your action page should have..
The filepath should have the ohysical path where you want to store the file say for eg;
<CFSET FILEPATH = "D:\MyAttachedFiles\">
<CFFILE ACTION="upload" FILEFIELD="#form.fldAttachFile#" DESTINATION="#FilePath#" NAMECONFLICT="MakeUnique">

<!--- FILE.SERVERFILE gives the name of the file --->

<cfmail
    to = "me@optonline.net"
    from = "me@mymail.net"
    subject = "test of attach">
  #form.name#
  <cfmailparam file = "#FILEPATH##FILE.SERVERFILE#">
 </cfmail>

and then you can delete it...

<CFFILE ACTION="DELETE" FILE"#FILEPATH##FILE.SERVERFILE#">

Let me know

Regards
Hart

 

by: SponDevPosted on 2005-06-01 at 05:21:55ID: 14120760

I am getting an error:

  "The form field "F:\CFusionMX\runtime\servers\default\SERVER-INF\temp\wwwroot-tmp\neotmp52904.tmp" did not contain a file"

when I try to execute the first 2 lines of your sample:

<CFSET FILEPATH = "F:\">
<CFFILE ACTION="upload" FILEFIELD="#form.fldAttachFile#" DESTINATION="#FilePath#" NAMECONFLICT="MakeUnique">


But, the following code is able to read perfectly on teh same page:

<cffile action="read" file = "#form.fldAttachFile#" variable  = "read_file">
FILE NAME:  #form.fldAttachFile#<br>
CONTENTS OF FILE: #read_file#

Any ideas?

 

by: hartPosted on 2005-06-01 at 05:25:42ID: 14120783

what are you trying to attach? And i hope you have access to write files on F:\ on the server..

Regards
Hart

 

by: hartPosted on 2005-06-01 at 05:28:58ID: 14120800

another thing even though its not related to the current problem
never give key words as name for input elements

Name: <input type="text" name="Name">
Name wld be a key word, never use those, use txt_Name or something like that

Regards
Hart

 

by: mrichmonPosted on 2005-06-01 at 08:15:22ID: 14122508

You have a syntax error

The cffile should look like:
<cffile action="read" file = "fldAttachFile" variable  = "read_file">

See how it is the name of the form field, not the value (i.e. no # around the variable name)

 

by: SponDevPosted on 2005-06-01 at 19:40:04ID: 14127549

It worked!!   Thank you all.

Hart's code worked, except for the syntax error pointed out by mrichmon.

Q: Is saving the file before attaching a workaround, or is that the way the functionality was intended?  I was seeing the the file existed in the temp folder and though it could be attached from there.


 

by: mrichmonPosted on 2005-06-01 at 20:05:27ID: 14127638

>>Q: Is saving the file before attaching a workaround, or is that the way the functionality was intended?

It is the way it was intended

 

by: SponDevPosted on 2005-06-01 at 20:19:18ID: 14127668

Q:  The code is working until I inserted the delete file code to clean up at the end of the page.  

<CFFILE ACTION="DELETE" FILE"#FILEPATH##FILE.SERVERFILE#">

I was assuming the the cfmail command was immediately invoked and I could clean up the file right away.  Does the file have to stay in the folder until it is certain that the mail server sent the message?  If so, how and when do you remove the file?

(Also, let me know how I can award additional points for this answer.)

Thansk again.

 

by: mrichmonPosted on 2005-06-02 at 08:40:30ID: 14131785

Actually this should be a new question - you can include a link to a this one so people can see the full story, but really that should be asked as a new question.

 

by: SponDevPosted on 2005-06-02 at 10:26:14ID: 14132807

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